Planning for a move to riyadh

Asalamu Alaikum Brother Hafiz,

I got a offer in Riyadh in King Abdul Aziz Street and i am in the process of applying visa. I need your help to find a good place to live and also need help with the package offered to me is worth travelling from london to Riyadh. As you just moved with your little one .

Hi ZaK0711,

To begin with, you may go through the Living in Saudi Arabia Guide section of the website. You can gather some informations about accomodation  in the article " Accomodation in Riyadh".

Good luck,
Bhavna

Hi Bhavna,

Thanks for the quick update. It will be good if you can also provide some tamil local area. Also if possible answer the remaining questions.

ZaK0711 wrote:

Asalamu Alaikum Brother Hafiz,

I got a offer in Riyadh in King Abdul Aziz Street and i am in the process of applying visa. I need your help to find a good place to live and also need help with the package offered to me is worth travelling from london to Riyadh. As you just moved with your little one .

Hello ZAK0711,

i merged the above quoted post to this thread. Please note that copy pasting posts and spamming them is forbidden on the forums.


Please note that Bhavna is part of the Expat.com team and she does not reside in the said Tamil local area.

As mentioned in the private message i sent you beforehand, I would suggest that you read the articles found in our guide section to gather some information.

>Living in Saudi Arabia guide


Best regards,
Gavind

ZaK0711 wrote:

Hi Bhavna,

Thanks for the quick update. It will be good if you can also provide some tamil local area. Also if possible answer the remaining questions.

Bhvana is not in Saudi so she can't answer your questions...

Does your package include if children their tuition fees.  Also are you sure your salary is in USD not SAR???? If USD than that means you are getting almost 400,000 sar a year (that is a lot as most people make less than 20,000 sar a year.

For housing & transport it sounds low unless you don't plan on living on a compound. My husband gets compound paid for (option we took) or 25% of base salary for housing, plus an additional 10% for transportation no matter what,
Can't help a lot about Riyadh, but we almost shifted there this summer from Jeddah & we were looking at moving into Al Bustan Compound (large, western, & next to American school), there is also the DQ area.

Yes, It is in USD. Could anyone please shed some light on the remaining questions

Unfortunately to get compound housing you have to call repeatedly and get onto waiting lists. Did the company give you a contact for relocation services?? Having a local who speaks Arabic is a huge plus when looking for housing.

Also check out Facebook for Riyadh expat groups. Along with the blogs Blue abaya (Riyadh based) & Susie of Arabia...at least blue abaya is linked to expat-blog

Thanks for the update. I will check with company relocation service.

That's a fantastic salary,