Q: I have purchased a property developed by a developer. They told me verbally that the property is located in Downtown, and in the SPA they used the location Burj Khalifa community developed by another developer. As a first-time property buyer, I trusted them. Now, they are saying that the property is in Business Bay. How can Dubai laws support a customer for the disguised real estate marketing or cheating?

Q: I booked an off-plan studio in R.E.P. DIP. The developer posts to me the contract to sign. I signed the contract and posted it back to their address. The texture property In Dubai has been dealing and I transferred 10% to reserve the unit in June 2015. I have paid over 30% until the end of Dec 2016. I stopped paying the rest of instalments because after viewing 0% construction report through DLD website and neither developer has provided me Oqood. There is still no construction as per the DLD report for project number 1514. I am considering to get a refund. The total price of the studio is AED 330000. 10% at the outset, 36 equal instalments during construction, 20% on handover and 18 equal instalments after the handover. I have paid 10% and 18 equal instalments out of 36 during the construction as per contract. Total AED 109,973.94 paid: AED 109,973.00 What are the possibilities to get a refund from the developer? How much would it cost?

Q: I bought a property in Abu Dhabi and the completion date as written in the agreement is in 2014 and the project has not been finished to date. I have contacted the developers several times and met with them and they keep failing their promises. What do you advise, should I file a case to terminate the Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA), can I claim for compensation for the delay?

Q: I have booked an apartment in Ajman in a project and I have already paid 90% of the payment. The builder's name is [-------], and now they have stopped the project for 6 years. Please let me know how I can recover my money.

Q: We purchased a condominium from a developer in Ajman. We keep paying monthly but haven't received the property. We would like to get the money back as it's been 8 years.

Q: My late father had purchased a 3 BHK apartment in a project in Ajman from a developer for around 500K. They were meant to hand over the units back in 2009-2011. They had then offered to buy another project, and as usual, had promised that even that project would be delivered within months in 2012, which we respectfully declined as then property agent was hopeful that the B15 tower's court case would be resolved soon. My father tried countless attempts to follow through with the team of the developer and recover his funds as we had paid up to 90% or just the last cheque of 70,000 was pending for full payment towards the property handover. However, fast forward 2020, my father passed away in January 2019 and never saw the light of the day for that property and now my sister and I as his heirs are going round and round with the real estate agent again. I would like some serious advice on how we can recover the funds from the developer.

Q: Hi, I bought a flat in Ajman in 2008 and paid 15%, then I defaulted on payment. The contracts say that if I defaulted, they can keep 30% of the paid amount. Can they sue me for the full amount? Can they go to Dubai courts while the contract says Ajman courts have the jurisdiction in case of a dispute?

Q: I bought an off-plan property in 2014 and paid the full amount, but the developer couldn't complete it and left the country. He didn't register it in the land dept. Now the project has been given to a new developer by the land dept. as it is already 90% complete. The property is not registered in the land dept by the previous developer. The land dept asked me to put a complaint on Dubai Land Department for failure to register by the developer. After the complaint, I received an email from the Real Estate Violation System (RVS) that the property is registered under a different name and asked me to contact the judicial authorities. What would be my property's status in this scenario, how can I get my property? Can I proceed through Dubai courts according to the arbitration law which is mentioned in the SPA for dispute?

Q: Greetings to all on this helpful forum and many thanks for previous replies. We have a pertinent question about an execution judgment against a developer in Ajman. The flat was bought in 2006 on plan. By the delivery date Dec. 2008, there were hardly 3 concrete floors. We had paid by that time AED 155,000. We stopped paying the PDC cheques and opened a civil case. We won a judgment for execution in 2018 for payment of the whole amount plus interest plus expenses. So far no payment and they seem to be open for business. Does anyone here on this forum know why that is and how long this can go? What would be the reason for this delay and are there any assurances that the amount will be paid? Would a court order for payment remain not executed indefinitely and why? An answer to my email address would suffice for confidentiality. Thank you