Prices for utilities at The Pearl

Then it seems that the standing charge for Qatar Cool is responsibility of the LL, I was told the same. I asked the real state agent about all this, she said that we can ask the LL to request the bill for Qatar Cool every 3 months and pay to him directly. Of course this is because in our case the contract is signed only between us and the LL, no agency involved. At least is an option to avoid highest amounts at the end of the contract. Regarding water & electricity, you can pay that at the KAHRAMAA office at City Center (Qatar General Electricity & Water Co.), phone is 991, and I think if you go there and ask to register, you should be able to pay the bills monthly online and keep the receipts for the LL, it may be worth asking. She mentioned that water & electricity is really cheap, and said that for a penthouse of 800sqm annually is around 3000QAR. Being conservatives we can say that for utilities at the pearl one should calculate something around 1,150QAR p/m for a 1B flat with 2 people (250 internet, 200 cable, 650 Qatar Cool, 50 water & electricity). More if you add the land line. HTH <em>edited by loloatdoha on 15/08/2012</em>

Here is what I found at the Qatar Cool webpage: END USERS ON THE PEARL – QATAR: COOLING SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND FEES How does Qatar Cool levy and collect fees from the unit owner/end user? Qatar Cool adopts a similar system to other utility providers such as water or electricity. Accordingly, unit owners/end users pay the following charges: (...) Using a 157 square metre unit as an example, what fees can an end user expect to pay monthly? The estimated recurring fees for a unit with a total area of 157 m2: (Assuming approximately 7 TR allocated for the area, which is inclusive of the allocation forcommon cooling requirements provided by the developer.) Cooling Capacity: 7TR Capacity & Consumption Fees: Approximately QR550 Meter Maintenance & Administration Fee: QR 60 Approximate Total: QR 610 per month (...) How do I contact Qatar Cool? Qatar Cool has a Customer Service Office located in Parcel 8 on The Pearl-Qatar for your convenience. We encourage all our customers to visit the office with any enquiries they might have. Customer Service Office: Parcel 08 Porto Arabia Commercial Bank Branch 1st Floor The Pearl - Qatar Tel: +974 7722 – COOL(2665) Tel: +974 7711 – COOL(2665) Email: [email protected] Website: www.qatarcool.com HTH <em>edited by loloatdoha on 14/08/2012</em>

Ladies thank you and thank you! Chizz that's really great info, was exactly what I was looking for, hopefully tomorrow we will be finishing the details of our contract for 1B flat at one of the Sabann Towers (fingers crossed), and I do remember that the real state agent mentioned that for the flat we liked the Qatar Cool standing fee was responsibility of the LL and that we only need to take care of the usage charge, and thanks to HappyBird we know is something around 100QAR per month (at least for 1B flat and 2 people) ---- if you need to pay the standing fee add another 252QAR for the same size apartment. We also know that the premium package for cable with OSN is 250QAR p/m (plus 1,585QAR one time payment for the decoder,at least last year) and that the charge for Internet with Vodafone is 200QAR p/m for 5mb speed. That leave us with at least 802QAR p/m (including the Qatar Cool standing fee) but we still need to add to that the electricity & water (that's what I meant Chizz but instead said gas, sorry). After reading the other thread I would like to think that we can deduct that cost from Jonners post, because if she paid a little less than 6000QAR for 9 months of use (with most of the months for standard charges), of which we know 252QAR is the Qatar Cool standing fee p/m then 6000/9=666 - 252= 414. Let's say for water & electricity she paid around 400QAR. But I can't be sure of this of course since later she stated that the bill reflected the cost of having Qatar Cool (didn't mentioned anything about water & elect), if the amount of 6000 doesn't included it then we have a total monthly bills for at least 1,100QAR without the water & electricity!! (250 cable, 200 Internet, 650 Qatar Cool). But again I would tend to think she paid around 650 p/m including Qatar cool standing fee, water & electricity. To sum up, we can only guess that utilities for Internet, cable and Qatar cool (and hopefully also water & elect) are anything between 1,100-1,500QAR (of course you can always go for a not so fast Internet conection and less chanels for cable). Or more if you want the land line too. I will ask tomorrow at the real state agency about all this, to make sure we are going to be notified of our monthly bills. Thanks again for the help and the info. Hope that what I said has any sense! Lisa if I sign the contract will try to find out about morning coffees for sure. Chizz hopefully we will be neighbors soon!