What are advantages and disadvantages of living in an appartment versa living in a villa. I know the price you pay is one but seriously I am looking for a real comparison.
I dont think $3,500 is quite enough for a furnished place, and on the line for an unfurnished on a decent compound. Particularly not in a semi decent area. Also bear in mind as an individual wait lists for the good compounds are not short.
Real estate management here has no ryhme or reason and when dealing with people as an individual rather than having company organisation or assistance is a completely different ball game to having your housing provided.
Just throw away everything you think about contracts and normality, expect anything and you'll be okay!
Mmm... sorry, I really can't advise you on a specific place or rent costs. Mine is provided housing, so I don't even see a bill.
You might check out the classifieds here, or do a search on housing costs on QL, or else glance through the newspapers online. The standard English dailies in Doha are the Qatar Tribune, the Gulf Times, and The Peninsula.
Yes you are right I have one kid and currently live in a house. I would never consider an appartment in USA because of the wood construction which creates very bad sound insulation, you can hear clearly when your neighbour flushes his toillet, however in Qatar I think everything is concrete just like Dubai. I think if you get an appartment in a compound that have pools, a small park, probably that would narrow the differences. Is such appartment exists and would $3500/ month enough to cover the rent?
One big thing would be having a small garden where they could play. My apartment is wonderful for just myself (location + size), but with all the beautiful tile work, I can't imagine having kids running around, yelping and fighting, and having the constant noise echoing off the walls... not only for me, but my poor neighbors.
Also, the villa would feel more like a home, I imagine. If I recall, are you coming from a house now? At least the adjustment wouldn't be so much for the fam.
The general pattern at Cornell is that the single people or married couples are shown apartments, the families get shown villas. In briefly finding out where people live, that's the pattern I've identified, anyway. I imagine the other schools do the same.
Sorry, I'm probably getting you mixed up with someone else... Gah.
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I dont think $3,500 is quite enough for a furnished place, and on the line for an unfurnished on a decent compound. Particularly not in a semi decent area. Also bear in mind as an individual wait lists for the good compounds are not short.
Real estate management here has no ryhme or reason and when dealing with people as an individual rather than having company organisation or assistance is a completely different ball game to having your housing provided.
Just throw away everything you think about contracts and normality, expect anything and you'll be okay!
I'm talking about an apartment there btw.
Mmm... sorry, I really can't advise you on a specific place or rent costs. Mine is provided housing, so I don't even see a bill.
You might check out the classifieds here, or do a search on housing costs on QL, or else glance through the newspapers online. The standard English dailies in Doha are the Qatar Tribune, the Gulf Times, and The Peninsula.
Yes you are right I have one kid and currently live in a house. I would never consider an appartment in USA because of the wood construction which creates very bad sound insulation, you can hear clearly when your neighbour flushes his toillet, however in Qatar I think everything is concrete just like Dubai. I think if you get an appartment in a compound that have pools, a small park, probably that would narrow the differences. Is such appartment exists and would $3500/ month enough to cover the rent?
Mmm... if I recall, you had kids?
One big thing would be having a small garden where they could play. My apartment is wonderful for just myself (location + size), but with all the beautiful tile work, I can't imagine having kids running around, yelping and fighting, and having the constant noise echoing off the walls... not only for me, but my poor neighbors.
Also, the villa would feel more like a home, I imagine. If I recall, are you coming from a house now? At least the adjustment wouldn't be so much for the fam.
The general pattern at Cornell is that the single people or married couples are shown apartments, the families get shown villas. In briefly finding out where people live, that's the pattern I've identified, anyway. I imagine the other schools do the same.
Sorry, I'm probably getting you mixed up with someone else... Gah.