I recently moved here from Dubai, I also had a car and house furniture from Ikea ! i did lots of studies on moving my personal stuff to Doha, finally I decided to sell off everything and came here with my family.
Since I didn't want to go into all the headache of doing of making export plate of my vehicle then paying custom in doha and then the resigtration procedure which was only possible after getting Residence Permit stamped in the passport (it takes not less then 4 - 5 weeks) then cargo the furniture and keep it in a container or in a warehouse for couple of months till you find a suitable accommodation, to do all this you have to be out of office almost everyday till you are finally settled.
I found much convenient bringing cash money in your pocket and get everything from Doha. There is not really huge price difference here, yes thing are bit expensive but if your perk is good then it should be fine.
Things are too slow compare to Dubai. Rest Doha is a wonderful place to live specially after spending my life in traffic jams/ everyday fines from Salik/Municipality or hidden radars or any other traffic offense in Dubai.
Me and my family are very happy with Doha life style. After all It's PEACEFUL. No Traffic jam (as compare to Dubai - Sharjah), no parking fines, no salik, if you have office in Doha and live in city then distance in the city is nothing compare to Dubai.
I recently moved here from Dubai, I also had a car and house furniture from Ikea ! i did lots of studies on moving my personal stuff to Doha, finally I decided to sell off everything and came here with my family.
Since I didn't want to go into all the headache of doing of making export plate of my vehicle then paying custom in doha and then the resigtration procedure which was only possible after getting Residence Permit stamped in the passport (it takes not less then 4 - 5 weeks) then cargo the furniture and keep it in a container or in a warehouse for couple of months till you find a suitable accommodation, to do all this you have to be out of office almost everyday till you are finally settled.
I found much convenient bringing cash money in your pocket and get everything from Doha. There is not really huge price difference here, yes thing are bit expensive but if your perk is good then it should be fine.
Things are too slow compare to Dubai. Rest Doha is a wonderful place to live specially after spending my life in traffic jams/ everyday fines from Salik/Municipality or hidden radars or any other traffic offense in Dubai.
Me and my family are very happy with Doha life style. After all It's PEACEFUL. No Traffic jam (as compare to Dubai - Sharjah), no parking fines, no salik, if you have office in Doha and live in city then distance in the city is nothing compare to Dubai.
After all I call Doha mini Dubai ;-)
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