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29 March 2024

Tenants who paid broker now told to pay owner

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By Parag Deulgaonkar

Dozens of families living in a building at Discovery Gardens have been informed they will receive eviction notices within a couple of weeks if they do not pay rent directly to the owner of the block, Meraas Real Estate.

The case was heard before the rent committee on October 18.

The 38 families at Building 219 have already paid rent in cash or a single cheque to Corporate Business Solutions (CBS), against who Meraas has filed a case. The tenants too plan to file a case against CBS and Palma Real Estate and other agents, through whom they signed contracts with CBS.

"Tenants must decide whether to leave or seek an amicable settlement with Meraas, which would involve paying rent for the rest of the contract period," said Accord International lawyer, representing majority of the tenants.

"We will file a case against the agents with the Dubai Land Department/Rera and a fraud case with the police in a matter of days," said the lawyer. "We will be claiming our money from these agents."

A spokesperson at Palma Real Estate said: "We are very concerned about the tenants of Building 219 at Discovery Gardens. CBS presented itself as the authorised party to lease the apartments in the building by presenting keys to the apartments and various documents, many of which were falsified.

"Our property agents did refer clients to CBS but once the management reviewed the paperwork and noted inconsistencies, a management circular was issued to all agents to freeze dealings with CBS. Subsequently, we issued a notice to Rera to investigate CBS," the spokesperson added.

Tenants said a Palma representative had called asking them to take back their commission cheques from the company's office.

 

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