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Latest post on 02 January 2015 - 14:27

Hi kitkat89, We've moved to Palm this year and before moving here I've seen dozens of apartments in Dubai. I would suggest you to do the same cause it is all about your lifestyle + budget. You should feel the ambiance of the location and feel the value of it. We loved Palm! And even though we could've get a 3 br apt in Greens, we've chosen to live here in a 2 br apt. Is it over priced? YES. Is it worth it? For us. YES again. The reason why we've found it worth: 1.We're living in the Marina Residences and inside of the apt is in a much better quality, finishings and the layout plans are better than any residence we've seen. -rooms are definitely bigger, main decoration is better for our taste- 2.Not sure what it has been raised as a downside about the traffic here, cause I 've never seen any. Especially comparing to Marina and JBR, you wouldn't call it traffic. 3.It is close to the office of my DH, he's coming here without getting stuck in the traffic. 4.It is close to JBR, Marina, MOE, Ibn Batuta Mall, Souk Medinat, fair close to get a taxi if you'd like. But if I weren't driving, I would definitely pick an apt around Marina or JBR as Palm is a bit isolated area. I had never faced a difficulty of finding a taxi here -I need it very occasionally- , but I feel like it might be an issue on hotter days. There's no tram or metro here and not sure if the transportation to Atlantis hotel is connected to the Palm tram station. Even if it is, I don't see it as an easy option as you'll need lots of get ins-get ons. Good luck with the move! edited by xN on 02/01/2015 Dear xN- Thank you so much for detailed response, this is very helpful.We would definitely search and check out apartments before we sign off something. My DH's work location is also close to PJ, and from budget point of view Palm is within our Budget so we feel positive vibes so far about Palm. We both plan to buy 2 cars so reliance on Public transportation will be very minimum for us. Thanks again :cool:

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Latest post on 02 January 2015 - 14:03

If I'm entirely honest, and I'm sure others might agree, you may want to consider looking elsewhere other than Palm Jumeirah. You can get much nicer apartments, in a much better location for less. Depending on where your careers will be, try JLT/Marina/Tecom or somewhere. They're sort of near the Palm, but you won't get the hassle of trying to get to and from your home every day due to traffic. My husband and I moved to the Marina recently and absolutely love it. Good luck in your search however :) edited by Haim on 31/12/2014 Thank you Haim for your reply.We took Dubai Marina out of consideration due to traffic issues, are you happy with the traffic situation? Which building you would recommend?. We had heard Palm Jumeirah is comparatively calm and perfect location to be close to beach due to which we are more inclined towards Palm Jumeirah.

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