And so they spoke!

Nearest grocery 8km for Barwa complex tenants
Delay in the construction of a supermarket at the Barwa residential complex in Mesaimeer is causing inconvenience to the tenants.
Close to a thousand residents of the Barwa Housing Programme’s first residential project in Mesaimeer say they face a real dilemma and inconvenience since just to get milk they have to drive for 8-10km.

The low-cost housing programme initiated by the Barwa Real Estate Company to free up the housing crisis in Qatar, offered residents two- and three- bedroom units through 31 buildings on a 200,000sqm plot in Mesaimeer since March 1 when the keys were handed over to tenants screened earlier through computer balloting.

“Since moving in we have not been able to access the neighbourhood grocery as it is still not open,” resident of a 3-bedroom apartment, a Qatari national, told Gulf Times.
“We had been driving to the nearest gas station for emergency domestic errands until recently when the road work on the Abu Hamour Roundabout began, closing direct access to the main road,” he added.

The project was supposed to be equipped with facilities such as green areas and children’s playground in addition to a clubhouse, gym, rooms for games, multi-purpose hall, basketball court, tennis court, swimming pool, retail shops and six-room nursery schools – all promised by the landlord.

Although the residents say most of the promised facilities are functional - except the swimming pool which has been filled with water but no one has been able to use it thus far - the supermarket is not yet ready.

“The building that was earmarked for the supermarket has been deserted from day one. The landlord must realise that around 900 families with children and infants face real inconvenience because of the lack of a grocery shop,” another resident of a two-bedroom flat said.

“There could be an unforeseen emergency anytime,” he added.
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