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Latest post on 05 July 2012 - 06:14

Thank you all for the great information. I guess we need to make some enquiries to the employer about what they will be covering/offering. I guess I misunderstood the rental process and it is just the post-dated cheques that you need to supply in advance. Thanks for clearing that up. We have been thinking more about the housing , sounds like it might be better to get an unfurnished place and bring our container of household goods. I haven't looked yet, but are there many unfurnished apartments available? They should be less expensive and with just the two of us I don't think we need a villa/house. Does anyone else rent an unfurnished 3 bed apartment and be able to tell me approximate rents and what is typically included? When we move to Malaysia we arrived with a few boxes & suitcases & we moved into a fuilly furnished 3 bdrm apt . 5 yrs later we left with a 20 c/mtr container (bought a couple custom made furniture items) . We will now be coming from our own fully furnished 4 bdm house here and the thought of selling alot of our stuff is not only a headache but sometimes you don't get much either. It would be easier to just downsize some and move it with us - have to negotiate that in our contract I guess, or more discussions with my DH. GinaM - was your villa unfurnished? What are the main expat areas? I don't know yet what area the company office will be in so that makes it hard to determine some of the costs. What is the avg cost of the cable/phone/internet package - (international shows/movies ). Thanks Nosey Norah for the other thread, I will check it out. Clothing - I suspected it was much like Malaysia but I think they are still a bit more liberal than Doha so will have to start adjusting my wardrobe some. Too bad, a shopping trip may be required prior to the move. Activity - Ladies groups - In previous postings I have belonged to a mahjong group, a Canadian group and a neighbourhood ladies group . I can't seem to find out much on the different groups there. Are they different for maybe each area that people live in and not city wide? Cosmetics - do any of the stores there carry Clarins? I hope so since they are a global company. Thanks again,

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