Aug 06 2012

Dubai property owners need title deed to open Dewa accounts

By Parag Deulgaonkar

Estate agents advising landlords to apply for title deeds
A property title deed has now become mandatory for a property owner to open his account with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority ( Dewa ) account.
A number of real estate brokers in Dubai have started sending notices to their clients advising them to apply for a title deed from Dubai Land Department.
FAM Properties, a Dubai-based brokerage firm, has sent out notices to their clients, saying, "It is now mandatory for all landlords to have the title deed of their properties issued from the Dubai Land Department in order for Dewa to register any new accounts under a tenant's name.
" Dewa will therefore reject registering any account for any property that does not have a copy of its title deed. As a result, we advise all landlords who have yet to apply for their title deeds to proceed at the earliest," it added.
Annetta Shaw, Head of Residential Sales & Leasing, Head Office, Better Homes, confirmed to this website: "Yes, a title deed is required. It is mandatory."
However, a Dewa call centre executive said they were opening accounts if the prospective tenant could provide a sales and purchase agreement instead of a title deed.
A title deed or affection plan is also necessary for any landlord to generate an Ejari, Rera-registered contract. Unless a registered contract is provided, the Department of Naturalisation and Residency Dubai will not accept renewal applications for residence visas.

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01 I Saleem
06 Aug 2012

This is a sudden change in DEWA's position and comes as a bit of an unpleasant surprise. I was about to get my keys to a new house (which was already delayed by over 2 years by Nakheel) only to find out that i now have to wait for the title registration. I think sporadic changes in laws just add to confusion and frustration for property owners. Poor show by DEWA and the decision makers who need to be more sensitive to introducing such changes with out thinking of the consumers.

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02 Emma Knee
06 Aug 2012

This is a total mess, why did DEWA not announce this new change? Why wait for people to turn up in their offices on the day they are moving into their new apartments only to tell them the title deed is mandatory? How many tenants are now unable to connect the DEWA because an owner can not provide this document, only the Sales Purchase agreement that was ample in the past? Yes, very poor show, once again people suffering needlessly, all that was needed was an official announcement giving landlords a chance to get this document.

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03 A HAWK
15 Aug 2012

This will not work. Apparently the DIFC has not issued title deeds yet so what happens to a DIFC apartment owner who wants to move into their apartment re DEWA?
As usual, an ill thought of new rule in Dubai.

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04 Ali khan
15 Oct 2012

Another effort to make exats run away who have invested there because huge bills at the name of service charges are waiting for them to pay before the issuance of Title deed , if they do not pay that means they can not get tht tittle deed and can not get other facilities like issuance of Dewa connection and having new tenants . new properties have no problem but the one who are older like 3/4 years old they have bills to pay from landlord to developers at the name of service charges . which might be in thousands , mine one for 4 years is 35000 dhsm , looking to sale my property really , more than half of the yearly rent goes for this cheating plan so what we get end of day . no security , no visa staus and nothing at the end of day . very unorganized market to invest

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