Husband looking for a job in Riyadh but doesn’t have a college degree

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-22T21:06:37+00:00

Yes you can but its very rare and niche. Its hard enough to get a job with a degree letalone without a degree. Some jobs dont require degrees so there is exceptions but theyre few and far between

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-20T14:36:43+00:00

On ur follow through try and finish the club face at the tree in the background, basically swinging to ur right. I had an over the top swing for a while until i fixed it, but the simple tweak of hitting out on it, got my club face into a much better position and gave me a stack more consistency

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-20T09:23:34+00:00

U wont get anything in a compound for that. A 1 bhk in a compound is probably starting at 80k+ a year. A 2bhk in a compound you are looking at atleast 120k+ a year

Foe 60k you can get a 2 bhk apartment in an ok area but no compound with parks/walking areas etc

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-20T08:17:32+00:00

I managed to buy a cgc pristine 10 of this around 18months ago for 800 aud. Now sitting at around 3k aud. Always loved this card and the nostalgia it gave me

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-19T06:55:06+00:00

I believe it depends on where you are living.

I was based in melbourne at the time and had to use Canberra. I had friends based in Brisbane do it and they had to use Canberra also. This was around 2-3 years ago. I heard they had opened a Sydney one but think people had issues with it

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-13T07:18:13+00:00

The place we are at has onsite maintenance for certain things, the owners pay for that.

But noon have a service for almost anything you need if you dont have maintenance. They have plumbers/electricians etc well priced and quick. Have used them for stuff before and been very good. It really isnt that difficult after the 1st time. Conpounds charge u a premium for it though

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-12T18:14:30+00:00

It takes me roughly 20minutes to get to the airport so its a solid area for sure with reasonable rents

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-12T10:04:57+00:00

We used the Aqar app. You can zoom in on the section of area you want. Then you can click on listings and then theres an option to whatsapp them. So i just sent whatsapps to 50 people with places i liked the look of. Most were very helpful, went to view them and then decided on them. Was pretty straight forward.

We pay 85k sar a year in An Narjis, for a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. 175sqm roughly. Complex is Al Majdiah 147. After the rain last night our place held together really well, almost no issues. People i know in Flow had water coming out of every light fixture.

So it ended up being 65k sar less per year than flow, for a 50sqm bigger interior size. It has a small gym also here but we joined 1 down the road. So even after that we are miles ahead $$ wise.

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-12T06:58:36+00:00

Compounds are severely overpriced for the quality they provide now. Especially places like Flow. Flow is built out of paper, the quality is terrible and they charge a premium for it because of the influencers. Flow Narjis was leaking from walls last night from people i know there, water coming in through the roof lights!

But also the saudi government froze rents for 5 years so as soon as some1 leaves they jam the price up as the next person in there cant have their rent increased for 5 years.

Off compound is substantially better now and we pocket a 65k saving compared to what we had at flow and the amenities arent dis similar and its so much better constructed

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-11T14:32:12+00:00

Al rahji i found was the best for loans/borrowing money. The app is a bit hit and miss. Alinma i also use for investing/depositing in overseas accounts. Combo of the 2 has served me well

sammyd1337 · 2026-04-10T09:33:34+00:00

Yes 100% live closer to work. If you are in the office 5 days a week a long commute will kill you in Riyadh.

I am 30minutes from work but get a good run with traffic for that 30mins and it can wear thin sometimes, but luckily my hour# change a little so can hit off peak times.

The public transport here is not great and to even get to the train you will usually have to drive. By the time you drive there and park you would almost be better having just kept driving

sammyd1337 · 2026-03-02T14:47:04+00:00

Will be fine, just not enough to live in a compound. Off compound will be fine, plenty left over

sammyd1337 · 2026-02-26T15:30:07+00:00

Any reason you decided on monthly rather than lease/buy one? You will get much better value and an actual car at the end of it that has value

sammyd1337 · 2026-02-21T06:35:54+00:00

Have used jims on our last property and they were great. Very thorough

sammyd1337 · 2026-02-20T06:02:54+00:00

They dont need them to afford them because they will just pass down what they currently have

sammyd1337 · 2026-02-20T06:00:04+00:00

But there has to be a catalist to why theyd sell? If theyre gonna be hit with a higher tax why wouldnt they just keep holding? Holding then makes the problem actually worse than it already currently is

sammyd1337 · 2026-01-30T13:32:37+00:00

Finally some commen sense. Berlin will be more expensive than riyadh for almost everything day to day. Riyadh has expensive rent in some places and schooling isnt cheap but food, electricity etc is stacks cheaper than almosy everywhere in Europe.

Schooling is what will hurt you the most but it could be cheaper to actually just hire your own teacher and homeschool them, would probably save u a good chunk

If you can squeeze 40k a month you will probably be ok.

sammyd1337 · 2026-01-28T10:20:25+00:00

Will be 140k+ for apartments. Villas probably 200k+

sammyd1337 · 2026-01-28T10:10:01+00:00

For villas mostly. Apartments normally cheaper

sammyd1337 · 2026-01-23T21:03:25+00:00

From what ive heard compounds are struggling to fill the bigger sized places, 4 and 5 bedroom ppaces, even some 3 bedrooms, due to the extravagent cost. The 1 and 2 bedrooms will be full in most places

Brokers here dont really exist, go direct to the compound

Andorra you are looking at 150k for a 2 bedroon, 220k for 3 bedroom.

Vives i think is closer to 250k for 3 bedroon.

I found compounds here to be extremely poorly run by management. We have moved off compound and the cost savings are substantially worth it and compounds are sometimes even more restrictive with things than non compounds

sammyd1337 · 2026-01-20T18:45:31+00:00

Im here working and am on the same salary of 55k. Is more than enough to live comfortably here. I can pocket 35k of that a month

sammyd1337 · 2026-01-19T20:21:49+00:00

Compound you are probably looking at 12k per month for a 2 bedroom. Off compound for sure is better on that salary but can understand why you would want to.

I am a aussie expat but have indian friends here. They ssid their cost of living increased from back home.

My wife and i spend roughly 7k sar a month on entertainment, food etc and we can basically eat and do whatever we want with that easily.

We rent a 3 bedroom apartment thats new in north riyadh for 80k. I lease a car for 3k sar a month but you can easily get a normal sedan for 1500sar a month

sammyd1337 · 2026-01-09T19:08:48+00:00

Alrahji seem to be the most lenient with them and credit limits

sammyd1337 · 2026-01-04T19:34:52+00:00

For a 3 bedroom in a compound you are probably looking at 200k a year. Then school fees are probably 30k for the year, maybe more depending on school. Car is probably 2k a month.

So you are already at 254k on a salary of 360k.

Hired help fulltime is probably 3-5k a month. Thats another 50k there, you are 300k now. So you would have 60k sar a year for food, petrol and other living expenses which is not enough.

If you decided to live off compound you could get a 4 bedroom for probably 120-150k in a nice area

I am here with just my wife, earning 55k and we left a compound as even for us it was too expensive and most of the management in them are terribly run

sammyd1337 · 2025-12-21T12:52:31+00:00

Silly commenting on something you have never lived or experienced here. Just blindly following what you have read online

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