Monthly service charges on top of rent?
Aug 30th 2014, 7:18 am
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Monthly service charges on top of rent?
Hi all,
Looking at renting an apartment in The Arc on Reem Island AD; Aldar is doing 1 month free rent and no agency fee, which seems a pretty good offer. The guy showing us round didn't speak great English, however, and seemed to suggest that there'd also be a 1,400 dirham per month service charge - which obviously puts the overall cost up somewhat.
I've spoken with a few others who have never heard of a service charge being passed to a tenant; it's been suggested he was talking about the water/gas etc deposit which is a one off, but we did ask him to repeat that it was a monthly charge.
Anyone heard of this? Might it be because we'd be leasing through Aldar directly rather than a private landlord...?
Cheers!
JD
Looking at renting an apartment in The Arc on Reem Island AD; Aldar is doing 1 month free rent and no agency fee, which seems a pretty good offer. The guy showing us round didn't speak great English, however, and seemed to suggest that there'd also be a 1,400 dirham per month service charge - which obviously puts the overall cost up somewhat.
I've spoken with a few others who have never heard of a service charge being passed to a tenant; it's been suggested he was talking about the water/gas etc deposit which is a one off, but we did ask him to repeat that it was a monthly charge.
Anyone heard of this? Might it be because we'd be leasing through Aldar directly rather than a private landlord...?
Cheers!
JD
Sep 1st 2014, 6:25 pm
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Re: Monthly service charges on top of rent?
the addc deposit is a 1k to set it up, you get it back when you close the account with the original receipt. maybe the service charges is what the landlord should be paying.
