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Old May 31st 2010, 5:21 pm
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Can anyone tell me if 3,500 sar a month is enough to live in any expat compounds with facilities ie pools, market, playground for children.
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Can anyone tell me if 3,500 sar a month is enough to live in any expat compounds with facilities ie pools, market, playground for children.
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No compound that you would be happy to live on will cost that little. I can only speak for Khobar, but doubt that Jeddah or Riyadh will be any different.

On a decent western compound in Khobar you would expect to pay anywhere between SR 120,000 and 200,000 for a 2-3 bedroom place with access to the facilities you mention.
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It is about the same here in Riyadh there are only a couple of cheaper compounds , with mine being one of them , but most of the compounds are full at the moment.
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Have the compounds in KSA always been full, or is this a new issuie?
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The situation here in Riyadh at this time hasnt really helped with the recent closure of 3 compounds.
Also with the UAE and people all jumping on the party bus to get out,
either by then losing there jobs or doing a runner.
More expats are now looking at Saudi.
So compound availability always has been a little tight.
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Originally Posted by norsk
No compound that you would be happy to live on will cost that little. I can only speak for Khobar, but doubt that Jeddah or Riyadh will be any different.

On a decent western compound in Khobar you would expect to pay anywhere between SR 120,000 and 200,000 for a 2-3 bedroom place with access to the facilities you mention.
Ok thanks for your info
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Just to give you an idea, a studio apartment in FAL compound is about 52000.00 SAR per annum.
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Just to give you an idea, a studio apartment in FAL compound is about 52000.00 SAR per annum.

Can you please provide me with the price range of a 3 bedroom villa in the compounds in khobar.
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Can you please provide me with the price range of a 3 bedroom villa in the compounds in khobar.

I looked at a 3 bedroom villa/townhouse in Al Rushaid Compound in Khobar last year. Price was SR 145,000 if I remember correctly, and it wasn't really that nice unless you like carpets and avocado bathrooms...
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In our compound (Arabian Homes) the smaller villas are around 150k SR.
42k SR is ridiculously low and I honestly doubt, that you will get an even remotely acceptable offer from this company, when this is how they start.
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In our compound (Arabian Homes) the smaller villas are around 150k SR.
42k SR is ridiculously low and I honestly doubt, that you will get an even remotely acceptable offer from this company, when this is how they start.
Al Waha - ~ 70K yearly for 1 bed
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