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hsm · Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Second Floor

I'm looking for a furnished apartment in Hufouf for 4000 SR per month...I lived in Riyadh and Dammam and I'm looking for a furnished apartment in a neighborhood that is quiet, clean and modern not rural...

I'd be thankful if you advise me on decent neighborhoods you live/d in there and enjoyed it...

Regards

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

Have you asked your cowokers for suggestions on flats? Otherwise, you might also try expatriates.com for available housing.

hsm · Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Second Floor

My few coworkers prefer to rent an apartment and furnish it themselves. My situation is different and the search they are carrying out is irrelevant to my need.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Local info is what you need. I do not think there are many posters here with a knowledge of Hofuf.

hsm · Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Second Floor

I went to Hufouf today. The "city" is kind of a "big village". It's a "city" but you feel it's not as urban as other cities in the Eastern Region. I spotted some furnished apartments in Mahasen which are decent in terms of Hasa.

Living near the sea in Saudi Arabia - a desert - is a BLESS which is something Al-Hasa can't provide!

I noticed that taxis are very few. If you don't have a car, you will be stranded for hours waiting for the mercy of a taxi driver and you might end taking a pickup truck instead of the taxi.

If you don't have your family with you or don't have friends, staying at home will be kind of "house arrest".

My impression is very negative about it compared to other neighboring cities like Dammam, Khobar or Jubail.

plumpy nut · Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 1652

Most teachers stay in Hotel-Apartments. I don't know if you would be interested in looking at something like that?

hsm · Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Second Floor

No problem...I can offer 4000 SR per month so I need something within that range.

If you know any, I'll be glad to know what and where.

Thanks

Beaker · Joined: 13 Jan 2013 Posts: 26

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

If an employer cannot help you with accommodation....................

(Choose suitable ending for this sentence.)

johnslat · Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:36 pm Post subject:

Dear Beaker,

Kind of you, though, to post that you won't help the OP because of "being abused on here earlier," especially since the OP presumably had no part in that alleged abuse.

Thanks for sharing. Very Happy

Regards,
John

hsm · Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Second Floor

jaffa · Joined: 25 Oct 2012 Posts: 403

Good for you in finding a place. Personally I'd say Hofuf was the best place I've lived in KSA. It's green and leafy instead of the standard grey/brown desertscape and not too bad traffic-wise, compared to the hellholes of Dammam, Riyadh, Jeddah. I used to really enjoy exploring in my car and the villages around Jebel Gaarh are interesting. It's one of the biggest oasis (es?) in the world and therefore, unlike the rest of the country, the locals have a genuine respect for nature. Also, the sea isn't far away and the beaches are empty. There is a massive camel and sheep market every weekend that makes for a unique experience and the Empty Quarter pretty much starts there, which is also an unusual anomaly that not many people get to see.

Have fun!

Grendal

hsm · Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Second Floor

sicklyman · Joined: 02 Feb 2013 Posts: 930

interesting to hear that accommodation is more expensive there than in Khobar. I guess there's less of it to go around and this therefore drives prices up. Right?