I think the best advice for OP would be to just stop comparing it to Abu Dhabi. She says she has to move to Doha, so why torture yourself? It's going to be different than Abu Dhabi. Deal iwth it. See a few places here and start comparing them on their own scale-- suddnely ones that aren't ideal now seem a whole lot better.
Ok, so the finishing here can be a little. . . wacky. I've lived in some interesting places (my first flat, for which we paid 8000 a month unfurnished for two bedroom!!) had a cupboard in the kitchen that we discovered had raw sewage from the apartments upstairs leaking into it. JOY, let me tell you when that was discovered! Since then I've bumped around a bit, and have yet to find someplace 'perfect'-- even the nicer compounds and buildings have something that drives you mental. The gym is broken, the kids are loud, the walls are flaky, the AC isn't strong, whatever, there will ALWAYS be something.
So make a list of what is a NEED and what is a WANT. For me, I wanted windows and light, I wanted enough bathrooms my flatmate and I don't have to share, I wanted fully furnished and I wanted a nice gym and pool. Everything else was gravy.
Seriously, isn't one of the reasons we move to other countries to experience something new? If you're going to hold every city to a standard of one you just left. . . why leave?
I think the best advice for OP would be to just stop comparing it to Abu Dhabi. She says she has to move to Doha, so why torture yourself? It's going to be different than Abu Dhabi. Deal iwth it. See a few places here and start comparing them on their own scale-- suddnely ones that aren't ideal now seem a whole lot better.
Ok, so the finishing here can be a little. . . wacky. I've lived in some interesting places (my first flat, for which we paid 8000 a month unfurnished for two bedroom!!) had a cupboard in the kitchen that we discovered had raw sewage from the apartments upstairs leaking into it. JOY, let me tell you when that was discovered! Since then I've bumped around a bit, and have yet to find someplace 'perfect'-- even the nicer compounds and buildings have something that drives you mental. The gym is broken, the kids are loud, the walls are flaky, the AC isn't strong, whatever, there will ALWAYS be something.
So make a list of what is a NEED and what is a WANT. For me, I wanted windows and light, I wanted enough bathrooms my flatmate and I don't have to share, I wanted fully furnished and I wanted a nice gym and pool. Everything else was gravy.
Seriously, isn't one of the reasons we move to other countries to experience something new? If you're going to hold every city to a standard of one you just left. . . why leave?