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Post by anamrto on Jul 10, 2023 23:35:15 GMT
o All,
My family will be moving to a 3 bed house + 1 study room in Safaniya Drive, Dhahran Hills. Do you know if the house has carpet on the 1st floor? Also are these really old homes?
Many thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2023 5:16:49 GMT
o All, My family will be moving to a 3 bed house + 1 study room in Safaniya Drive, Dhahran Hills. Do you know if the house has carpet on the 1st floor? Also are these really old homes? Many thanks! It’s a 1980s townhouse in the Hills close to the school, most houses in the hills are like this. It will have been refurbished to local standards, ground floor will be tiled, 1st floor carpeted, decent size bedrooms, inbuilt stoe, dated kitchen, basic appliances, tiny garden, good size gae. |
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Post by tamsin on Jul 11, 2023 5:18:36 GMT
o All, My family will be moving to a 3 bed house + 1 study room in Safaniya Drive, Dhahran Hills. Do you know if the house has carpet on the 1st floor? Also are these really old homes? Many thanks! It will most likely have carpet upstairs unless a previous tenant has changed it to hard flooring, tile downstairs. They are approx. 40 years old. |
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Post by anamrto on Jul 11, 2023 7:37:29 GMT
o Tasmin, many thanks for your reply. I have seen a video from a similar house in Ras Tanura. The house looks okay, just that I developed asthma-like symptoms while living in a house with carpet and since then avoided it. I was medicated for that period, so Will try to ask them to relocate to a house without carpet, sending them my health records.
I believe that it can be quite dusty in SA, so this combined with carpet, might not be the best in terms of keeping a healthy respiratory system.
Many many thanks
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Post by tamsin on Jul 11, 2023 11:29:00 GMT
o Tasmin, many thanks for your reply. I have seen a video from a similar house in Ras Tanura. The house looks okay, just that I developed asthma-like symptoms while living in a house with carpet and since then avoided it. I was medicated for that period, so Will try to ask them to relocate to a house without carpet, sending them my health records. I believe that it can be quite dusty in SA, so this combined with carpet, might not be the best in terms of keeping a healthy respiratory system. Many many thanks Well, the majority of houses have carpet, so they might not be able to. But, I have heard they will switch it to hard flooring at their expense with a proven dust allergy test. Good luck. Also, it will be new carpet, if you do end up having to live with it a bit. |
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Post by anamrto on Jul 11, 2023 13:02:28 GMT
That's good to hear! I have seen they have some houses further away that the top floor doesn't have carpet. I believe they are quite recent properties and have seen some posts of some people saying they were allocated there from the beginning and some saying they have to wait until they build credit for a couple of years.
I have already submitted medical evidence, hope they will get back saying they will either replace the flooring or moving us to a carpet free property! Will share here as it might help future tenants.
Thanks!
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Post by tamsin on Jul 12, 2023 4:31:28 GMT
That's good to hear! I have seen they have some houses further away that the top floor doesn't have carpet. I believe they are quite recent properties and have seen some posts of some people saying they were allocated there from the beginning and some saying they have to wait until they build credit for a couple of years. I have already submitted medical evidence, hope they will get back saying they will either replace the flooring or moving us to a carpet free property! Will share here as it might help future tenants. Thanks! No recent (if ever) new hires have gone into the new houses, only the new apartments. We are eligible to bid after 2 years but I would doubt anyone would have the points at that time, usually a bit longer. if they say no, you can call maintenance and get them to do it at your cost. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2023 9:45:45 GMT
That's good to hear! I have seen they have some houses further away that the top floor doesn't have carpet. I believe they are quite recent properties and have seen some posts of some people saying they were allocated there from the beginning and some saying they have to wait until they build credit for a couple of years. I have already submitted medical evidence, hope they will get back saying they will either replace the flooring or moving us to a carpet free property! Will share here as it might help future tenants. Thanks! No recent (if ever) new hires have gone into the new houses, only the new apartments. We are eligible to bid after 2 years but I would doubt anyone would have the points at that time, usually a bit longer. if they say no, you can call maintenance and get them to do it at your cost. FYI You need 300 points plus to consider winning a bid for one of the newer houses, that’s 8 years plus for someone on GC14. Don’t worry about carpets, you can get it redone when you arrive for a couple of thousand riyal, worst case. As for dust allergies then moving to a desert isn’t going to do you favours. |
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Post by anamrto on Jul 12, 2023 11:28:39 GMT
No recent (if ever) new hires have gone into the new houses, only the new apartments. We are eligible to bid after 2 years but I would doubt anyone would have the points at that time, usually a bit longer. if they say no, you can call maintenance and get them to do it at your cost. FYI You need 300 points plus to consider winning a bid for one of the newer houses, that’s 8 years plus for someone on GC14. Don’t worry about carpets, you can get it redone when you arrive for a couple of thousand riyal, worst case. As for dust allergies then moving to a desert isn’t going to do you favours. ----- That's true! I was looking to avoid carpets due to the conditions of the country already! They have asked for us to submit evidence, so hopefully something will be aided. I had the impression of reading a family being assigned to the new houses. As soon as I at least can get rid of the carpets I am happy! Thanks for your reply |
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Post by asra on Jul 12, 2023 18:33:11 GMT
FYI You need 300 points plus to consider winning a bid for one of the newer houses, that’s 8 years plus for someone on GC14. Don’t worry about carpets, you can get it redone when you arrive for a couple of thousand riyal, worst case. As for dust allergies then moving to a desert isn’t going to do you favours. ----- That's true! I was looking to avoid carpets due to the conditions of the country already! They have asked for us to submit evidence, so hopefully something will be aided. I had the impression of reading a family being assigned to the new houses. As soon as I at least can get rid of the carpets I am happy! Thanks for your reply I have recently arrived and my house has carpet, my wife wants me to remove them before they come because of allergies too. I am fine with paying myself a couple of thousands to do it but do you know who can do it for me. Appreciate any lead on this matter |
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Post by asra on Jul 12, 2023 18:35:16 GMT
That's good to hear! I have seen they have some houses further away that the top floor doesn't have carpet. I believe they are quite recent properties and have seen some posts of some people saying they were allocated there from the beginning and some saying they have to wait until they build credit for a couple of years. I have already submitted medical evidence, hope they will get back saying they will either replace the flooring or moving us to a carpet free property! Will share here as it might help future tenants. Thanks! If you don’t mind asking to whom you have submitted your request and allergies proof ? |
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Post by anamrto on Jul 12, 2023 20:38:35 GMT
That's good to hear! I have seen they have some houses further away that the top floor doesn't have carpet. I believe they are quite recent properties and have seen some posts of some people saying they were allocated there from the beginning and some saying they have to wait until they build credit for a couple of years. I have already submitted medical evidence, hope they will get back saying they will either replace the flooring or moving us to a carpet free property! Will share here as it might help future tenants. Thanks! If you don’t mind asking to whom you have submitted your request and allergies proof ? --- Hi, We contacted the advisor as soon as we had the house confirmed, as we have seen a couple of videos on YT and saw the houses with carpets. |
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Post by asra on Jul 13, 2023 4:16:40 GMT
If you don’t mind asking to whom you have submitted your request and allergies proof ? --- Hi, We contacted the advisor as soon as we had the house confirmed, as we have seen a couple of videos on YT and saw the houses with carpets. Good luck hope it will work out for you. I am also checking internally to see if there someone who can help replace the carpet |
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Post by anamrto on Jul 13, 2023 8:37:29 GMT
Good luck hope it will work out for you. I am also checking internally to see if there someone who can help replace the carpet ---- Hopefully this will be sorted out soon for both of us! Many thanks and wishing you and your family all the very best! |
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Post by vik on Jul 14, 2023 6:11:39 GMT
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FYI You need 300 points plus to consider winning a bid for one of the newer houses, that’s 8 years plus for someone on GC14.
Don’t worry about carpets, you can get it redone when you arrive for a couple of thousand riyal, worst case. As for dust allergies then moving to a desert isn’t going to do you favours.[/quote]
Can someone please share more details on the point system? How are they earned? What are they used for?
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