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4 متاح 4 • عرض الجميعA tenant refuses to renew the tenancy contract with new conditions. What to do?

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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
I sent a renewal notice to my Dubai tenant with more than 3 months advance.
In the renewal, I adjusted the rental increase as per RERA of 5% and requested a change in payment conditions from 4 to 2 cheques.
The tenant agreed to the new amount but did not agree to the new payment conditions because, according to him, the provisions to change the terms in the contract allowed by RERA were only suggestions and not enforceable.
Therefore, the contract renewal has not yet gone forward because we do not agree with his interpretation.
While consulting our options, RERA updated the rental increase for the area from 5% to 15% since the tenant is paying well below market price.
We sent the tenant a new proposal with the updated RERA-allowed increase of 15%, offering back payments of 4 cheques.
The tenant refused again, arguing that the new proposal is not applicable since we are now out of the 90-day previous notification window required.
Please advise our options!


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هل لمالك العقار زيادة الإيجار باستخدام تقييم دائرة الأراضي والأملاك بدلاً من مؤشر مؤسسة التنظيم العقاري؟



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س: يحاول مالك العقار زيادة إلايجار بما يتجاوز مؤشر مؤسسة التنظيم العقاري، مستخدمًا تقييم دائرة الأراضي والأملاك كمعيار.
تسلسل الأحداث:
1. قبل 90 يومًا من تجديد عقدي، عرض عليّ المالك عقد إيجار جديد بزيادة 10% على إيجاري الحالي.
2. اعترضتُ على ذلك بمشاركة نتيجة مؤشر مؤسسة التنظيم العقاري، والتي أفادت بعدم وجود زيادة في قيمة الإيجار.
3. قرر المالك في هذه المرحلة إجراء تقييم إيجاري لدى دائرة الأراضي والأملاك.
4. يوم الجمعة الماضي، قبل 49 يومًا من انتهاء عقد إيجاري الحالي، أرسل المالك التقييم، والذي أظهر زيادة بنسبة 21% على الإيجار (أو بمعنى آخر، إيجاري الحالي أقل بنسبة 17.5% من هذا التقييم الحالي).
هل يحق للمالك فعل ذلك، وما الزيادة المسموح بها قانونًا في هذه الحالة؟




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س: هذه حالتي:
1. لدي عقد إيجار لفيلا ومن المقرر تجديده في الأول من سبتمبر.
2. في 28 مايو، أرسل لي المالك رسالة بالبريد الإلكتروني تفيد بأنه يريد زيادة الإيجار لكنه لم يذكر المبلغ.
3. في الأول من يونيو، أرسل لي ممثل المالك رسالة بالبريد الإلكتروني تحتوي على "شهادة تقييم الإيجار" تفيد أن قيمة الإيجار للعقار تبلغ 225,000 درهم إماراتي
4. في الأول من يونيو، قمنا بفحص مؤشر الإيجارات ووجدنا أنه ينص على أن إيجار فيلا فردية مكونة من خمس غرف نوم يتراوح بين 231,000 درهم إماراتي إلى 260,000 درهم إماراتي، في حين أن إيجار مجمع في جميرا يتراوح بين 231,000 درهم إماراتي إلى 260,000 درهم إماراتي، في حين يتراوح إيجار المجمع السكني في جميرا تتراوح بين 202,000 درهم إلى 246,000 درهم
5. كان إيجار منزلي للعام الماضي 189,000 درهم إماراتي
6. يريد المالك زيادة الإيجار بنسبة 19% بناءً على شهادة التقييم
7. لقد قلت لمالك العقار أن "المرسوم رقم 43 لسنة 2013 بشأن زيادة إيجار العقارات في إمارة دبي" ينص على أن الحد الأقصى للزيادة يجب أن يكون 5%. فهل فهمي صحيح؟

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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
I have a question about rent renewal for an apartment in Dubai. My contract is up for renewal in 3 months, and I received notification of a 20% rent increase.
When attempting to use the Dubai Land rent calculator, I encountered the message: "Rental index data is not available for this period and will be updated later." Data is only available until the end of March.
If my contract were up for renewal now and I could use the rent calculator, there would be no increase in rent according to the calculator.
The owner is using current market rates as a basis, not the rent index.
What rates should be used to calculate any increase in rent?




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