Moving To Egypt

[Malak]

Hi Lyndsay. Which area are you moving too? I am based in Cairo and there is not much call for boarding kennels or dog training. You will find that maybe 1% of egyptians own a pet of some sort. I would say the expat population would be the dog owners. Reasons there not popluar(This is my view) no where to walk them, the streets are not that clean, food for family is more a priority than for a pet and from the people I know, dogs can be seen as unclean especially round a muslim family who pray. Dogs lick!
Dogs are generally roaming wild on the street or used to guard property.
I know in cairo there are horse farms etc outside near Giza that train horses etc.

Dont know much about red sea area, but I believe it would be similar.

[lyndsay552]

We're moving to Hurghada, so our market will be the expat community. My husband is a Police Dog Handler so he would be able to train guard dogs as well.

[kim konnoris]

Hi Eveyone, I Am New To The Site;
WE To Are Seriously Considering Moving To Egypt For Good At The End Of This Year. My Youngest Is 13yrs,[that's Our Dilema} Should We Wait Till She Has Finished School? Or Is There Good English Schools-where? With Prices For Property On The Rise, Can We Afford To Wait?
We Did Have A 2 Bed Apartment In Hay El Nour, But Due To Me Working In A School, We Did'nt Get Out Enough, So We Sold It Last Year. Any Advise Would Be Gratefully Recived.

[Nick Pendrell]

Originally Posted by kim konnoris

Hi Eveyone, I Am New To The Site;
WE To Are Seriously Considering Moving To Egypt For Good At The End Of This Year. My Youngest Is 13yrs,[that's Our Dilema} Should We Wait Till She Has Finished School? Or Is There Good English Schools-where? With Prices For Property On The Rise, Can We Afford To Wait?
We Did Have A 2 Bed Apartment In Hay El Nour, But Due To Me Working In A School, We Did'nt Get Out Enough, So We Sold It Last Year. Any Advise Would Be Gratefully Recived.

There is one English language school in Hurghada, Red Sea School.

I have spoken with the (whatever the American equivalent of a headmistress is!) and she is very nice.

It doesn't look as if they have a webpage, but you can email them at:

readseaschool@yahoo.com

No - this is not a typo!

Prices for houses are rising very fast - 25-30% growth this year is practically guaranteed.

I would suggest buying something offplan that is not complete until something like 2010, then you lock in the price at today's level but won't have to pay the whole amount for a long time.

Please PM me if you require any more information on buying property in Hurghada because that's what I do.

[kim konnoris]

thank you for info/advise, i have e-mailed the school today.

we would need a 3 bed house/villa, but don't know what we can get for £60,000? will be bringing my german sheppard{my baby}
what do you think property wise? and price wise?

[lyndsay552]

that sounds sooooo familar. my husband and i are also bringing our german sheppard and our budget is round about the same. i'm heading out next week on the hunt for our villa, so i'll keep you informed. so far the best deal i've found is a 4 bed unfinished 240m2 villa in mobarak 7 for £38,880 and about £15 to £20 k to finish to a high standard

lyndsay

[kim konnoris]

hi lyndsay, that would be fantastic. we have also looked at mobarak 7 on an internet site. I was wondering if they were to good to be true ? {only 20 left i believe} any info would be greatly recieved. when were you hoping to relocate? we are hoping to, in jan 09.
regards kim

[lyndsay552]

my house is on the market at the moment, so as soon as it sells we're off

[kim konnoris]

i wish you all the best. were putting our's up in the summer. hopefully we will be joining you in jan 09.
i've had quotes to ship everything over. so it's just finding out what we can get for £60,000. I hope to hear from you soon.

Kim

[lyndsay552]

We had considered getting everything shipped over but decided against for a number of reasons. The import tax is something rediculous like 40% and the furniture and things seems to be really cheap. So we are planning on ebaying and a garage sale.

So by the end of it all it'll just the two of us with a suitcase each and of course the dog!!