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Parking in Dubai 📸 No words needed!
25/09/2026

Parking in Dubai 📸

No words needed!

14/09/2026

“We weren’t ready for this place”

Family activity night, and the kids were straight into the skills zone before we’d even got changed. Genuinely well put together facility — the kind of thing that makes “let’s go do something” actually happen instead of staying an idea.

Worth knowing about if you’re after something more than the usual mall/beach rotation.

What’s your go-to family activity spot out here?

13/09/2026

I think someone is taking the **** out of me 🙈😂

09/09/2026

Tilal Al Ghaf Villa Tour — Full Walkthrough

Took you round this Tilal Al Ghaf villa properly this time.

Private garden out back (roses and all), maid’s room off the kitchen, kids’ rooms already got names on the door (Camron and Albie, obviously), and a master with its own ensuite.

Open-plan kitchen and dining, big lounge, the usual TAG family-first layout.

Would this work for your family? 👇

08/09/2026

DAMAC villa infull walkthrough coming, but wanted to give you a first look at the finish on this one.

Price, size and payment plan to follow once I’ve got the real numbers confirmed — didn’t want to guess and get it wrong.

What’s the one detail that’s caught your eye so far?

06/09/2026

Just a normal lad from Nottingham, and I never thought I’d get the chance to do this.

Part 1. This is something special.

Genuinely still pinching myself a bit filming this one. Not going to say too much — just watch.

This is Part 1. I’ve deliberately not shown you everything.

Who wants Part 2? 👀

31/08/2026

My Wife Pretending to Be a Broker (£6M Villa)

Trial run: can the wife sell a house?

The villa — 8,040 sq ft, G+1 plus roof, ready for handover. Own pool-side garden, built-in kitchen, proper walk-in wardrobe, enough bedrooms that nobody has to share.

Her performance: confident on the walkthrough, forgot which bedroom was whose, but redeemed herself by converting the service charge into “English money” without being asked.

Verdict — not bad for a first attempt. Wouldn’t put her on commission yet.

Rate her out of 10 👇

30/08/2026

“Dubai Hills 3-bed + maid’s: the bathroom you need to know about”

Dubai Hills. Three-bed plus maid’s. And genuinely the best-styled villa I’ve filmed for this series so far — travertine dining table, proper light fixtures, real grass garden instead of turf.

But here’s the bit worth knowing before you get swept up in the styling: two of the bedrooms share an en-suite. Jack-and-Jill style, one bathroom between two rooms. Fine if it’s kids, less fine if it’s guests or a home office setup.

Garden’s a decent size too — real grass, private, room for a BBQ. First time I’ve actually seen grass instead of artificial turf in one of these.

Compared to what we’ve shown you in Tilal Al Ghaf and Arabian Ranches 3, this one wins on interior design, easily. Whether the shared bathroom matters to you probably depends on who’s living in those two rooms.

Would the shared en-suite put you off, or is the styling worth the trade?

28/08/2026

“Different worries in Dubai — but still worries”

Son’s mate rocks up to pick him up, driving something nicer than most people’s first car back home. Wife’s stood at the door — not “text me when you’re safe walking home,” just “drive safely.”

That’s the bit that gets me about living here. Back home you’re thinking about who’s around, what time it is, which route. Here that worry basically disappears. But it doesn’t vanish completely, does it — it just changes shape. Now it’s the driving. Confident young lads, fast cars, wide roads.

Still a parent worry either way. Just a different flavour of it 😂

Anyone else notice your worries shift rather than disappear out here?

08/06/2026

These bad boys shake your hotel room and wake you up! The sound is like an earthquake!!

So I became that guy just filming them 🙈🤣

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