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How long did it take you to find a villa, do the deal and move in?

spongemonkey980

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Latest post on 26 September 2011 - 06:50

They all seem to expect it to happen VERY quickly ...they seem to expect you to move in - eh, tomorrow! Also they don't seem interested in letting you see places if you are not in that category.

Did you feel panicked by the house finding process? ie the time pressure ....

did you feel that you end up jumping for something just because of time pressure and the need to get something? :\:

Cornish Pixie

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Latest post on 01 October 2011 - 07:37

DEWA have become very poor at connecting the supply, it is frequently taking 3 days at the moment so don't delay getting that utility sorted out as the villa/apartment can not be cleaned well if there is no power/water!

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Sue6223852

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Latest post on 30 September 2011 - 23:47

no pressure - the hardest bit was finding a place within budget that we liked but once we did it all went smoothly and fairly quickly. There were a few items included that we didn't want, so the landlord arranged for them to be removed which took until a few days after we moved in but that was the only slight hiccup and wasn't really a problem...

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glamsara

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Latest post on 30 September 2011 - 23:40

It took me like 4weeks to find a place,1week till we signed the contract and1 day to move:). Very frustrating though

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sadubai

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Latest post on 26 September 2011 - 16:59

I must admit I am also surprised that turnarounds here are so quickly. I've been advised by our agent that I should see stuff in the 4 weeks I have while our container is on the high seas and no point doing it before that. I'm doing a trip earlier to see DH and hope to see friend's apts and get a better sense of areas so we spend our time judiciously when we move at the end of the year.

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spongemonkey980

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Latest post on 26 September 2011 - 14:36

They all seem to expect it to happen VERY quickly ...they seem to expect you to move in - eh, tomorrow! Also they don't seem interested in letting you see places if you are not in that category. Did you feel panicked by the house finding process? ie the time pressure .... :\: Totally. The pressure and stress was enormous, and was very glad when the deal was done and over. But I thought it was an only in Dubai thing, so from your questions SM...maybe I thought wrong. edited by Sugarbeach on 26/09/2011 you have lost me at the end? We have not moved in YEARS here so all has changed.............

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spongemonkey980

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Latest post on 26 September 2011 - 14:36

It seems that you can't plan a couple of months in advance here unless youre very lucky and find the place you like with current tenants moving out on or around the date you plan on moving in. And even if you do find just such a scenario, some other agent has likely rented the place out to someone else, LL will change their mind, current tenants will decide to stay on after all. Our moves tend to be made with a weeks notice. We know we plan to move on a certain date, it's just a matter of finding a place within the right price range, location, and it has to be sitting empty. We probably start looking around 4 to 3 weeks before the move date. Something always comes up...is it ideal? Probably not, but what is here? So with a few days to go, we sign it, seal it and then move. Did we get stressed about it? Not really...worked our little patoots off to get the move done though. It's not so much panic you feel with the time pressure, for us it's just pure frustration with the process, and then just saying, oh blow it...this will do. We don't own it, it'll never be perfect, it just has to tick as many boxes for us as possible. I think those are wise words! :)

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Sugarbeach23383

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Latest post on 26 September 2011 - 08:56

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october21468

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Latest post on 26 September 2011 - 08:51

Am doing this now SM - and we gave it 5-6 weeks - as we ended up with panic situations on previous moves with nowhere to go and a week til we had to get out so ended up making not so good decisions. Both villas we (or rather I) selected and DH subsequently vetoed worked within that timeframe and the 2nd one wanted longer. The villa we've finally gone for won't be ready til beginning of November so we're having to ask for an extension where we're currently renting. Just hope that what arohadxb is saying doesn't happen to us then :\: - although I hope not as we are using a fax agent.

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