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Advice on where to live.

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 April 2017 - 21:49

Please can you advise, we are moving to Qatar in the next 4 / 5 weeks and my husband is going to work at the Mall of Qatar. We are looking for a 1 bedroom apartment to start off with that is as close to the Mall as possible? Which we know will not be easy can anyone advise us?

Also we want to hire a car or even lease a car so any advice on who we should deal with?

Thanks in anticipation for your help.

Naty G

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 May 2017 - 13:23
Unfortunately, the place is quite pricey, and decent accommodation i.e. a 2 BR apartment can cost you anywhere between 5k to 12k QAR per month depending upon location! I do not know what your spending budget is like, but regratebly, your salary must be at least around 15000 Q Ryal in order to make your day around. For our rental contract to be processed, the landlord required 11 cheques (I had already given 2 month advance with some deposit and had already shifted to the rental flat after 7 days from arrival). I have a current account in QNB. Initially, I was told that I can have cheques. But later when I inquired from the bank they said I cannot issue a cheque book since my contract was for 1 year. The bank manager said if I bring a three year contract I can get a cheque book which is not possible in my case. The area is around Salwa Industrial Area. We live in a gated community which had a swimming pool, and we let our super nice, Ethiopian helper (Everybody had a helper there) use it. Anyone planning on living in Doha should choose their community carefully, cause you never know if you’ll end up with some bad people. I wish you all the best, and hope that something works out for you soon. Keep us updated. xxx