Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
Mar 8th 2016, 10:01 am
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Re: Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
Hi everyone,
Thank you for all of your help. I'm going to negotiate with my company to see if I can improve the offer and if not, I'll have to let the opportunity pass.
On a slighty related topic, how reliable are the prices I see on websites like Dubizzle and such? There seem to be studios there that are quite a bit cheaper than 65k a year. Is this just a sneaky tactic to draw gullible people like me in?
Any recommended estate agents/renting agents that I could trust?
All the best,
Creighton
Thank you for all of your help. I'm going to negotiate with my company to see if I can improve the offer and if not, I'll have to let the opportunity pass.
On a slighty related topic, how reliable are the prices I see on websites like Dubizzle and such? There seem to be studios there that are quite a bit cheaper than 65k a year. Is this just a sneaky tactic to draw gullible people like me in?
Any recommended estate agents/renting agents that I could trust?
All the best,
Creighton
Mar 8th 2016, 11:04 am
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Re: Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
No.
Also read the sticky on Renting In Dubai.
Mar 8th 2016, 11:12 am
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Re: Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
Awesome, thank you 
Mar 9th 2016, 3:38 am
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Re: Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
If your mrs goes and gets a job for similar or more then it would be tight but more than do-able.
Why can't she job hunt?
Why can't she job hunt?
Mar 9th 2016, 6:43 am
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Re: Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
As Nike said to Maria Sharapova..
Dont Do It!!!!!!
Dont Do It!!!!!!
Mar 9th 2016, 9:59 am
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Thanks for the reply!
Mar 9th 2016, 10:25 am
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Re: Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
Hi Scamp, thanks for the answer. She would be on the hunt for a job as soon as we get there, but it's nothing concrete and from what I've seen the job market isn't booming at the moment and I wouldn't be comfortable commiting to such a big change based on a pretty big "if".
Thanks for the reply!
Thanks for the reply!
Yet they sponsor Justin Gatlin...
Mar 9th 2016, 11:00 am
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Re: Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
Hi Scamp, thanks for the answer. She would be on the hunt for a job as soon as we get there, but it's nothing concrete and from what I've seen the job market isn't booming at the moment and I wouldn't be comfortable commiting to such a big change based on a pretty big "if".
Thanks for the reply!
Thanks for the reply!
Mar 10th 2016, 2:28 pm
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Re: Need some advice on the current cost of living in Dubai
She's finishing her degree in criminology and would (hopefully) be finished by June. However, she's Spanish and her level of English is just enough to hold basic conversations. She's working on it, but it will take time.
But anyway, I've just turned down the offer from my company so it's a null point in any case.
Thank you all for your help and advice,
All the best
