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Hi All,
We (wife & 7yr old son) are moving to Dubai at the start of March, I will be working near the Dubai Media Centre / Business Central Towers. We have read through the forum, and have gleaned some great info already. I have a couple of specific questions that I would really appreciate some input on
We want to live in a villa (3 Bdr) as opposed to an apartment. Our allocated budget for housing is 120k per year, which I know is a little low. I am OK with traveling to work, although I would like to avoid the bottle-necks I hear about. So I wanted to know what are the areas we should be looking at? One key to this is proximity to a reasonably priced school - non profit would be our preference - trying to keep cost of school down to around 20k. Is Mirdiff OK? Saw the notes re the air traffic noise, but other than that? Curious what a peak hour trip into the office would be from there. We are enjoy the outdoors, what are the parks, etc, like in that area? I am a road cyclist, would this area be OK for that?
If there are any other areas that our desires look like matching to, let me know.
Lastly, can anyone advise as to whether furniture prices (specifically beds, lounges) in DXB are high in comparison to Oz / Europe?
Thanks in advance...
We (wife & 7yr old son) are moving to Dubai at the start of March, I will be working near the Dubai Media Centre / Business Central Towers. We have read through the forum, and have gleaned some great info already. I have a couple of specific questions that I would really appreciate some input on
We want to live in a villa (3 Bdr) as opposed to an apartment. Our allocated budget for housing is 120k per year, which I know is a little low. I am OK with traveling to work, although I would like to avoid the bottle-necks I hear about. So I wanted to know what are the areas we should be looking at? One key to this is proximity to a reasonably priced school - non profit would be our preference - trying to keep cost of school down to around 20k. Is Mirdiff OK? Saw the notes re the air traffic noise, but other than that? Curious what a peak hour trip into the office would be from there. We are enjoy the outdoors, what are the parks, etc, like in that area? I am a road cyclist, would this area be OK for that?
If there are any other areas that our desires look like matching to, let me know.
Lastly, can anyone advise as to whether furniture prices (specifically beds, lounges) in DXB are high in comparison to Oz / Europe?
Thanks in advance...