thx, do you have any examples of real estate cost..keeping in mind 3 active kids and high maintenance wife
Condos are dirt cheap, you can find 1-2 bedrooms under 30k, I know a few people who just bought multiple condos and knocked out walls to make larger living spaces to get places at the same size for cheaper than they could get villas at... villas are more pricey but its your own private space. You can get a new build villa with a good size pool around 2000sq ft in a 5 star gated resort community for 200k, for a high end villa that seems to be the starting point but if you can spend a bit more you start being able to get a lot more for your money. Heres what 300k can get ya as an example.
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about 8000 sq ft. High maintenance wife would have lots of shopping to do for space like that and theres plenty of shopping in general. People are really friendly, building a social circle is easy so your wife if shes open would make friends and be out and about all the time, probably more than she is where shes at now as most women she'll meet will have days free. Theres social clubs, expat clubs, sports clubs, egyptians love finding ways to seperate themselves with other high value individuals so any sort of club becomes a great place to socialize and meet people. With water at your doorsteps active kids have beaches, watersports, waterparks (waterslide wave pools), then theres enough greenspace for sports so its not hard to keep them entertained. Internet and foreign cable is cheap so theyll have all the tv and movies they did back home, movie theaters are around as well and they play international releases. Theres also lots of home comforts if one gets homesick, restaurants youd know by name, fast food, chains etc but the prices are pretty on par with what youd find at home so theyre made for tourists. As a local you can eat well on the cheap and there are loads of high end options as well for nights out with the wife if youre inclined. The big expense is the property but the day to day living is cheap, your biggest cost outside the property is going to be your gym membership. Its not horrible if you buy the year probably 100 bux a month but I live in BC Canada most of the year and just visit my place in sharm for a couple months a year, so monthly they gouge me for 250 a month for the golds. As I said they love making clubs exclusive and this price keeps it that way. Its nice not ever having more than 15 people at the gym and you get to know the people quick that way.