how to rent in abu dhabi
Jan 29th 2010, 11:07 am
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how to rent in abu dhabi
Moving to Abu Dhabi in March and trying to find somewhere to live. Can anyone give me an idea of good areas, rentals for apartments and 3 bed villa and if there are any compounds in Abu Dhabi. Also, I understand that the best bet is to go through estate agents but not all are reliable.... anyone got any good ones???? Have costs come down in Abu Dhabi. Currently live in Qatar where rents have decreased quite a bit over the past year.
Jan 30th 2010, 2:46 pm
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Re: how to rent in abu dhabi
rents have come down for villas off island, not so on island and not so for apartments. whats your budget then i will prob be able to tell you whether on or off island etc. 3 beds kcb going for 180
Jan 30th 2010, 4:16 pm
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yeh as i said 180 in kcb but you would prob need more towards 250 for apartment on island.
Jan 30th 2010, 4:23 pm
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sorry but what is KCB? who would I need to get in touch with regarding renting an apartment. In Qatar you just apply to the compound but I understand that in Abu Dhabi you have to pay agents fees.
Jan 30th 2010, 4:36 pm
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Re: how to rent in abu dhabi
Khalifa City B. Imagine something out of Mad Max. Tumble weeds, car crashes, sand and half built villas.
Jan 30th 2010, 4:39 pm
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Get onto dubbizle. You may be lucky, and find some direct from the "owner" (its a crock). You will likely have to pay 5% to an agent for the privilege of showing you through a property, then lying through their teeth to you.
Jan 30th 2010, 4:40 pm
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hahahaha have you actually been out that way recently so can you truely comment. kcb is so much better than kca for eg, because they have actually finished most of the roads but more importantly its not moon base alpha any more as they have put in pavements, YES PAVEMENTS...! which are a very rare breed... lol.... no tumble weeds, car crashes, that mostly happens in kca, sand , nope no sand, half built villas, well some but then thats a lot of abu dhabi.
Jan 30th 2010, 4:41 pm
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kca and kcb khalifa city a and b, google it will be madinet khalifa etc. kca is up by the ad golf club, nearest google reference, and kcb is near to mafraq hospital/hotel.
Jan 30th 2010, 4:45 pm
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hahahaha have you actually been out that way recently so can you truely comment. kcb is so much better than kca for eg, because they have actually finished most of the roads but more importantly its not moon base alpha any more as they have put in pavements, YES PAVEMENTS...! which are a very rare breed... lol.... no tumble weeds, car crashes, that mostly happens in kca, sand , nope no sand, half built villas, well some but then thats a lot of abu dhabi.
KCB being better than KCA is still like saying that Bruges is better than Cardiff.
Jan 30th 2010, 4:49 pm
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Jan 30th 2010, 5:01 pm
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Jan 31st 2010, 5:46 am
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can I ask who you rented from? was it an estate agent and if so do you have the contact details.