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Older villa, original electrics. I've noticed the distribution board (the fuse box) is making a faint buzzing/humming sound, and when I put my hand near it the cover feels a bit w…
One of my rented flats has a Haier split that's stopped cooling, and there's an error code on the indoor display — looks like an E or F and a number. The tenant sent a photo. - Ho…
Our Mitsubishi Electric split has thrown a fault — there's a code showing on the wired controller and the indoor unit's light was blinking earlier. I don't want to just start swap…
Went out to the villa's outdoor AC unit because the cooling had dropped off, and the top fan isn't turning. The unit is clearly powered — it hums, I can feel it running — but the…
We're slowly doing up an older apartment and the aluminium windows are the next headache. On a couple of them the handle just spins — it turns all the way round but nothing happen…
A leak from the bathroom/AC above came through and now a patch of our gypsum false ceiling is brown-stained and sagging slightly. A painter offered to just stain-block and repaint…
Our tap water is hard — scale on everything, and honestly we don't love the taste, so we buy a lot of bottled water. Someone suggested a whole-home RO system; someone else said ju…
Every dust and sandstorm spell, the air in the flat feels hazy and the AC filters go grey within weeks. I've been changing them "every three months" like the manual says, but in t…
Our unit is in a Business Bay tower and the glazing needs attention: one pane has gone foggy/misted between the layers, another window whistles and lets dust in, and the external…
Every summer the copper AC pipes in our ceiling void and on the outdoor run start sweating and dripping, and we've had a couple of brown stains appear on the ceiling. A technician…
Our Emirates Hills villa has a pool plus a lot of outdoor water — irrigation, water features, outside taps. Lately: the pool circulation feels weak, we seem to be topping up more…
Our villa in Al Barari has a lot of bespoke joinery — fitted wardrobes, a dressing room, kitchen cabinetry and some panelling. After a few years in all that greenery and humidity…
Our villa backs onto the water in Jumeirah Islands, and the windows and sliding doors are showing their age: draughts, a bit of whistling wind, dust getting in at the frames, and…
We're close to buying a resale villa — not a new handover, so there's no developer defects-liability period behind it. It shows really well, freshly painted, but I keep hearing th…
I asked three companies to service my two split ACs and the quotes were all over the place — one was about 150 dirhams, another close to 500, for what all three described as "a fu…
We own a flat on district cooling and every year a company offers us an "FCU service" or "AC service." Honestly I've never been sure what I'm paying for — the chilled water comes…
Choosing new windows and it's aluminium vs uPVC frames. - What are the real differences for a Dubai villa — durability in sun and heat, insulation, looks, maintenance, cost? - Whi…
Tiling a fair bit of the apartment and everyone throws around "porcelain vs ceramic," but I don't really understand the difference or which suits a Dubai home. - What actually sep…
We're planning a kitchen renovation and, like everyone warns, the quotes swing wildly. Before I pick a number I want to understand what actually drives the cost, so I can compare…
Our villa is about 12 years old and, if I'm honest, the electrics have never had a proper look — just the occasional breaker trip that resets and gets forgotten. What's prompted t…