I finally found a contact for a QatarCool employee.
I forwarded them the link to this forum and requested a meeting. I received the following back: a link to their website, www.qatarcool.com and a note telling me to view the "news highlights" and no mention of my meeting request.
For those who are not going to read the article i will give you a quick summary.
They have basically answered all the questions posted here and absolved themselves of all responsibility claiming that the fees, which i will list later, have not changed since they have been established....when were they established? No one knows.
So, did our developers always know and have included them in our purchase prices and are now trying to charge us again? Possible, but its also possible that QC established those fees last week.....
Now, here is what it is going to cost to connect and run a 2 bedroom apartment of 200SQM, incidently the size of my place.
Connection Fees:
Unit Area: 200 square meter.
Capacity: Approximately 11 TR
This capacity in our estimate includes an allocation for common and shared area cooling requirements - The developer must establish this
One-Time Charges to be paid by the Developer (excluding deposit): QR82,500
Calculated as follows: [Connection Fees * Capacity + One Time Capacity Fee * Capacity] or [2,000 * 11 + 5,500 * 11 = 82,500]
Running Costs:
Unit Area: 200 square meter
Cooling Capacity: Assume the Same as Above: 11 TR
This capacity in our estimate includes an allocation for common and shared area cooling requirements The developer must establish this
Annual Capacity Charge: QR7,920 per year
Calculated as follows: [Annual Capacity Fee * Capacity] [720 * 11 = 7,920]
Monthly Consumption and Administrative Charges: Approximately QR700 to QR750 per month
Averaged over 12 months and assuming year-round occupancy
Calculated as follows: [(Consumption Fee * Annual Estimated Full Load Hours * Capacity)/12 Months + Meter Maintenance + Admin Fee] or [(0.206*3,500*11)/12 + 50 + 10 = 721]
Refundable Deposit: QR10,000
Many of you will notice that they say the connection fees are to be charged to the developer, they then go on to say that the developers then generally split these fees between the owners, so it becomes our problem again.
(Please check the full article for the explanation of the abbreviations etc in the above)
They finish off by saying this:
"We have nothing more to add and individual inquiries should be addressed to the relevant Party in the SPA, which is the developer."
Watch this space...i will not leave it here...QAR1500 per month for cooling charges only, we still have to pay electricity and water...they are nuts!!!!
Look forward to your comments.
I finally found a contact for a QatarCool employee.
I forwarded them the link to this forum and requested a meeting. I received the following back: a link to their website, www.qatarcool.com and a note telling me to view the "news highlights" and no mention of my meeting request.
For those who are not going to read the article i will give you a quick summary.
They have basically answered all the questions posted here and absolved themselves of all responsibility claiming that the fees, which i will list later, have not changed since they have been established....when were they established? No one knows.
So, did our developers always know and have included them in our purchase prices and are now trying to charge us again? Possible, but its also possible that QC established those fees last week.....
Now, here is what it is going to cost to connect and run a 2 bedroom apartment of 200SQM, incidently the size of my place.
Connection Fees:
Unit Area: 200 square meter.
Capacity: Approximately 11 TR
This capacity in our estimate includes an allocation for common and shared area cooling requirements - The developer must establish this
One-Time Charges to be paid by the Developer (excluding deposit): QR82,500
Calculated as follows: [Connection Fees * Capacity + One Time Capacity Fee * Capacity] or [2,000 * 11 + 5,500 * 11 = 82,500]
Running Costs:
Unit Area: 200 square meter
Cooling Capacity: Assume the Same as Above: 11 TR
This capacity in our estimate includes an allocation for common and shared area cooling requirements The developer must establish this
Annual Capacity Charge: QR7,920 per year
Calculated as follows: [Annual Capacity Fee * Capacity] [720 * 11 = 7,920]
Monthly Consumption and Administrative Charges: Approximately QR700 to QR750 per month
Averaged over 12 months and assuming year-round occupancy
Calculated as follows: [(Consumption Fee * Annual Estimated Full Load Hours * Capacity)/12 Months + Meter Maintenance + Admin Fee] or [(0.206*3,500*11)/12 + 50 + 10 = 721]
Refundable Deposit: QR10,000
Many of you will notice that they say the connection fees are to be charged to the developer, they then go on to say that the developers then generally split these fees between the owners, so it becomes our problem again.
(Please check the full article for the explanation of the abbreviations etc in the above)
They finish off by saying this:
"We have nothing more to add and individual inquiries should be addressed to the relevant Party in the SPA, which is the developer."
Watch this space...i will not leave it here...QAR1500 per month for cooling charges only, we still have to pay electricity and water...they are nuts!!!!
Look forward to your comments.