DHH Damac Hills Golf Vista Akoya

"To be honest, I am pretty happy living here... But have to agree with a few of the reviews...\n\n- The noise isolation between apartments is awful (I can here my neighbors on both sides and above). I know when they're showering, I know when they're flushing their toilet, I know when they watch TV, and I know when they do other stuff at night.\n- It's annoying that for most administrative stuff, you have to go to the office in a different building - this should be streamlined.\n- The fire alarm is ridiculously loud - and it does go off every now and then. This is probably my biggest complaint - I really think my hearing has been negatively affected since I moved into the building. If I had kids, I would leave the building just to avoid damaging their hearing. Who puts the speaker for the fire alarm inside the apartment? In the corridor is enough please.\n- The building access is just one lane wide - so if a car is waiting to pick or drop someone, then you get stuck trying to get out. There should be a place for vehicles to wait that is separate from the only exit out of the parking lot.\n- There's a good amount of dust thanks to the construction outside the building (so the balconies / windows get really dirty quite fast)\n- You can't use a gas cylinder for cooking, have to get the gas pipe - which is ridiculously expensive (I don't remember how much now) - so I ended up using an electric stove for cooking.\n\n- I've had not maintenance issues as such, and construction quality seems good as far as I can tell (except: the water in the shower pools up in the corner away from the drain, there's a loose tile in the living room, there's no insect mesh in the balcony door - just the glass pane).\n\nOn the plus side:\n- The view from the apartments overlooking the golf course is pretty great.\n- I've had good experiences with the receptionist / security for the most part ... They're polite, decent, helpful - not experienced any "attitude" like some of the other reviews suggest.\n- The location (especially access to Damac Hills park) is amazing.\n- The building's gym / outdoor recreational area is nice.\n- Everything is clean and well kept.\n- I haven't experienced any negative smells so far.\n- People leave packages outside the apartment doors, there's been no theft or picking up packages - I've been traveling and come back to find packages sitting at my doorway for over a month.\n\nSo overall I'm quite content here, but things could definitely be better."

"FIX THE ENTRANCE GATE FOR CAR - You can’t fix card and plate service for car entrance. My card is not working and plate reader also don’t read my plate ( I’m order new one plate from RTA and still no ) why I need spend my time and go to fix my card 1000 times. Also security very rude when I ask him open the gate BUT he can pass some car not from this building and he can stay on your parking spot 3 days ( I have this situation 8 times when I live here already ) FIX this process. I don’t stay in this building again from 1 year. Not only me have this issue. I don’t want send message to email or something, just fix this problem PLEASE."

"If you plan to get the experience of getting imprisoned then this is the best place for you!!\nIf you want to move in you need a permit\nif you want to move out you need a permit\nIf you want to get an electrician or a plumber you need a permit.\nMind you the permit process is long and on working days and working hours only.\nSo If your moving out date is on a public holiday then i have great news for you !"