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RantyMcRantpants · 09/04/2012 10:38

DH has a Skype interview later for a job in AD. Turns out he knows and has worked with the bloke before, so fingers crossed.

I have looked at the ExpatWoman site which is brilliant and will most likely join the forum if DH gets this job. But I have a couple of questions I would like to ask if I can.

We are not sure at the moment whether the accomodation will be furnished or not. I was going to replace our 3 piece suite, our double bed, the kids bunks and possibly my eldest's cabin bed this year. If it is furnished then no problem, I can get rid of the furniture. If it isn't I don't really want to ship them across just to replace them. What sort of furniture shops are out there? Are they reasonably priced? Will they deliver in a timely manner? Would it be easier to get the furniture here and ship it out?

I have to have various medications day to day, how easy is it to see a Dr. out there and what sort of price do we have to pay for medication?

I have 3 children and at the moment we are not sure if they will cover the fee's for the third child for Primary School. How much are we likely to be looking at for fee's? Actually just had a look at the school that they would be going to and the fee's would cost what DH earns in a month here for 4 months schooling [bushock] DH is going to get a promotion by moving so we will have more money but... Will we still be able to have some sort of quality of living with these sort of fee's?

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trafficwarden · 19/04/2012 15:57

Ranty, you will get a much better response on the AbuDhabiWoman website. The other one gets very little AD traffic. Good luck!

Obviouslynotmyusualchatname · 19/04/2012 22:28

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RantyMcRantpants · 19/04/2012 23:18

Thanks a million Trafficwarden just had a look and it looks a fab site. I have actually had a reply now but will join AbuDhabiWoman as well.

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RichManPoorManBeggarmanThief · 20/04/2012 00:00

Ah, sorry- that was my fault- expatwoman used to be "THE" site (albeit pretty Dubai-centric), but obviously things have moved on.

RantyMcRantpants · 20/04/2012 07:26

No problem Richman, don't worry about it.

DH had an email last night to say they will let him know after the weekend. So DH feels that they may have had a couple of strong candidates since his interview. So we are now not counting our chickens and waiting with impatience. Feel a bit sick, truth be told.

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RantyMcRantpants · 26/04/2012 08:33

Just to let you know that after a second interview last night DH was offered a job this morning. We will be in AD by the end of August.

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IdontknowwhyIcare · 26/04/2012 09:53

Congrats to DH and you. On EW use the Dubai forum and get a call out for BusyBee2, she lives in AD and has done for years and knows nearly everything there is to know.

MNHubbie · 28/04/2012 00:13

Thank you so much!

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