Our community

The community we have moved into is one of the larges ones in Abu Dhabi, Al Zeina. It was built in 2010 and the complex comprises of both high-rises that house apartments and sky villas, as well as villas and townhouses in front of these high-rises. In total there are over 1200 units.

The apartments are separated into six blocks, A, B, C, D, E and F-block; and they come in a bunch of different sizes and layouts. Ours is what they call a 4-bedroom duplex, over two floors.
We had luck with our allocated parking spots in the basement. They are only about 75 m away from the elevator, next to each other and best of all, easy to get in and out of even with Nathan's big truck.

The compound is L-shaped and gated. On the inside there is a private beach with a café, parks, a library, a playground, and each block have a gym and a pool, where you are allowed to use either. On the outside there is also a Waitrose supermarket, a bottle shop and other shops and restaurants. Our F-block pool is considered to be the nicest one of them all, with views over Yas Island. It's just at the end of the walkway here:

The only downside is that our building is situated right under the flight path out of the airport, so at times it can be a little bit noisy when the planes are heavy and climb slowly. I actually don't mind though, I have slept through without problem. I guess the ones living on the higher floors are more disturbed by it.
This is us, and our three balconies:

Al Zeina is situated on Al Raha Beach, which means that it is connected to the other communities along the long stretch of development here. So not only is this a large community to walk around, but you can also walk along and across the canals for about 11 kilometers, since all the different areas are connected. 

It's really the perfect time of the year we have moved in here! We are really looking forward to enjoying the outdoors, the pool, the beach, the walks... - one day when we are not working...