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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 00:50

SuzyDuzy - what year are you children in? We have just had confirmation today that my daughter will join yr4 and my son yr2. Now we can get on organising the rest of the relocation. I'm visiting in a couple of weeks and hope to be able to find somewher to live. We have been offered a villa on Springs 6 but i'm thinking it might be too far from school. I like your thinking re play dates. Hi Betti, we are about to move to DSO with places also at Gems DSO. From my limited knowledge, Phase 1 and Phase 2 are exactly the same in terms of the types of villas offered - literally same price, same styles (traditional or modern), and 3, 4 or 5 brms. For me, I liked Phase 1 best (or Clusters ABC&D) because it has a lovely big park, playground, pool, tennis court, volleyball smack bang in the middle. So all of the villas are built around this as it is the focal point. Phase 2, or what I believe to be, is on the other side of the road - and the villas are in rows. So, there is no big park like the one I just described, but they do have some pools spread throughout. The are basic, pools, but hey, they do the job! There are indeed some parks, or green grass, but no 'playground' as such. My children are young, so the playground thing is important for me. So for me, the biggest difference is the 'feeling'. Not as many trees and greenery in Phase 2, but it is closer to Spinneys..... in any case, Phase 2 is not far from Phase 1. I know for a fact there are villas in Phase 2, but regret that the options in Phase 1 are very limited, if they exist at all. I believe we were incredibly lucky to find one in Phase 1. But we got booted out of our house after just one month because the LL decided to sell, we we deserve some luck!!! Phase 1 or Phase 2, I think the community looks lovely, and I think the school will really bring some harmony to it because loads of kids, that know each other, will be living close by to each other. We were at another great Gems school, but play dates were complicated as we discovered that we all lived in different parts... so this will be a nice change - walking to a neighbors house to play!

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Latest post on 06 July 2011 - 15:48

The children are 6 and 8 and will start Srptember in year 2 & 4. GEMS Royal Dubai have just emailed me saying they have places. Any thoughts on this school?

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