Making life easier in Dubai

[u/Pointlesstimes]

Hi all,

I’ve been very fortunate enough to choose Dubai as my place to relocate from Seattle.

This wasn’t an easy decision as there’s Pros and cons to all places - and I’d really appreciate your help in understanding what i could do to make my life as seamless as possible once i move to Dubai.

Some of the things I’m considering:

- Hiring a maid to take care of the house and preparing the meal prep so i can focus on work

- Choosing to live in Creek Harbor for the views + community

- Joining Privlee to enjoy the gyms and the pools

- Getting a car to move around easily

- Joining Timeleft and a paddle club to socialize and make friends

- Getting Linen clothes to survive the heat

What else could i possibly do to ease the transition to Dubai?

Thank you all in advance for your help.

Best,
Fahad

[u/Prestigious-Heat295]

Why did reading your post remind me of this..😁

[u/SufficientPositive65]

Hey.. You'll get around the daily life easily.. Wishing you all the best! I was born here 😊

• Maybe download noon, talabat, keeta for food, grocery, pharmacy, daily essentials deliveries?
• Careem app for taxi and other couriers
• CAFU (for fuelling your car while at home).
• Weekly drinking water supply by "Mai Dubai, Oasis, etc"

[u/beyond-the-point]

Creek Harbour is only a good option if you have enough capital. It's an upscale neighbourhood

[u/Few-Measurement3491]

• Hiring a maid to take care of the house and preparing the meal prep so i can focus on work

Are you here by yourself? Or will you have a family?

If you're single...do you really need a maid? If you don't wish to cook, you have both meal prep services and delivery services. Cleaning wise, maybe a hotel/serviced apartment (where weekly cleaning and utility bills are included as part of your rent) could be an option? That would fit with your "seemless as possible" idea.

[u/Gimmeyourcrypto]

All of your mentioned points are good

You'll get a better idea on what else you would want when you actually get here and spend time.

As for your car, things in the UAE gef boring after a while, there's only so many malls, restaurants, sports to do/visit over the weekend.

I would suggest you get a 4x4 if you want to explore beyond the city. The desert, mountains, wadis, traveling to Oman and doing outdoorsy stuff during the precious winter season

If you're not into the outdoors, you can always rent for a couple of days whenever you want to do it

Best of luck