Cost of Living
Hello all,
I will be coming to Qatar shortly.
I wonder if anyone could shed some light on the cost of living for a couple for for example; housing; a 3- bedroom villa or 3-bedroom flat in Doha, petrol ( I hear is 11 pence per litre), typical food shopping etc.
Are the costs for say TV,a DVD system etc same as those in Europe or cheaper (bit, a lot ...), furniture etc
I am trying to see if it is cheaper to leave things here and buy new there
Any info will be much appreciated.
Many thanks
Bigfoot
It is great to hear from someone from the UK. Many thanks for your reply, to the point.
I wonder if you could tell me whether you freighted your stuff like books and other things that you probably could not do without to a certain extent. If so, which company did you use? what did it roughly cost you? Any info on this would be appreciated.
I have to freight books if not anything else.
By the way, I am trying to get hold of some photos for Dukhan. Any ideas?
Many thanks again
Enjoy the rest of the weekend
Furniture is more expensive here if you buy new, there's no Ikea or eqivilent. However, coming from the UK, you will notice the cost of living is less in many ways, petrol, fresh food etc. Even though alcohol has 100 per cent tax, it's still the same as home prices pretty much. When MegaMart was open groceries were more expensive for us as we mainly bought UK foods but now, shopping at Carrefour it's a bit cheaper and much fresher than Tesco at home. I know that lots of people find it expensive here but I think that the English find it better because of the tax free salary and because the UK cost of living is far higher than most other places. Cars are also cheaper, our Subaru Forrester was 10,000 pounds new for the top model, at home would have been 23,000! Good luck
well if ur company is paying freight then go ahead and bring ur stuff otherwise dont. we brought our stuff from UAE and the hassle and charges werent worth it especially with scores of families moving out who sell their appliances etc rather cheap.
three bed villas are no less than14000 a months. flats are cheaper but terribly tiny and poorly constructed. a three bed flat would be around 11000.
well grocery depend on the size of ur family. i have three kids and my average bill is 2500 minimum.
best of luck