‘We used a mortgage broker and consider it to be money well spent. I’d also recommend that people use a lawyer’
Issue one
buildings, having been to a showroom in one particular building and liked the finishing and facilities, and this was supposed to be the best of all of their buildings. The location is also great (directly opposite the Royal Meridien Dubai). When you buy off plan it’s difficult to pick the little things out, so the few things we didn’t like about the apartment when we saw it fully completed – the small en-suite in the master bedroom and the maid’s room being attached to the kitchen – we modified on moving in.
Did you consider buying elsewhere in the UAE? Had work have taken me to Abu Dhabi we may well have bought there. We have friends living in the Al Raha Beach development and it’s lovely. The apartments are right on the marina, have huge windows and none of the views from them are restricted. What do you think will happen to the mortgage market in the UAE? I can see there being more regulation to bring the banks in line, making it