Reem island vs khalidiyah

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Sep 6th 2010, 5:42 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

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Bupa International healthcare. Do keep up.

err no HSBC, keep up doll...

Sep 6th 2010, 5:45 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

No, STILL Bupa. Maybe they do know something...

Sep 6th 2010, 6:00 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

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Thanks everyone, khalidiyah it is then!

I take it that decent amenities on reem island apartments are still a while off?

A LONG way off ... as in, I doubt they will ever come. Loads of problems with the final delivery of the towers that they have built.

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Are there any particular developments or apartment blocks in khalidiyah you would recommend?

Not as such, some nice new ones up near the Spinneys. When you get here you will know - don't worry too much about it now...

Sep 6th 2010, 6:04 am

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Not as such, some nice new ones up near the Spinneys. When you get here you will know - don't worry too much about it now...

They will be way above his 220 budget though, more like 250..

Sep 6th 2010, 6:06 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

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They will be way above his 220 budget though, more like 250..

We saw some 2/3 bed apartments in the new towers near The One that were in the 200-250 range. Crap views and next to building sites, but relatively affordable.

Sep 6th 2010, 6:08 am

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We saw some 2/3 bed apartments in the new towers near The One that were in the 200-250 range. Crap views and next to building sites, but relatively affordable.

Wow, still very expensive.

Sep 6th 2010, 6:14 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

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We saw some 2/3 bed apartments in the new towers near The One that were in the 200-250 range. Crap views and next to building sites, but relatively affordable.

Great location, but as you say crap views. The towers down by spinneys will be more due to the views...plus shopping delivered...

Sep 6th 2010, 6:41 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

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A LONG way off ... as in, I doubt they will ever come. Loads of problems with the final delivery of the towers that they have built.

Not as such, some nice new ones up near the Spinneys. When you get here you will know - don't worry too much about it now...

Heard a story last week from a subcontractor working on Reem that the island power infrastructure isn't man enough for the job to the point where the district cooling plant can't be switched on. If its true, its gonna be a looooonnnggg wait..

Sep 6th 2010, 6:45 am

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Your story isn't far off the truth.

The other issue is that the building compliance certificates can only be issued (which allows handover) when the building can be shown to be running on power. Previously they allowed temporary power to issue the certificates but for these bad boys they want to show it running off the grid.

They can (probably) run the cooling on gas though. However, as far as I know they haven't signed the contracts with Tabreed yet...

Sep 6th 2010, 6:51 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

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Thanks everyone, khalidiyah it is then!

I take it that decent amenities on reem island apartments are still a while off?

Are there any particular developments or apartment blocks in khalidiyah you would recommend?

hahaha in the first draft plan they had no plans for any amentities at all, just high rises.....! until it was pointed out to them that it couldnt work like that....

Sep 6th 2010, 6:52 am

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Dunno. Still on BUPA for me. Maybe they know something I don't.

ive got bupa now ,but yesterday i was getting jobs in aldar. hehehe

Sep 6th 2010, 6:53 am

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We saw some 2/3 bed apartments in the new towers near The One that were in the 200-250 range. Crap views and next to building sites, but relatively affordable.

rubbish thats not relatively affordable, they used to be under a 100k before this place got a little too greedy.

Sep 6th 2010, 7:12 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

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rubbish thats not relatively affordable, they used to be under a 100k before this place got a little too greedy.

I meant "relatively affordable" in the context of an accommodation allowance of 220. Not relatively affordable compared to, say, Dubai.

Sep 6th 2010, 8:54 am

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Re: Reem island vs khalidiyah

Thank you everyone for your advice, much appreciated particularly as I was half considering reem island.

There are a bunch of khalidiyah 2 beds on dubizzle going for 120k - 150k, I am a little suspicious as info looks very light and based on previous responses looks too good to be true.