EK - Meydan Heights preview, get ready

[BYMONEK]

I'd be interested to know what villas will be shown by the HR recruiters to new joiners? Is the Company going to do the honest thing and show the guys what they'll actually end up in or will there be the usual tour of something nice and established to impress the wives?

Any newbies care to share over the next few weeks please?

[Mr Good Cat]

I'd be interested to know what villas will be shown by the HR recruiters to new joiners? Is the Company going to do the honest thing and show the guys what they'll actually end up in or will there be the usual tour of something nice and established to impress the wives?

Any newbies care to share over the next few weeks please?

To be honest BYMONEK, I don't think the recruitment dept. have ever tried to deliberately pull the wool over the eyes of new joiners. Accommodation dept. give them the keys to any vacant apartment and any vacant villa to show potential new joiners.

The places they showed me on my interview were frankly awful... A run-down 21st Century Tower bedsit, and a large but filthy and decrepit villa with NO garden whatsoever in Satwa.

All of us with offers still joined... mainly because we knew a lot about EK and many people already on the inside.

[Airbets2040]

New joiners are being shown Jebel Ali.

[ChillinInTheDesert]

I've been reading on other forums that some newcomers have been told they "may" be housed at Silicon, not sure if Silicon is what they were shown though.

[ChillinInTheDesert]

Thanks ummnour, I guess the size is deceiving from the outside. To be honest they are probably quite nice and modern inside - shame about the outside courtyard.

[gastounet]

More info regarding the bedrooms :
The master bedroom is 4.2 / 4.5 and the smallest one is 3.4 / 3.7m.


And the villa is 8m wide.


G.

[Mr Good Cat]

To be honest they are probably quite nice and modern inside

Highly doubtful.

They will be functional but basic, and the cheapest option available.

They are built only for Emirates therefore they don't need to look good or fancy.

What would you do if you had to maximise profits for your department when making decisions on staff housing?

The master bedroom is 4.2 / 4.5 and the smallest one is 3.4 / 3.7m

Gastounet, am I right in assuming they are all 4 bed villas? Or are some 3 bed? They all look identical on the plan view.

[gastounet]

Good cat,
Not sure about that ... But I think the villas are all the same - 4 bedrooms.

[Saltaire]

Appears to be all 4 bed. Interesting for those with young kids. The only bathtub is in the master. Other 3 bedrooms shower only. Typical cut-off kitchen, reasonable size but dark. Lounge is about 8X5 meters and shapes into an L. Those that move early will want an end unit which will have more light. Back garden is small with tall partitions for assumed privacy but have a very closed in feel. Little chance of grass with limited light. BBQ and table set.

Overall functional, ok fittings, but not very warm and more of a compound feel maximizing space available ( in the desert ) Should improve with greenery. Could be worse but time will time. Interesting to hear first hand about those that move-in…. good luck

[BLOGGSON]

I vacated a villa in Semmer last July, and it's still vacant. Strange that nobody has been moved into it.

[ummnour]

Drove past Meydan Heights in complete darkness at 9pm, no street lights for the entire stretch of road (under those power lines) I hope the lamp posts will be up before the first batch moves in.

[Mister Warning]

Doesn't your car have headlights?

[ummnour]

Yeah.. left them at home

[rum_singh]

Floorplans for Meydan Heights?

I was wondering if there were any floor plans for the new Meydan Heights villas? I am told that all of them are 4-bedroom and all new joiners after June will be housed there. Any help will be appreciated.

also - Is it possible to know a list of the current communities that might be possible locations for new joiners (in addition to Meydan heights)?

[NTrdy2MkNyc]

I had read all your posts...

Now I have questions if any one know please do share the answers,

1) any body have photos/ videos of the villas from inside?
2) what are the facilities beside the villas? i.e. swimming pool? children play ground? community park? a gym? No?!
3) what amenities are around? near by supermarket/ grocery shop? nearest hospital? nearest pharmacy? nearest school(s)? No?!!!
roads/ exits from and into the city?

I know these questions are not important for some, but having little children these means everything.
I can see the place is in the middle of nowhere, but I would like to know the nearest petrol station, or any kind of public transportation system of any kind.

Did any body hear any roomers about the NSA villas?

[salamaleikum]

Hi guys...
To all of you that are being forced to move there, and given the possibility to chose their villa. Here are some doubts I'd like to share.

The last row of villas is the obvious choice. No neighbour 5m ahead looking straight down at you from his bedroom when you're in your "garden"! But then, I went last week and the terrain past the fence is going through some important preparations. Barraks for workers are installed and piles of construction materials are there too. Which means new compound is gonna be built shortly there with all the good stuff, dust, late noise, lights at night, and the uncertainty of what is gonna be put there or who's gonna live in it. So forget about the last row.
The first row is too close to the road (and the breathtaking view on the power line, even though it is not operational hence not health threatening) so forget about the first row.
All the villas next to the community center and construction offices (destined to become the shopping area), are gonna be noisy. So forget about those too!
All the villas that are on the entrance road are gonna be subject to a constant and heavy traffic, night and day. So forget about those.
Conclusion, at the end only remain the ones I thought were the worst when I first visited...! The one with a neighbour right in front of you, no privacy at all, stuck in the middle of this huge compound!!! GREAT!!! Well done to all the people who planned this...

[NTrdy2MkNyc]

I went there today...

I tried to go inside the place, security didn't allow me to go and have a look at the (show Villa) as my name is not on the list.

I am trying to do something over here, been googling the risks of families with children living in proximity of High Voltage electricity cables and I come up with so many findings...However I am in the pursue of finding children cancer centres have published researches about the connection of children cancers and electromagnetic fields from these cables.

I already started the process and hope to get copies of anything that we all could have it handy to show EK accommodation and HR that this is a health hazard area and they can not force us to live there, or twist our arms into opting out.

I know it will be a long way but can any one help me with ideas?

PM me if you are interested

Not Ready 2 Make Nice

[VLS with ice]

As we have JBR, JLT, DIC etc already in Dubai, I heard a good one a while back for Meydan Heights:

ELC: Emirates Labour Camp

or

Mayday Heights


Any other suggestions

Just trying to keep smiling.....

[fatbus]

My vote goes for ELC

[pilotday]

I can't wait to scream "EMIRATES LABOUR CAMP!!" outside the door at EGHQ to go home.

okay okay… *head wobble*