Accommodations: Doha Neighborhoods

Green Village - very nice, Al Waab area. Near Khalifa Stadium, Villagio Mall. Good area.

any one here about Majestic Village or Green Village..which area of Doha are these compunds in

nambiru,

hello..I will be moving to Doha and was interested in your comments about new plugs and appliances..I am moving from the uSA also..did your computer and printer work with new plugs or did you have to buy everything new?Thanks for your response...hope to hook up with you,,i am in the medical business too.

Hi, brother, I do suggest you paying attention to the AFTER-SALES-SERVICE here for the renting-room, headache never stops``````

I am coming to Doha on 3rd Nov. Can anybody would like to share their apartment for a month or two,(atleast 15 days) before I find a two bedroom flat for my family? I am more social and always would like to stay with people in sharing accomodation until I get to know about the place and culture.I am a software engineer worked all around the world and now about to explore Doha for an year. Please let me know, so I can plan accordingly.

Many thanks all of you for your nice info in this thread.

Syam.([email protected])

Bring some sambal blachan, Mee Soto, Penang Laksa, Mutton Satay with you :)

Thank you so much. I will be comig over in mid-Nov. My employer will accommodate me in a hotel for one month before I move in on my own. Would certainly need your advice then. Thanks!

So I assume that 2-bedroom fully furnished apartment could be rented out to a single too.

Yes.

I think it shoud be within my budget if it is min 7.5k, and I hope it is not much more than that.

I am renting at 7.5K F/F 2BR, 2 toilets in Prime location in a tower. Some time they have vacant flats. if you want I can check for you.

Yes I lived 15 years in Far East before moving here. My secretary is from Malasia as well.

Salamat :)

Thank you very much for the info. So I assume that 2-bedroom fully furnished apartment could be rented out to a single too. I think it shoud be within my budget if it is min 7.5k, and I hope it is not much more than that.

If I bring my wife and son over, I suppose an apartment (as opoosed to an "attachment" to a villa?) would ensure more privacy?

Yes I am a Malaysian from Kedah. Your name sounds Thai, except for the Wong bit. Are you from my part of the world too?:)

1) Would it be possible for me to rent a 1-bedroom fully furnished apartment on a relatively short-term (6 to 8 month) basis?

Quite difficult. Rents are for 1 year period. You will find it difficult to rent 1 BR F/F Apartment as you are a single. They always rent these to a family as these are a part of a big villa which houses other families.

2) How much would the rent be?

Qr 4000 -4500

3)What would be the rent for a 2-bedroom fully furnished apartment.

Min. Qr 7500

You are a Malaysian from Kedah?

4) How much should I expect to pay for "utilities"? Thanks.

Qr 100-200

Dear Friends, can anyone help me out on this: I will be coming to work in Qatar next month. I intend to rent a one bedroom furnished apartment. About 10 months later, (sometime in August 2008), I intend to bring over my wife and son, aged 10. I would certainly need a 2-bedroon apartment at that time. My questions: 1) Would it be possible for me to rent a 1-bedroom fully furnished apartment on a relatively short-term (6 to 8 month) basis? 2) How much would the rent be? 3)What would be the rent for a 2-bedroom fully furnished apartment. 4) How much should I expect to pay for "utilities"? Thanks.

namabiru - you want to share some Japanese food with me :)

You may not be interested in this but if you call the Qatar Embassy in Washington, DC they will send you a Marhaba (Welcome) book and it has a good map in there with all the areas of town labeled. It's helpful. Lots of good basic info in there. Good luck with the move.

Mmm... actually Charan my place had plates and cups too. I was hooked up pretty good. Had sheets & towels & all that stuff too. It was such a treat to walk in at 11.30 pm to find the bed made, towels hanging, toilet paper on the roll, and other stuff (food + toiletries) courtesy of Cornell.

It's inevitable that you'll have to purchase a couple of things to make the place yours anyway. For instance, not everyone uses coffee pots. Or rice cookers. So they wouldn't put that stuff in the place anyway. Or I cook a lot of Japanese food, so I found the Daiso and went crazy with dishes I wanted for my meals. But at least you don't have to run out and buy something to sit on, or something to eat from.

What was cool in my case, though, was that I got a relocation allowance when I arrived. The idea is that then I could do deposits, get the appliances I needed (especially with so many American employees @ Cornell... plug size + voltage are different, so would have to rebuy a printer, a coffee pot, etc.), and have some cash to work with while getting set up on payroll.

I logged in and was amazed at all the good info that has accumulated on this post since it was started. Thanks to all for all of your advice, input, and opinions!

but belive me u dont want to sare a flat in here. (Flats by the way are british terms for apartments.) If ure prepared to pay over 7k then u should live alone. call some agencies and landlords. etc, happy hunting.

It's all becoming a bit clearer now!

stealth - I do not know where thye furniture come from but not from china. Appliances are from Japan.

mamabiru - you are right they do not provide the plates and the cups.

If the place says it is fully furnished...then it wud contain all the big stuff like closets, beds, linen, curtains,,, tv, and all that stuff...

Only when it says Fully Furnished and Equipped...only then it wud contain crockery and cutlery....including most of the kitchenette items...

Happy Hunting for flats ppl...

Cheers...

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" Live Life To The Fullest ! Enjoy Yourself "

Mmm... I have to politely disagree with the 'won't have to buy a thing' bit. You'll get basics, for sure, but you'll still inevitably have to get *something* you require. I had to go purchase clocks, a coffee maker, and I plan to purchase a rice cooker and perhaps a blender too. I've also added dishes to the basics for what I like to cook.

But you certainly won't have to get every single thing. The basics they gave me most definitely sufficed for the first while until I could gather what I needed to make the place mine.

So it goes.

where are the furnitures from Charan? China? How about the appliances

cheap quality sstuff from china ?

Fully Furnished including Furniture and all appliances and you don't need to buy a single thing.

Fully furnished? or just with appliances?

I am bringing the kit and caboodle with me...

When I moved into my Dubai flat...there wasn't even a cooker.

tillydevine - Go to Musharib Towers. F/F 2 BR @ QR 7500.00

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If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

I am a single professional australian female (in other words, an item of curiousity for my new employers!) arriving in Doha next week!

Thanks for the advice on this thread. I have decided on looking for a two bedroomed flat after living in Dubai for nearly two years. I've had enough of the flatmate shuffle and an itching to live on my own.

I thought leaving Dubai i would escape the escalating rental crisis...not the case!!!

You can get a villa in Dafna - which would cost you 20 - 30KQR a month, and you could get some housemates to share....

or you can live closer to central Doha and pay about 12 - 15kQR a month for the same thing.....

It depends entirely what you are looking for.

I think the housemate thing is good, cause you get to meet new people, but you can also get fedup with having strangers in your face 24/7....

Its up to you...

Doha is wonderful.. but life is being spoilt by the accomodation issue....

Accommodation is a nightmare in doha...but you just may be lucky cause if you have 10,000 to play with, you may be able to find a single one bedroom apartment that is furnished for about 6500. When would you be actually coming to Doha. The sooner you come the better chance to get a place. Rise in rent is 10% increase every year. The landlords sometimes sign a contract for 2 years n that is good but if you come later and sign the contract ...landlords sometimes kick the proces higher...i hope this helps.... good to have another single person in lonely doha

Dear Solo,

Welcome to Qatar...

The best thing to do is. Ask your employer to provide you with a visit visa first...Then you come over here and stay in any decent hotel for a month or so..You will be able to see the city and locate yourself in a decent localaty accrding to your preference and convenience..The hotel rents are not too much...And according to my experience you may not need to use an agency help to locate an accomodation...I think the agency will charge you normally an amount equivalent to your 1st month's rent...and if you are willing to bargain then you don't need to deposit 12 months rent.(nothing is typical in Qatar... you need to bargain for the best)..normally you may need to deposit only 1 months rent as a cautionary deposit which you can claim from the landlord on your plans to move out by giving one month advance notice...and since you are from US all the procedures would be smoother for you...

Thanks everyone for their responses. Generally speaking, would using an agency of some sort be a good idea? It would seem the logical thing to do since I do not know the areas and won't have a lot of time to learn the city before needing to sort out accommodations. Do agencies charge a fee to the person looking to rent? If so - what is typical?

Also - I've been told that you sometimes have to pay all 12 months up-front. Is this typical?

also make sure that there is an exit cluse

for 2-3 month so you are not stake with hole time if u dont like it

""""no 1 in qatar"""""

ajayan rent acar

Well you have not mentioned your monthly budget. Accommodations are available everywhere in DOha but rent depends on the area you choose to live.

For you i will suggest you to take a 1 bedroom hall fully furnished flat in Al Sadd area rent will between 6000 - 8000 QR per month. Some landords incld the water eectricity some don't ....

Sayed Ali Zakir

Please Check the Classified Section of Qatar Living. Their are alots of properties on rent. You can better find it there.