JBR tenants will pay for beach club, says developer

Posted by: Jack J Friday, 30 September 2011 8:13 PM[UAE] - UAE

First point, this may sound obvious, but can any JBR owners actually confirm if it states in their contract that a beach club will be provided with free access? To be fair to the developers if you do not have it in the official contract (or any other formal written communication from them), then you do not really have much of an argument.
Second point, would you prefer something for free if it then means that the beach club is overcrowded and poorly maintained? Or would you prefer to pay for the facilities & receive higher quality maintenance & management? (Assuming that this will be the case, as everyone then has the choice whether to pay for the facilities or not, and the club won't last long without paying customers)

Posted by: Jibiar Dude Thursday, 24 November 2011 8:54 AM[UAE] - Hong Kong

Hi JJ, I do have official documents (from Estitmar, DPG, IDAMA, Salwan) showing beach clubs, beach park for free, Gym for free, leach vegetation, clean beach, good security, allocated parking space, big number of clean pools with facilities, no smoke and bad smell in my parking areas and AED 9,5/sqf SC's, an HOA in 2008, etc... none of these things materialized except the service charges increase from 9,5 to 21 and then decreased to 15,7. no explanation how they found these figures. google JBR and you will find many articles on the subject.

Posted by: Benoit Friday, 30 September 2011 8:13 PM[UAE] - Germany

Dubai developers and RERA actions and reputation do not incourage investors to put their money in Dubai. JBR is maybe the biggest mistake in Dubai property market. what was supposed to be a dream place became a nightmare for all investors due to dubai properties lack of business ethics. How will any investor trust the property market?

Posted by: Toufik Khan Friday, 30 September 2011 8:11 PM[UAE] - UAE

Some people will always be naive and impetuous and never learn from their mistakes and the mistakes of others.

Posted by: M Friday, 30 September 2011 2:58 PM[UAE] - UAE

Why journalists don't make proper research before they print an article. I guess it is because they wanna make quick money too - like the developers. The beach clubs were never promised to be free to residents. The original JBR plan they used for marketing showed 3 or 4 commercial beach clubs (members only) and 1 large Beach PARK (between Hilton and Sheraton where now the huge parking area is). Knowing that the clubs are becoming commercial, Investors were hoping that this Beach Park will be free for residents. But they never built it - it became worst and they build a massive car park instead, the beach, especially next to the Hilton Hotel is dirty and full of cigarettes and the whole beach area looks like a big under construction zone for years know. We can just hope that one day these developers will realise that not fulfilling promises to investors will not only destroy the reputation of the whole city but penalise everybody.

Posted by: Chris Friday, 30 September 2011 1:30 PM[UAE] - UAE

Interestingly some years ago when I enquired about purchasing a property at the sales office that will become a beach club, I was told that the pools and gyms would be free to residents as would the sales office come future beach club when it was converted. I was informed that the other three locations would all be available for a membership fee for residents and that the beach area would always remain available to residents of the total marina. How things change. Will the beach continue to be available for all residents? I must say, that I am very pleased that I had the foresight not to purchase in JBR.