I was eagerly waiting for handover on 15th January when my building owner told me that Nakheel will not handover the building until all service and land department registration charges have been paid. Also my agent was saying that affection plans of the property cost a fortune without which DEWA will not connect water or electricity. SO TRAPPED IS THE RIGHT WORD WHICH COMES TO MIND!!!

I am buying in Persia N3 but have no information about the handover procedure or any handover date. Has anyone actually experienced the handover procedure and can you tell us what to expect?

I happen to be in midst of Persia handover procedures at the moment. My building owner was given an appointment with Nakheel regarding updates on charges to be paid by unit owners towards service charges, land department charges for title deeds to be issued to unit owners, and unit sale register charges to be paid as well before any keys can be handed out to individual unit owners. I was informed that my building owner has paid lump sum from his side on behalf of his unit owners to avoid further delays. So Nakheel allowed the sagging process to begin and then we are now waiting for a NO OBJECTION letter from DUBAI MUNCIPALITY for connecting electricity and water from DEWA. After all documents are with the building owner for each unit owner he will check if the charges have been paid by unit owners before keys can be given out !!!