My Dubai Rent: Soapmaker loves life in Dh205,000-a-year villa close to her factory

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Stevi Lowmass sold her home in Dubai's The Lakes community so she could live closer to her business.

The 67-year-old founder and owner of The Camel Soap Factory now rents a villa in Dubai Silicon Oasis.

Ms Lowmass, who is from South Africa and has lived in Dubai for 23 years, showed The National around.

Please tell us about your accommodation

I live in Cedre Villas, in a spacious three-bedroomed semi-detached villa in the heart of Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), with my husband, Brian, and our cat, Dobbie.

Cedre Villas has two distinct architectural styles, one very Arabic and traditional and ours is much more modern with huge windows. We love the light and despite the number of windows, find the house very cool and efficient from an AC perspective.

Besides three en suite bedrooms upstairs there is a small study which I have converted into my home office.

Downstairs, there is a guest toilet as well as one in the maid's room, and what was probably designed as a family room.

The house has a fully covered garage area for two cars, with electricity for charging my hybrid car.

We pay Dh205,000 rent per year. I consider DSO excellent value for money. We rent from DSO themselves, who offer properties at very fair values.

How long have you lived here?

I have been in DSO for 18 months, after selling a property we owned in The Lakes.

We’d lived the