Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Paddy and I arrive Dubai after midnight. He goes to kennel and I go to the hotel for a few hours sleep until the morning when we move into our new home.
When we arrive at the house conditions are deplorable. The house was not ready for us to take possession. The Landlord´s representative assured us the property would be ready to take possession tomorrow. He said that the house would be properly cleaned and all construction inside of villa would be completed. This however, was not true. When we arrived at the villa on Wednesday, the Villa still looked like a construction site. Partially cleaned but certainly not livable, floor were filthy dirty. Pool construction was not as agreed in our original agreement. I am doubtful that it will be finished at all. No landscaping, just sand and garbage in the yard. Little are no running water anywheres in the house. None of the air conditioners were putting out cold are. Just the fans were running, and two units had no power what so ever.
Please let me say that we still took possession of the villa under duress. Our container from Norway arrived 1 hour later. It arrived in Dubai on July 31, 2010, so Crown Movers insisted they could not delay the container´s delivery for even one more day. Our beloved cat was still at the kennel (DKC whom imported him from Norway to Dubai), they had already told us there was no room for him to stay yet another night. The Hotel, where Erik and I were housed refused to allow us to keep the cat there, barring there no pet allowed policy. We had no choice, we moved in! The temperature inside the house was 31C. We are promised tomorrow everything will be fixed.
On the up side, we are very excited and upbeat about our new life here. The city is beautiful. Local people are friendly. Shopping is unbelievable, no name brand left behind! Weather is always great! Little or no rain, sun shines here everyday and no snow! After 18 years in Norway, I´m in love.
Welcome to Dubai,
Inshallah till tomorrow:
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