Where to Live?????
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Where to Live?????
Hi All
Moving to Dubai early January.
I have been advised it is likely I will be working on the Downtown Jebel Ali project, and would like some advise on most suitable places to live, bearing in mind the traffic!
Looking on Google Earth, would Arabian Ranches, for instance, be suitable, and how long, approximately, would travelling back and forth to work take?
Moving to Dubai early January.
I have been advised it is likely I will be working on the Downtown Jebel Ali project, and would like some advise on most suitable places to live, bearing in mind the traffic!
Looking on Google Earth, would Arabian Ranches, for instance, be suitable, and how long, approximately, would travelling back and forth to work take?
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Re: Where to Live?????
again, this is totally a budget thing....
but Marina, Emirate Hills area is prob your best option.
AR is a bit further out and can be a nightmare to access/egress
(Emirate hills being Springs/Meadows/Lakes)
but seriously if your work is giving you 130K, you are in trouble im afraid
but Marina, Emirate Hills area is prob your best option.
AR is a bit further out and can be a nightmare to access/egress
(Emirate hills being Springs/Meadows/Lakes)
but seriously if your work is giving you 130K, you are in trouble im afraid
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Re: Where to Live?????
again, this is totally a budget thing....
but Marina, Emirate Hills area is prob your best option.
AR is a bit further out and can be a nightmare to access/egress
(Emirate hills being Springs/Meadows/Lakes)
but seriously if your work is giving you 130K, you are in trouble im afraid
but Marina, Emirate Hills area is prob your best option.
AR is a bit further out and can be a nightmare to access/egress
(Emirate hills being Springs/Meadows/Lakes)
but seriously if your work is giving you 130K, you are in trouble im afraid
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Re: Where to Live?????
you are playing a dangerous game if you agree with your work a rent of 130K and top it up with 30K of your own cash.
Next year it may need 45K of your own cash
Year after 55K etc
I would stand your guns and get more out of your company. For a 3 bed in any of the places i mentioned, you are looking at around 180K (i think)
#5
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Re: Where to Live?????
You can get 3-bed apartments in JBR for 130k. JBR's pretty much the rental bargain of Dubai at the moment.
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Actafool, it depends what your needs are or where you need to locate, also as mentioned before Landlords require rent either 1 year in advance or perhaps 6 months so you would need the full 96k upfront, that you need to discuss with company.
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cheers p2p. my company will pay for the year up front then deduct it from my wages, so from the figures that have been quoted ill be sleeping in a shed somewhere then, im working near Midrif but i would like to stay near the beach if possible, Any thoughts
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You will also need to consider living near work as traffic can be a mare.
Do you have a dubai map ???
#10
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If you are coming alone then you should be ok with that allowance. You will get a studio or 1 Bed apartment for that sort of money.
If you want to be in walking distance from the beach then you'll have to look at an apartment in the marina or JBR but face a 45 minute - 1 hour commute. Traffic wont be bad but its a fair distance.
Your other option will be to share a villa in Jumeira or Umm Suqeim. If you take that option you'll be in a nice area close to the beach and will even save a little from your housing allowance.
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Re: Where to Live?????
A friend who shares at JBR said there are signs up around his tower saying that sharing is against Dubai Properties policy and action will be taken against anyone found doing it.
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However, you'd be taking a risk on sharing there, because it's illegal. Sharing's only legal in some private developments, like the Meadows/Springs/Lakes etc.
A friend who shares at JBR said there are signs up around his tower saying that sharing is against Dubai Properties policy and action will be taken against anyone found doing it.
A friend who shares at JBR said there are signs up around his tower saying that sharing is against Dubai Properties policy and action will be taken against anyone found doing it.
In JBR it will just be a contractual stipulation that there is no sharing. and that wont be imposed because if it was the place would be completely empty.
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Re: Where to Live?????
avoid the arabian ranches. it is hell to get into and out of during peak hours. several thousand houses serviced by a little two lane road?! ******* idiots.
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Re: Where to Live?????
Hi All
Moving to Dubai early January.
I have been advised it is likely I will be working on the Downtown Jebel Ali project, and would like some advise on most suitable places to live, bearing in mind the traffic!
Looking on Google Earth, would Arabian Ranches, for instance, be suitable, and how long, approximately, would travelling back and forth to work take?
Moving to Dubai early January.
I have been advised it is likely I will be working on the Downtown Jebel Ali project, and would like some advise on most suitable places to live, bearing in mind the traffic!
Looking on Google Earth, would Arabian Ranches, for instance, be suitable, and how long, approximately, would travelling back and forth to work take?