A villa in Khalifa City, Al Reef or Mohammed Bin Zayed City brings tasks an apartment rarely does. There may be a pool to clean, a water tank that needs periodic cleaning, external AC units, irrigation timers, a roof and outdoor drains. Read the maintenance clause in the draft le
Most repair disagreements start with a sentence nobody wrote down. Define in the lease which repairs the tenant handles and which stay with you, and use examples rather than general words. Replacing light bulbs and cleaning AC filters might sit with the tenant; a failed compresso
Fire safety in an apartment building depends on systems you share with every neighbour: alarms, sprinklers, extinguishers, stairwells and the team that maintains them. Before you commit, ask the community management for the date of the latest fire safety inspection and whether the building's occupancy certificate is valid. Under the programme overseen by the Department of Municipalities and Transport, obtaining or renewing that certificate requires civil defence and fire safety clearances. During the viewing, look at the common areas yourself: are exting
