Little Toot

175K for 3 bed townhouse....Is this a fair price? Last thread I saw on this was in 2009 so not up to date info.

Millhouse

about right. I know someone who just took a 4 bed for 190k.

soukie

Yes - it's a good deal if you like ARG. Remember there are no facilities and your bills for AC will be higher than normal as they have a chilled water system - lot's of information about this on other expat forums.

Ronnie Biggs

Lived there for a couple of years - seems about right but there are several kinds of 3 bed townhouse, some smaller than others.

Little Toot

Thanks for advice. Just want to make sure are are paynig a fair price as rents do seem to have come down a bit...not as much as we would all hope though.

csdf

So what exactly is a "townhouse" anyway, because it sounds like an oxymoron in the context of Al Raha Gardens...?

soukie

For townhouse read terraced and for villa on ARG read detached house with a tiny space separating it from the next house. Some villas are so close that you can stand on the balcony and shake hands with your neighbour.

Ronnie Biggs

Yes, in hindsight I can't honestly say I'd recommend the place but that's mostly because of the complete lack of facilities/shops. Surely there are better options now?

Little Toot

Better options? Such as where, if you work out of town? We have looked in KCA but finish is nowhere near as good. I don't exactly want to run around in the garden...just some outside space for table and chairs and a few plants.

The question remains.. what are these better options?

Ronnie Biggs

Fair comment, it's not easy! We had a straight choice when we came out between Seashores and a much bigger place in ARG. I wished later I'd gone for the smaller place which had excellent facilities and a Spinneys on the doorstep rather than a place in the desert with er, nothing much at all. Everyone has different ideas though and different requirements. On the positive front we met some very nice people and surely some facilities must be coming online now? We were told "6 months" in February 2008!! What about Golf Gardens? Or some of the smaller compounds being built in KCA and Between two Bridges? One further piece of advice - give Sas Al Nakhl a biggggg swerve - housing should not be in the middle of a huge stretch of massive electric cables......

busybee2

some of the houses in sas are also sinking...... nope dont see any faciltiites in raha, bukra inshahal.