Present Cost of Living - Urgent Help Required

balas123 · Mar 2, 2012

Hi All,

Glad to share that I am having an offer at a Doha based IT company for 18,000 QAR. I need to know about the present cost of living which will help us to get an idea before give a confirmation to the employer.

18,000 QAR is the complete package. On top of this, company agreed to provide yearly return fare for including family and medical insurance.

I am married and having a kid of 11 years old. I will come with my family and need your help to get the following information. We normally lead economical life with descent life style. How much we can able to save? Please advice.

1. Double bedroom flat in Doha
2. Monthly food expenses (we are Non-Veg)
3. School fees for my kid (11 yrs old)
4. Utility expenses (EB, Water, Gas, Phone etc)
5. Transport - will get car after obtain diving license
6. Having valid Saudi license. Will this acceptable to get a Qatar license?
7. Any other hidden expenses?

We request you to send us these information immediately so as to confirm the employer.

Thanks,
Bala S.

taurus4cb · Mar 4, 2012

1. Double bedroom flat in Doha - 6000
2. Monthly food expenses (we are Non-Veg) - 2000
3. School fees for my kid (11 yrs old) - Not sure.
4. Utility expenses (EB, Water, Gas, Phone etc) - 500
5. Transport - will get car after obtain diving license
6. Having valid Saudi license. Will this acceptable to get a Qatar license? - Yes you can exchange for Qatar License
7. Any other hidden expenses? Tv/entertainment - 1000

So total : 9500 + School + Misc.

Hopefully you get an idea of your savings potential now.

bhuvnidhi · Mar 4, 2012

Dear BalaS,

I am presenting the details based on the current scenario in Doha.

1. Double bedroom flat in Doha - Anywhere between 5000 - 7500 QARs.
2. Monthly food expenses (we are Non-Veg) - 2000 QARs
3. School fees for my kid (11 yrs old) - Not sure about 11 year old.I pay 16000+ QARs per annum for my 6 year old.
4. Utility expenses (EB, Water, Gas, Phone etc) - Between 300-500
5. Transport - will get car after obtain diving license-Depends on the distance between your house and office.
6. Having valid Saudi license. Will this acceptable to get a Qatar license? - Not sure on this.
7. Any other hidden expenses? -Landline with ADSL (depends on usage),Mobile,Medical,entertainment and Kid's extra curricular activities.

balas123 · Mar 4, 2012

Hi,

Many Thanks for your prompt response. It explained a lot and much useful for us to take a decision.

Final queries:

1. Is the given rent is for furnished or unfurnished house? We prefer an unfurnished house for rent.

2. Please let us know the list good Indian CBSE Schools for my kid. My kid is presently doing class 4 in a CBSE school and we prefer to continue with CBSE syllabus.

Thanks,
Bala S.

bhuvnidhi · Mar 7, 2012

Bala, It depends.In some areas , we get furnished 2 BHK flats for 5500 and in some areas it will be 7500.

There are quiet a few CBSE schools in Qatar.Please refer to the thread http://www.indusladies.com/forums/indians-in-qatar/48942-dmis-or-bps-or-dps.html

anjith · Mar 7, 2012

Life in Qatar?

Dear friends,

We(my husband and daughter) will be relocating to Qatar in July and hence would like to have more information regarding the accommodation there. Could you please tell us the pros and cons of living in a flat and villa? Any good locations?

I have a daughter who will be 9 months in July. Could you suggest any good nurseries/preschools for small kids?

Also how do we find good maids there? I prefer Keralites as we are from Kerala. Is it easy to find and how do we find it??

Looking forward for your replies.

Thanks in advance

balas123 · Mar 8, 2012

Hi Bhuvnidhi & taurus4cb,

Thanks a lot for your clear updates. Excellent and perfect details. With this, I can confidently proceed further. Hopefully, we will reach Doha by end of May. Once we reach, we will update this site.

Thanks again for your wonderful support.

Regards,
Bala S.

anjith · Mar 9, 2012

Re: Life in Qatar?

Y no reply..no one to help...

malarun · Mar 9, 2012

Re: Life in Qatar?

Hi Anjith,

I am not in Qatar but I was brought up in the gulf.
I am not sure about the lifestyle and other things in Qatar. I guess the other ILs might help you with it.

I just wanted to say one thing about keeping a maid is out of question, you need to get used to doing things by yourself.

Thanks
Malar

charvihema · Mar 9, 2012

Re: Life in Qatar?

anjith said: ↑

Dear friends,

We(my husband and daughter) will be relocating to Qatar in July and hence would like to have more information regarding the accommodation there. Could you please tell us the pros and cons of living in a flat and villa? Any good locations?

I have a daughter who will be 9 months in July. Could you suggest any good nurseries/preschools for small kids?

Also how do we find good maids there? I prefer Keralites as we are from Kerala. Is it easy to find and how do we find it??

Looking forward for your replies.

Thanks in advance
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hai anjith
hw are u and ur family hope gud.
are go through other question who ask recently discussing the same thing?
ok any way maid keralite getting here is hard,moreovere 9 months u searching play school?
house if u want villa u can get at range 3000 and searching flats? 2bedroom fromm 5000 qr.
then normaly u get all things from india
lifestyle is gud,
dont worry so many peoples are here to help
welcme to doha
regards
hemalatha murali