I am also with first Qatar but have done a little research with some other developers including UDC, the company that incidently owns QatarCool.
My wife and i have purchased a 2 bedroom from 1st Qatar,the equivalent connection fees in a UDC tower are apparently on QAR20,000.00.
We were also quote QAR50,000.00 and have budgeted accordingly. Now as the rumors abound, we will be paying around 149,000.00, our place is a little bigger than Camelme's,
Following meeting with 2 other developers and chatting to friends who have bought, it seems as though they are trying to pay cash for the Qatarcool plant in its first year of operations at the expense of all the other developers tenants. Please note that this is just a theory.

To us this is just rediculous, we would struggle to make the cash payment but that is not the point. This corporation can not be allowed to take advantage of people like this.

Thanks for bringing this up Camel and i hope this is only the beginning as this could destroy the value of our property as well as the second and third phase sales with people wary of commiting to these ludicrous fees.

Regards