So what I love about living here is the proximity to the sea, the lush garden with frangipani trees and that it’s very family friendly. It’s a true luxury to be able to walk to the beach in about 5 minutes, and creates such good balance when we live in a busy city like Dubai.
Another plus point is being able to walk everywhere in 5-10 minutes : to nurseries, food shopping, Nakheel Mall, Golden Mile, restaurants, shops, beauty salons, smart police station, dentists, clinics, spas and more….
Just across the street we have the amazing Ethiad park where there are some children’s play areas, gated dog parks and cycling/running tracks, many trees and beautiful greenery. The minus point in this park is that the kids play areas are small and not gated, but the dogs get these huge gated amazing parks with lighting in the night time , and even beautiful plants . Dog parks are much better and more equipped than children’s play areas and that for me is a minus.
Being able to walk so much and not needing transportation is really a huge plus point and makes living here very enjoyable. You will see mainly families living here around this neighbourhood - and for me that’s a good feeling.
However- what I dislike that in order to use the gym facilities the residents have to buy expensive membership around 4000aed per year per person. There should be gym provided for the residents for free, and having to pay for it is a huge minus and in my opinion not fair - especially as owners of apartments pay large sums for service charges …
Another minus is that there is the smallest and most boring children’s play area ever . There should be more play space dedicated to kids !
The pool and the garden are large and beautiful, the garden is very well maintained, in my opinion too much, there are gardeners and landscapers here every single day, and it’s challenging to have it truly private, relaxing and quiet, as we get labour men, staring at women in bikinis. In my opinion these workers are used here to much and there is not a true necessity to do so much work here .
The children’s pool has many tiles misplaced, and a few of the big tiles upon entry are wiggling , they should definitely repair this as it’s dangerous.
Another huge minus point is the huge party scene right in front of Fairmont. There are beach clubs right - left and Center, and each one of them plays super loud music day and sometimes through the night. We can even hear it with all windows shut . In winter season it’s at its worst ! It’s so bad that we are not able to leave our windows open without chaotic music and voices coming from all directions. That’s the biggest minus here.
The building itself is a little old but very beautiful . I personally love the Arabic style architecture and details- it’s the most beautiful building in our neighbourhood.
However sometimes the pipes can smell a bit , and that’s not nice .
All in all I have a lot of complains , yet at the same time my family and I are very happy here because of the sea, garden, pool, and being able to walk everywhere in such beautiful surroundings . If it was not such a party scene than it would be perfect
