To get a true account of what is going on you need to speak to each of the developers and get their story as well and expose who is planning on passing capital connection charges to their home buyers.
Some developers are including the capital cost AC and other essential services building connections in the apartment cost (the way it should be for any apartment but particularly for an expensive apartment), but others like Sabban and First Qatar (who I'm with) are planning on charging these capital connection costs to their home owners.
First Qatar for example want to charge the individual home owners for all the capital costs associated with connecting the building, their project, to essential services like Qatar Cool, water and electricity, internet and cable TV, etc. They are saying these fees are not their responsibility as a developer.
How can they sell an apartment in a residential building and then come back and say...
"by the way, the price for your unit does not include the connection of the building to essential services so you owe us an extra few hundred thousand if you want your apartment."
Why would anyone want to buy an apartment in a building that is not connected to essential services and why should this be allowed to be an extra when constructing a home? Would any reasonable person expect these services to be connected to the building as an extra? I think not.
This is what you need to expose. This is the story. This is called extortion.
* Yes the fees on the Pearl seem to be high - how do they compare with other similar projects, eg Palm Jumeirah.
* Did Qatar Cool charge the developers more for capital cost connections to their service than originally quoted - Maybe but really this should only be problem for the developer not the home owner.
* But who are the developers that are trying to extract a few extra hundred thousand from their project's home owners and should they get away with it? - This is the story.
Start with First Qatar. The VP is Mr. Mohamed Mohasseb. Arabian Business tried, but they did not wish to comment.
To get a true account of what is going on you need to speak to each of the developers and get their story as well and expose who is planning on passing capital connection charges to their home buyers.
Some developers are including the capital cost AC and other essential services building connections in the apartment cost (the way it should be for any apartment but particularly for an expensive apartment), but others like Sabban and First Qatar (who I'm with) are planning on charging these capital connection costs to their home owners.
First Qatar for example want to charge the individual home owners for all the capital costs associated with connecting the building, their project, to essential services like Qatar Cool, water and electricity, internet and cable TV, etc. They are saying these fees are not their responsibility as a developer.
How can they sell an apartment in a residential building and then come back and say...
"by the way, the price for your unit does not include the connection of the building to essential services so you owe us an extra few hundred thousand if you want your apartment."
Why would anyone want to buy an apartment in a building that is not connected to essential services and why should this be allowed to be an extra when constructing a home? Would any reasonable person expect these services to be connected to the building as an extra? I think not.
This is what you need to expose. This is the story. This is called extortion.
* Yes the fees on the Pearl seem to be high - how do they compare with other similar projects, eg Palm Jumeirah.
* Did Qatar Cool charge the developers more for capital cost connections to their service than originally quoted - Maybe but really this should only be problem for the developer not the home owner.
* But who are the developers that are trying to extract a few extra hundred thousand from their project's home owners and should they get away with it? - This is the story.
Start with First Qatar. The VP is Mr. Mohamed Mohasseb. Arabian Business tried, but they did not wish to comment.