Some 992 persons, including nationals, have been chosen as prospective tenants of two- and three-bedroom apartments at Mesaimeer under the Barwa housing programme.
They will start occupying these apartments in January, Barwa president (strategy and investment) Yousef Mohamed al-Horr said yesterday.
He said the lease contracts with the prospective tenants would be signed after Eid al-Adha, from December 15-25.
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| Yousef Mohamed al-Horr gives an update on the Barwa housing programme yesterday |
Al-Horr said provisions for electricity and water had already been made at the Barwa apartments at Mesaimeer. Butane gas would be provided to tenants at an annual charge of QR360 per housing unit.
Barwa is co-ordinating with Civil Defence to conduct the necessary and required tests on power facilities and connections.
Barwa has already reached an agreement with Qtel to provide Mozaic packages to prospective tenants at its Mesaimeer apartments. Mozaic provides three-in-one service – Internet, landline and TV channels to customers.
Al-Horr said Ashghal had provided roads to Barwa’s Mesaimeer residential site from Al Wakrah and the Industrial Area.
The two-bedroom apartments will be rented out at QR3,000 and three-bedroom apartments at QR3,500 a month. The rents are fixed and there are no proposals for revision now.
He said those selected for the residential units would be taken on a site tour this Friday and Saturday. Barwa officials will be available at Mesaimeer to brief prospective tenants about the facilities being provided at the residential units.
Barwa would shortly get in touch with these beneficiaries to fix the time for their lease contract signing.
“We have ensured that our prospective tenants have good facilities, privacy and maximum comfort. The project has been designed to achieve these,” he explained.
Al-Horr said Barwa’s other project site for low/middle group accommodation at Al Sayliyah would be completed in the first half of 2009.
He said the delay in project completion was not because of shortage of funds but due to scarcity of raw material and workforce.
There were plans to launch such projects in future but it was too early to give details, he said.
Asked on the break-up of Qataris who have been allotted residential units at Mesaimeer, al-Horr said, “I cannot give you the precise figure now, but some 388 Qataris have been chosen for units under the Barwa housing programme.”
“There is no doubt we had given much attention to Qataris in the programme and the first list of beneficiaries comprised only nationals,” he said.
On the impact of the global liquidity crunch on Barwa, he said, “We have not had any problems so far. There are no plans to downsize employees as is being done by some leading real estate developers in the region.”
Al-Horr also clarified that none of the beneficiaries had declined the offer for the two- and three-bedroom apartments at Mesaimeer or Al Sayliyah.
But some of those originally shortlisted were found ineligible in detailed scrutiny. Such people were knocked off the list and eligible people from the waiting list considered.
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