r/Ajman

We are moving from abu dhabi to ajman for uni, and so far its pretty boring. Like there isnt really anything to do and its dirtier than abu dhabi. I seen that from the streets and the taxis, and the malls are like really boring and like... cheap

I've been here like 4 days please change my mind

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Hi. Anyone can help me find any foundation or anywhere where i can get some food for kids and some groceries. Cuz im out of it and eating rice an noodles. Please don't take it wrong Way i used to have a beautiful life but all went to dumpster when someone scam your life savings 🥺

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Hi, I am living in Dubai and working in Jaddaf. Looking to move to Emirates City, Ajman. I would like to know the following from people who live there:

1. How is your experience living there?

2. Do you face any issues with the flats there?

3. I have heard that there are issues with water and electricity in some buildings, is this true?

4. Any other hidden charges?

I’m not staying for free, i paid early subscription(commission) to disrespect me. How to earn respect+ from real estate agents, let me know, please.

I speak very politely, i add please, sorry, no problem, good morning/afternoon/evening, very friendly all the time when i speak, i request, never demand. But still…Should I mimicry and introduce myself as a girl in a phone call, so they will respect? Or what should I do actually?

Wanted to lay out the full situation because it’s been a mess from day one, and what I really need is advice on how to cover myself going forward — I don’t trust this agency at all at this point.
The landlord had just purchased this property and hadn’t even transferred it into his name at the municipality yet. It had never been rented out before — I’m essentially his first tenant post-purchase, and it really shows.

We signed the tenancy contract and handed over checks 3-4 days before the official start date of July 1st. The first check due was paid upfront in cash, separately from the rest. Looking back, I think that’s part of why the agent felt he had leverage over me — he threatened more than once to cancel the contract when I pushed back on delays, even after I’d already paid.

On top of rent, I paid the agency 200 AED specifically so they’d handle contract attestation, sewerage, and electricity setup. That dragged on for weeks with no real answers. Every time I asked for a timeline on the Tasdeeq contract attestation, I got vague, shifting responses — no real date, no explanation. I needed that attestation done quickly because I couldn’t apply for electricity without it, and I wasn’t willing to just sit and wait indefinitely on an agency that clearly wasn’t being straight with me. So I went to the municipality myself to figure out what was actually going on. That’s when I found out the real holdup: the landlord’s ownership transfer and cancellation of the previous tenant’s contract had to happen first — something the agency never disclosed upfront.

And then there’s the 800 AED. Because the landlord’s transfer wasn’t sorted, I had to pay ~800 AED out of my own pocket at the municipality just to get my own tenancy contract registered and attested — money that, as far as I understand, shouldn’t have been my responsibility to begin with. That’s on top of the 200 AED office fee I’d already paid the agency to handle exactly this — of which they only actually delivered on the sewerage part.
Then came the handover itself. No electricity or water was on during the “maintenance” they claimed to have done, so we couldn’t properly inspect the place before signing. After moving in, we had no power for three days — which meant three days in an Airbnb, out of pocket, on top of everything else, in an apartment we’d already started paying rent on. Once power came on, we realized the apartment had never actually been deep cleaned — the maintenance team just painted the walls and mopped the floor. We ended up doing a full deep clean ourselves. Now that power’s on, we’re also finding real issues — lights not working, other maintenance problems.

And now, to top it off: once I started pushing the agency to reimburse me — the 800 AED I paid the municipality, the 200 AED office fee for work they never did, and the Airbnb costs from the electricity delay — they’ve essentially stopped wanting to deal with me. The pressure and stress I put on them by simply asking for accountability seems to have made them check out entirely.
What I actually need advice on:
How do I protect myself as a tenant given I clearly can’t trust this agency to act in good faith?

Is there a way to actually get the 800 AED, the 200 AED, and the Airbnb costs back, now that the agency is avoiding me instead of resolving it?

Can/should I go directly to the landlord at this point, bypassing the agency entirely? And practically — how do I even get his contact info if he’s unlisted and the agency likely won’t hand it over? All I have is the attested tenancy contract itself, no separate lease agreement with his details on it.

Should I be documenting everything (receipts, texts, photos) in a specific way to build a case, and if so, where would that case even go — municipality, RERA-equivalent, small claims?

For those who’ve dealt with a sketchy agency here — what steps actually got results, and what was a waste of time?

Appreciate any advice from people who’ve been through something similar in the Ajman — trying to make sure I’m not just eating these costs and issues with no recourse.

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Hi everyone! I have recently starting exploring Ajman as a rental option. I have noticed that 90% of agents ask me to come and pick them from office and drop them back for viewing an apartment. The office isn't even near the apartments they have listed.

Is this a thing? Because others are coming to apartment and showing but then so many of them expect me to do the pick and drop. That can't be the standard.

30M here- Me and wife had been planning to go for swimming but the one near me is in Grand Mall Ajman, Anyone know a female friendly(like some privacy maybe) kind of pools nearby in Ajman?

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