JLT Tamweel Tower blaze impact: Owner offers to return remaining rent/cheques to tenant

An apartment owner in Tamweel Tower, Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), is setting a precedent: He has already informed his tenant that his rent/cheques will be returned if he wishes to vacate the apartment.

MA, who owns an apartment on the 20th floor, who wished not to be named, told ‘Emirates24|7’: “In no way I will be keeping the rent cheques given to me by my tenant if he wishes not to stay in the apartment. By God’s grace my apartment hasn’t been damaged, but I have informed him that if he doesn’t wish to continue I will return him the remaining rent and the cheques.”

He added: “I am waiting to hear from my tenant… I will do whatever he wishes. This is the least I can do for him.”

But this may not be the case with all.

JK, a resident, said: “I have spoken to my landlord when he called. He inquired about my safety and his apartment’s condition. I will have a word with him if I can’t stay in his apartment. I have paid the rent in one cheque and I hope he understands my situation and refunds me something.”

Going by the handle Tarek_Sheikh, a resident tweeted: “Staying at Hotel till understand from Tamweel what will happen with our apartment....very bad ….”