If you are coming as a couple, I would certainly be asking for more.

The salary is about on par I suppose, but you could go for higher housing, car, medical, flights, gratuities etc.

Tell them that the offer is short of the mark, see if they come back with anything..........other than that, go straight for the jugular and tell them what you want.

Bear in mind, property prices here for rental are stupidly high. The company I work for owns some properties in Dubai Investment Park and rents them to employees on a subsidised basis. A 3 bed for 100K. Shame for me that they are full at the moment.

Prices vary area to area, but a rough guide could be a 2 bed apartment for around 125K but in International City, you'll get one cheaper but travel further. I've been lucky enough to find a furnished 2 bed place in Arabian Ranches for 140k, bit more than I wanted to pay, but won't need to ship out all my stuff and can rent my place in the UK as furnished now.

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