Winnie
We moved here one month ago. We live in a compound run by my husbands company. Please wait and see what you think of the quality of the workmanship in construction at the moment. We have what is known as 'quality' housing. The property is big but the finishings on the workmanship is rubbish eg plumbing and paintwork. We also have had problems with the a/c and water/ sewage. We are lucky in that we just call the co. maintenance people at no cost to us. I hear the horror stories of similar workmanship in top class developments. trying to find workmen/ builders plumbers etc can be a nightmare as there is often a language barrier. Sewage is an underlying problem (no pun intended). Come over and visit developments and ask around. Everything here is word of mouth. There are some good developments but I don't know them. Be aware alot of construction is going up so fast that corners are being cut. Cheap labour is brought in from abroad and these people have very little if any training and are on a time constraint more often than not.
By the way when you start to get your residents permit process going be prepared for a very frustrating and slow process. Ask here about the medical before you or your family do it. You will need to be prepared. You will laugh about it afterwards but not at the time.
Welcome on board. Sense of humour and endless patience required for survival.
Winnie
We moved here one month ago. We live in a compound run by my husbands company. Please wait and see what you think of the quality of the workmanship in construction at the moment. We have what is known as 'quality' housing. The property is big but the finishings on the workmanship is rubbish eg plumbing and paintwork. We also have had problems with the a/c and water/ sewage. We are lucky in that we just call the co. maintenance people at no cost to us. I hear the horror stories of similar workmanship in top class developments. trying to find workmen/ builders plumbers etc can be a nightmare as there is often a language barrier. Sewage is an underlying problem (no pun intended). Come over and visit developments and ask around. Everything here is word of mouth. There are some good developments but I don't know them. Be aware alot of construction is going up so fast that corners are being cut. Cheap labour is brought in from abroad and these people have very little if any training and are on a time constraint more often than not.
By the way when you start to get your residents permit process going be prepared for a very frustrating and slow process. Ask here about the medical before you or your family do it. You will need to be prepared. You will laugh about it afterwards but not at the time.
Welcome on board. Sense of humour and endless patience required for survival.