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It sounded (and still sounds) impossible for me to live outside island but now that we are expecting my bother-in-law to move there my DH is so excited about living in a villa close to his brother. The expected move is not before July but i have a few questions. For ppl living in Khalifa A, how did you find the perfect house? can you recommend a good agent or is there a possibility to rent direct from landlord (and obviously save the commission)? on Dubizzle there are loads of houses, and all seem reasonably priced. But are there neighbourhoods better than others? are there any complexes or are villas all individual? Another general question, when to start the serious looking and inquiring? I will post more questions as they come to mind. Thanks in advance. oooh there are loads of people now living in kca. i used to live there before anybody else like 9 years ago when people would not travel off the island without a passport, now they have added lots of schools and infrastructure into kca its pretty crowded, too crowded with people commuting from town to schools there (as they could only get a place at the new campuses). you can use an estate agent or if you want just drive around to see if there are signs, some may be direct from owner, usually the larger compounds, some will have a number but will usually be an agent.... or use dubizzle etc. dont believe everything you see on dubizzle or elswhere, the favourite scam is when you ring up for a certain place, you get the sorry oh its just gone but we have this house for 20k more.... etc etc Thank you busybee2. You are always very helpful. Do you know if some compounds are better than others? can you give some names. Appreciate it. honestly i try to avoid going over to kca. liwa oasis is good but it dont think there are any for rent. the other major one is raha gardens. lots of little compounds of 3 and 6 and more. there is no point really looking now, the rule of thumb here is to look like 3 weeks before you need a house.

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