I work for a TV company in the UK and we are making a show about buying property in Dubai. We are looking for Brits in Dubai who are having problems with new property developments they have bought into or with the standard of work in their new property.

I notice from the forum that there may be issues with the Elements development.
Please get in touch through the forum if you can help with information or you are are British and having problems and would be interested in finding out more about our project.
Thankyou

Hi That sounds good, i good idea for you would be to look at the companies who exhibit in roadshows across the country, although i haven't purchased through people like SEAVIW who now call themselves DUBAI PROPERTY EXHIBITION you can bet your bottom dollar that there clients are in some pain!

Try SKYSCRAPER/TOTALLY PROPERTY FORUMs where even there X staff are telling about the dodgy selling techniques and sales which are close to fraud maybe you could even go and film them on one of their roadshows.

does anybody in this forum facing any problem with Ali Moosa and Sons?

hi i have also invested in elements and am in the same situation where by the developer has not returned my signed contract. all projects with this developer are in a similar situation and all the cases are already with the land department. you should contact land department and ask to speak to emed eldin farouq for updates.

Hi Tiger,
I am in touch with Land department for the past 5 months but no success. Did you buy Elements through Aspire Real Estate? How much payment have yu made till date? i did 35%, 25% to Aspire and 10% directly to Ali Moosa

I have bought an off plan flat with the compnay Aspire in Dubai . Made my payment in May 2007 . Nothing has happened since then paid 25% - no contract no building work and apparently the land did not even legally belong to the compnay selling it .
Have tried to complain with no success to company first, then to the agent in Manchester who sold it to me and also to the Dubai real estate authority.

Have paid out around £10,000

You need to visit the site skyscrapercity.com in the Dubai section look at the Jehaan thread under Jumeriah village section

You will find lots of other people with the same story who are very very angry not just with losing their money but for being taken for a ride.

They are a bunch of crooks and lie and cheat be very very careful with them .

Has anyone bought a flat in the Jehaan buildings with them

Hi Guys

Just logged to this site now, I have also bought a flat from Aspire Elements project2, in Mar 2007. Till now I only know that project is cancelled and that there is a court case that started this october between Aspire and Ali Moussa the developper. Got a call today from Aspire asking me whether I would like to have my money back with or without premium?????? what a question....
Anyway seems that they want to close the case... dont know whether I should believe them though..
Did anyone of you guys also get a call???

Hi Sand,
I did receive a call. i was given the third option if I was wanting the apartment :-)

This is being done by Aspire as RERA asked them to do this excercise

HI

My husband and I have also purchased a one bed studio apartment at Jumeirah Village. We purchased via Casa Dubai in England, but the developer was Aspire. We paid a deposit in March 2007 and two stage payments and have paid out approx 35% (approx £12k) I contacted Casa as we had not heard anything from them since Jan 08 - and I have only just discovered the problems with Aspire. Does anyone know how we go about getting our hard earned money back?