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Goddess

Have been lurking for some time and only registered today. Have been offered the following: Partner and I are both teachers. We've been offered the following package at a very highly respected int'l school in Dubai. Offer is the following...not sure if it is negotiable or not. 127,000AED each per ye...

Goddess

Thanks, Concorde. Housing is provided, 3bdroom flat in a building with other teachers. Not my ideal. I think if you choose not to live in those apartments, you can get 90,000AED/yr for housing allowance. You would have to supplement to move to a villa. The figure I heard was 130K/yr for a 3bedroom v...

Goddess

Thanks for your advice...I think?! Anyway, seriously, 2Mill? What do you spend it on? Also, do you fancy a girlfriend on the side (joking joking)? I know expats there who are on the big bucks and I realise that won't be us, so at least I'll know how the other half live. Still haven't decided!!

Goddess

Husband. Partner has become the new 'pc' word I'm used to using. we're not allowed to ask parents of students about their husbands, we have to say partners, in case they are not married.

Eeeeeee......don't know don't know!
What's the Greens like to live in?

Goddess

Nope. He's definately my husband. I know that's frowned upon in Dubai. Meanwhile, still can't make up my mind!!! Don't want to be there and be poor! Stuff like WildWadi, beach clubs and going to the desert are the reason why we're moving so wouldn't want to be so tightly budgeted couldn't afford som...

Goddess

Concord

Salaries are considerably higher where I live (in Western Yerp) and the cost of living is the highest in Yerp, so I'm well used to it.

I just can't get my head around the AED currency yet so all the figures don't make much of an impact!

Goddess

You're quite right. I was supposed to give my answer today!! Now I'm letting out the secret. Actually, I have been in and out of the house all day today. I just remain logged in out of laziness! Yes, I mentioned the 90K wouldn't cover a villa so we'd have to supplement. Good news is we found out tod...

Goddess

What about a 3 bedroom flat in the Greens towers?

Goddess

Yes. We will be taking the 7 to 1 advice.

We're off in August! Yay!

Goddess

Thanks, Julieta! Yes, I was confused!! I think we've decided to stick with the school's housing the first year and see how it goes and if we are able to afford to save/live enough to pay a supplement to get a flat or villa somewhere else. I'll have my family on the ground there start looking for us ...

Goddess

Thanks! It's all starting to settle in now! I'm most worried about the costs of shipping, settling in, etc. Fortunately, as I said, we've a lot of family there and I'm sure they can all help with the process. I am just looking around my house now and trying to imagine all our stuff gone and renting ...

Goddess

I would try posing this question in a few other forums. Expatwoman and expat focus are good.

I've found that on this site, you'll get a few honest responses and the rest are messing. It's not the greatest resource (apart from people like Concorde, etc) if you're looking for that type of thing.

Goddess

Told ya! See, I knew Concorde would be able to say something interesting. Meanwhile, it does seem silly to sink huge amounts of money into rent and not get something out of it in the end, but maybe that's a European way of thinking about property. I hope the bubble does burst mid-year as that means ...

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Not another salary/package query!! (No, please do come in!)

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