Originally Posted by sassypilotswife

Hey all, congrats anthony on finding housing again !!!!! If we don't get our landlord to handle our complaints we might just be calling Khalid. By the way all, can you tell us where to go with tenants rights and having a problem getting landlord to do what was promised ? We have a few maintenance issue, a few cosmetic issues he promised to fix and so far we have gotten a few fixed but delay after delay and now nothing on the rest. Unfortunately the checks he has for the next 8 months have been given to him so we can't hold out rent. We are trying to handle this as smooth as possible but I told hubby i'm ready to move out and find another villa and if our roommate wants to stay here and deal with the bs and not get results, let him.. he was the one to write the checks.. i was told everything en shallah... ok that was 3 months ago... it is time for results but we didnt know who or what part of the UAE / AL Ain to go to with our grievances. By the way, we are still looking for furniture as well.. I will check out the al ain yahoo group website.. thanks !!!

Originally Posted by sassypilotswife

NOOO you can't leave yet lol we just got back from the US for the holidays and I was looking forward to meeting ! Why Doha ? speaking of Doha.. I may be making a trip there around Feb. They have a school there that offers Paramedics to take a test in lieu of having to take a 48 hour refresher course and 24 ceu's for recertification of our national license. If you do have to sell furniture, let me know what you have. I am still looking as I mentioned above.

Originally Posted by Out of Africa

Why Doha, because that's where my husband has been offered the job. Not such a great place but what can I do? Anyway, all my furniture was bought in Dubai in August 2007 and we're thinking of selling most of it. The villas in Doha are, for the large part, furnished or semi-furnished so it seems pointless taking the furniture with us. So if anyone is interested, please let me know.

Also, I don't know if the present company would want to keep the villa that we are in, so maybe there could be some negotiation about that too. Our lease would be up at the end of May this year.

I really would still like to meet up for a coffee before I go, so let me know when you are available.

Originally Posted by buddymom

Sassy. There are no tenant "rights" as we know in the States. NONE!! Sorry , cold truth. They may exist, but to enforce them, your lease would be have been up years ago,... everything takes a loooooong time.
Then looonger.
If you guys are unhappy, either bite the bullet, or have somebody buy you out of your rent , that you have already paid. Rent your share to someone else. Illegal, yes, but what goes on in Al Ain, stays in Al Ain.

I will pm you my number.

Originally Posted by damok

Wow what a popular thread! I've just read through the first 30 pages, and am still going strong.... for now

I just joined this forum to ask a couple of questions as I am currently looking at one of the military jobs in Al Ain. I'm still in the early recruiting phase, but would love to get some first hand information.

Are any of you guys on the MCO contract, or married to someone that is?
What are the general impression from these guys of working there?
I read early on in the thread that most of them live at the Hilton, is that still the case?

I'm currently living in Riyadh, so Al Ain will surely be a step up from a nightlife perspective.... but reading this forum makes me think I might be the only single person in the whole place... say it isn't so!!

thanks muchly (from another Aussie!)

Damo.

Originally Posted by Bully Wee Boy

Damo,

Worry not - there are several of us MCO types who are single. I got here in October and have recently moved out of the Rotana into my own villa. There is another single guy (also in Rotana) who is in the final stages of acquiring his own place. We are both working at the Air College but I know of a couple of other singlies who work at ZMC. Feel free to ask anything about Al Ain or the MCO deal (we may have to go private for that !!)

Originally Posted by damok

or I could make one more post and....

Originally Posted by damok

out of curiosity, how much would an Australian nurse (specialising in surgery) with about 5 years experience get paid in Al Ain?

I've read generic salary amount of 8000-12000 AED/month. Is this close to the mark?