[This message has been edited by WELSHLADYUK (edited 28 September 2004).]
The difficulty with your criteria for a place to rent is that Egyptians are very unlikely to want short-term rented furnished places in Cairo, so that market caters for foreigners, usually Westerners or Arabs that come in the summer from the Gulf or Saudi Arabia who can also afford the higher rents. Short term rents as you must know are always higher anyway. So don’t be too surprised if you don’t get many responses. Wishing you luck though.
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Originally posted by Deepest Rhythm:
I think I can help u in that
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Originally posted by Deepest Rhythm:
I think I can help u in that
thanks for your help please contact me with details.
[This message has been edited by WELSHLADYUK (edited 28 September 2004).]
I am not coming during the summer months ? I sometimes work and earn the "egyptian low salary". I understand what you say and don't expect to pay local prices but I also will not pay the stupid excessive european/tourist charges some people try to charge. Im happy to share with another egyptian or western lady.
[This message has been edited by WELSHLADYUK (edited 03 October 2004).]
I should have put a comma after Westerners, as I only meant that that Gulf and Saudi people come in the summer! I think your budget is possible if you are sharing, depending on the area you want to live in and what standards you are looking for, i.e. you won’t get Maadi super-luxury for that, even sharing long-term. As a suggestion you might have more luck finding somewhere if you are willing to pay a holding fee for the months you aren’t here if you are really planning to be here regularly, as I don’t think that many people would be willing to hold a room for you and cover the rest of the rent, just on the chance that you might be coming back soon, for anything less than the prices you mentioned, and they might want even more dependent on the area.
You may find it difficult to find an Egyptian lady to share with, I tried it for a while unsuccessfully, as most of them live with their families or the family likes to have a free use of the extra room whenever they want it. You might be lucky to find a divorcee who doesn’t want to go back to her family home, but my grapevine didn’t come up with one who wanted to share.
Sorry not to be more helpful...maybe some of these people who are coming in September may be willing to share with you as most of the rest of us seem to be fairly settled. Have you tried asking on the other Egypt related forums yet?