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3 available 3 • View allHow can I get refund for a canceled project and delay in handover?
Q: Good evening,
I invested 90% in a property in 2006. The initial developer was jailed, and then it was sold on to another developer.
When I lived in Dubai, I went to the Land Department many times but got nowhere. The new developer was given a deadline to start, and that kept changing.
I am now in the UK and have emailed the land department many times, but they don't reply. Finally, they replied to me on Twitter on 21 December 2021. Their words were:
'We would like to inform you that the project is under transfer to the Cancelled Projects Committee. It is currently under study. Time took: about two months'
I'm not sure if 'time took' is just a language error, and they mean that it will take two months. And I don't know what will take two months, to transfer, to cancel or to get a refund?
Obviously, the main thing I want to know is how to get my money refunded as it has been 16 years!!!!! But I'd like to know what the process is. I still have the original contract.
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Claiming refund from developer after cancellation of project
Q: This is regarding an under-cancellation real estate project in Dubai (started in 2017 & was supposed to be handed over in Dec 2019 but progress did not move beyond 10%).
I made my cheques payable to the company rather than to escrow account. AED 881K was already cashed out of 1,460K (+ 58,400K for Dubai Land Dept).
What are the options available for recovering my money?
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Q: I bought an off-plan property & paid 100 % amount, also paid 4 % Oqood by June 2011.
Now, I learnt through DLD that the property is cancelled as the builder could complete half construction & now it shall go for liquidation.
I am stressed whether I will get the full invested amount after liquidation or just minimal. What do the laws say?
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Laws & Regulations
3 available 3 • View allLaw No. (13) of 2008 Regulating the Interim Property Register in the Emirate of Dubai
This Law establishes interim property register in which sale contracts, off-plan sales, and other off-plan legal dispositions of real property are registered prior to inclusion in the property register maintained by Dubai Land Department.
Aug 14, 2008
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Law No. (9) of 2009 Amending Law No. (13) of 2008 Regulating the Interim Property Register in the Emirate of Dubai
The provisions of this Law supersede articles (2) and (11) of Law No. (13) of 2008 Regulating the Interim Property Register in the Emirate of Dubai.
Apr 12, 2009
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Executive Council Resolution No. (6) of 2010 Approving the Implementing Bylaw of Law No. (13) of 2008 Regulating the Interim Property Register in the Emirate of Dubai
This Resolution approves the Implementing Bylaw of Law No. (13) of 2008 Regulating the Interim Property Register in the Emirate of Dubai.
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