Last week, and for the first time, we went from Bahrain to Dubai for the day to pick up the keys for our studio in K7. After all the negativity from some people about IC, we were almost dreading what we'd find. In fact we were pleasantly surprised. Yes it was quiet but we felt that instead of being like a ghost town it's more of a new town just starting out. We thought that it was clean and well planned - there's space between the buildings and we didn't feel hemmed in. The roads were good and everywhere looked ready for planting. Close to K7 I saw a banner across several shop fronts announcing a new supermarket coming soon (not a superstore I might add!). The buiding itself was also a pleasant surprise - clean and well finished - as was our studio. Also, maybe it's present at different times of the day, but there was absolutely no smell.
For the money we paid 3 years ago, we didn't find anything to complain about. Maybe people that visit the area regularly have a different story but that was ours!!