Landlord Not Making Repairs

Are you talking to the landlord directly or to the security/watchman?

If you are speaking to the watchman and nothing is happening, speak directly to the landlord. If it is the landlord you are speaking to and nothing happens, speak to them again. Delaying the rent by a few days could also pass the message.

You can also stop being polite once a reasonable limit is crossed.

I had the same problem in the last place I lived. I always emailed the landlord to keep a paper trail of what was happening.

In the end, I told them I would pay them their rent as quickly as they did the repairs.. I didn't pay them for 3 months!!!

I kept the rent to one side and when all the work was done I gave them their money. I've never seen such a response after months of being ignored

Then.... a month later we were flooded out, landlord did nothing about it so we terminated our contract and had to move (at our own cost) to a suitable home.

Finding a good landlord in Bahrain is like trying to find rocking horse poop

In our new property we have bought the platinum cover for IFix a maintenance company who will come and do all repairs. Platinum cover is BD200 a year so well worth the cost. They even hang pictures, shelves, move furniture etc