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Latest post on 26 January 2015 - 19:54

Where in the world is their a regulatroy body that comes and inspects properties? Hi, it was a suggestion that stricter guidelines or inspections 'should' be made available here for landlords to follow with regards to maintaining the upkeep of their properties and its contents. I have heard of people having problems such as damp coming through walls and onto their furniture, tenants building access cards not working as landlords do not pay their building maintenance. Yes there is no such regulatory body here to protect the tenant but there should be. Most landlords just take their money sometimes never to be seen again, if at all.The tenant is left high and dry for the whole year or they could leave early loosing rent paid or take the landlord to court. All the while the landlord is happy with his years rent and will rent it out again just paying for a quick lick of paint so it looks clean and damp free for the next unsuspecting tenant. RERA need to get this sorted to protect the tenant more.

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Latest post on 03 September 2014 - 17:23

Some time ago I was getting extremely strong cooking smells in my main bedroom coming from another apartment. After continuously having maintenance in and being told they couldn't find any problems and also getting them visit when we had this smell too. Finally they decided to use expanding foam in certain areas in that A/C section as they finally found gaps surrounding pipes. This thankfully worked and those smells stopped all together. But to date they are still trying to find a solution to the A/C problem in our daughters room. Sometimes her A/C can smell so bad it will even wake her up if it is put on for at least an hour. This smell then travels through the rest of the apartment so we have no choice but to turn hers off which is just not acceptable. Today they have just left our apartment saying that the A/C is being repaired in the building as we speak and should be cooler tomorrow. They say there may be a solution to the bad smell but obviously this will once again cost the landlord, and we have to see A if it will work and B if he is willing to pay for it. So I am not sure if this once again is a ploy to keep me quiet or if in fact it will work. But if it has taken them since February to find a solution I am not holding out much hope. Yes we would love to move out but we paid for a year just like most tenants and we would lose at least 3 months rent by doing that and lets be honest if people like me didn't stamp their feet in situations like this then following tenants would experience the same nightmare and I don't think that is right at all. There is a Community Wall on the net for tenants in JLT and it appears I am certainly not the only one complaining or experiencing similar A/C problems in this tower. So I hope I am helping people by posting this. Afterall rents are going crazy and we live in a country where we have to have A/C so it should be clean air and cold air. When you view a property the A/C is not usually working so you just assume it will be good don't you? <em>edited by debbieiw on 03/09/2014</em>

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Latest post on 03 September 2014 - 17:11

I live in GCV2 and have just renewed my tenancy for another year. The only issue I have had is in the last couple of weeks when I use my a/c in my bedroom. The smell of cigarette smoke that filters through is disgusting. Apart from that I have had no issues and the tower is significantly nicer than a number of others I viewed in the area.

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Latest post on 02 September 2014 - 23:25

We are on the 18 th floor. Believe me when our tenancy expires I will be gone. But seriously it is disgusting. They make the whole tower look so nice and obviously landlords will only praise it to get more tenants in. Yes we were told it was a design issue too. Then they blame Palm District Cooling, then they blame possibly the bin shoot. You constantly pay for maintenance to come in and they do all these jobs to try and rectify things over and over again. I know there are still issues with other tenants relating to their A/C too but every department just continuously blames one another. So you have been warned, stay away from Goldcrest Views 2, JLT.

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Latest post on 02 September 2014 - 23:15

I would like to update anyone searching for apartments in JLT. I have lived in Goldcrest Views 2 since February. Since moving in I have had maintenance constantly in and out of the apartment as the A/C is disgusting. Bad smells in our daughters room and the apartment. The tower A/C is useless. You can put the A/C on the coolest setting possible, which believe me isn't cold and even if you have it on all day it still isnt cold enough. All the while your bills to Palm District Cooling just keep going up and up. The tower is lovely, the pool is lovely, the lobby is very nice and good security. But the A/C lets the whole tower down. Please please take my advice. Go elsewhere and save money. A/C is a must in this country. It might seem like a bargain but you'll be paying for it. edited by debbieiw on 01/09/2014 I know! I lived there for a year and suffered They can't fix it so dnt bother If u can't stand it like I did move out There's a problem with the design of the building and they have no solution, Tht was told to me by a top mgt individual after I called the police cos it was extremely hot and I had a baby infant. Which floor r u? It's not in all floors though

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