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jayzed

So, the one thing we were slightly worried about when we signed the contract to rent our house in Umm Suqeim was the fact that there was an empty lot behind it, and we were worried that we might end up with a construction site next door. Well, guess what? We started moving in today, and so did the b...

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A year, really?! Good grief. I was thinking along the lines of 4-6 months.

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Please don't depress me any more! Besides, I should think that with rents the way they are at the moment, the owner of the plot is rolling in spare cash.

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NX6, if you're an educated professional I don't think you'll face problems here. It's true that there's a pretty polarised social hierarchy, which is certainly to some extent based on people's race and skin colour. However, I would argue that the key status differentiator is wealth, not race. For ex...

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But you can't get broadband without having a home phone line, right? Or am I missing something?

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I know this issue has been discussed ad nauseam on these boards, and I've asked a similar question in the past myself, but trawling through the archives it seems that everyone has a different answer. Anyhow, let's give it another go. I work for a company in a Free Zone (DIFC). I've only been here fo...

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But if you have an Etisalat connection?

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I had to make this choice about four months ago (when you got AED7.2 to the pound sterling) and opted for sterling. It's obviously worked out fairly well for me so far - at current rates I'm effectively getting an extra AED15K a year, which is nice. I also have the slight advantage of hedging as tha...

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How come? When I try to apply for an Alshamil connection, Etisalat wants to know my home phone number.

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cosmicbaby, it's not a bad offer by local standards, but you'll definitely need your spouse to be earning as well. The suggestion that you'll be paying around AED100K in rent is way off-beam. Assuming you want three bedrooms for a family your size, you'll be paying AED135-150K out in Mirdif or Warqa...

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You will be right next door to Ravi's. What more could you ask for in life?

Seriously, Satwa is a fairly funky place by Dubai standards, though traffic is pretty bad. If I didn't have kids (and therefore wanted somewhere a bit quieter and greener) I would happily live there.

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Get them to offer you a job in Beirut instead! You'll have much more fun...

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Zoe, if you're British it's fairly easy to get a second passport. Just ask your employer to write a letter stating that you need to travel to Israel and to other parts of the Middle East for work purposes, and you can get a second passport issued no problem.

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Stay put in HK. There's no way you can live comfortably with two school-age kids on that salary, unless your spouse also works full-time and earns the same (and even then you won't be saving much). If you put my name into the search function you'll find another post I made to someone in a similar si...

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loulou, to be honest your daughter's school couldn't be much further from your husband's work. You should bear in mind that the heavy traffic flows from north to south (coming from Sharjah) in the mornings, and the other way in the evenings - so it's better to live nearer to your husband's work rath...

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Peace, I think you'll find that 10k for rent is unrealistic. I'm assuming that with two kids you'll want a three-bedroom place. I would budget for an absolute minimum of 12.5k/month for that (bear in mind that you need to pay commission and deposit on top of your actual rent). On top of that, you ne...

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Okay, I know it's Ramadan and you don't want to be working in the daytime heat when you're fasting. But it's half past nine at night and the people building the new villa next door are hammering and sawing away like crazy. We've got kids trying to sleep. What can we do, other than ask them to stop?

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Yeah, I agree with the above. You need to clarify what they're offering you in the way of accommodation (will you need to buy furniture? will they also cover DEWA bills etc?). Also clarify the car allowance - cars aren't too expensive here but you'll almost certainly need two. If you do have furnish...

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Doesn't seem to be a problem, xty. When I had to sponsor our maid they required an employment contract or simply a letter from the Free Zone confirming my employment and salary.

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Mark - You can get all the regular inhalers - salbutamol (ventolin), beclomethasone (becotide), salmeterol (serevent) - over the counter from a pharmacist without a prescription, so no need to see the doctor. They're a bit pricey, though - I forget exactly how much but certainly a bit more than you'...

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Doesn't seem to be a problem, xty. When I had to sponsor our maid they required an employment contract or simply a letter from the Free Zone confirming my employment and salary. I know about sponsoring requirements because I had sponsored 2 times for my relative and friend to come. Both with copy o...

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I don't like people that don't like Dubai and continue to live here I don't like the fact that you have to pay a year's extortionate rent up front, so that if you come to Dubai and loathe the place, you're trapped and can't leave. The fact that you can't change your job within the first year just m...

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Mark, Assuming you're single and not bringing family over? If so, then your package is perfectly adequate and (depending on your lifestyle) should allow you to save a bit. It's true that the accom/car allowances won't cover what they're supposed to, but think of it in terms of the overall package. Y...

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Mark, I just posted on your other thread and said that you'll be OK on 300K - but now I see your plan to pay £300 on your house back home and save £1000 a month. That's pretty ambitious and you probably need to scale back your expectations of what you'll save - especially if you're going to be shell...

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I think you'd definitely be best off renting to begin with and then seeing how the property market develops (not sure that prices for villas will fall that much - it's mainly apartements that are going to be coming onto the market). Right now for a 4br place in Meadows or Lakes you're looking at abo...

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chris - yes, you will need to be married. You will have to sponsor your wife and daughter for their residence permits, and to obtain their permits you will need to show your marriage certificate.

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If you have a standard one-year rental contract, paid half up-front and half with post-dated cheque, but then a few months into the contract, for reasons beyond your control, you find that you need to leave Dubai... what are your options for terminating the contract?

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Thanks dbx, that's a real weight off my mind. I've actually just checked my contract and it says that I need to give two months' notice, but that I can live with. I was more worried about losing eight months' rent.

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If you're not paying for the shipping, then if I were you I would take advantage of that and ship most of your furniture over. It's not that expensive to buy furniture here, but there are a lot of setting-up costs and it all adds up, so if you can keep it down to buying only white goods and a minimu...

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