Moving to Kuwait!

Hi Sharon.  I just landed here and can second what Ayyaz said: rental prices vary wildly depending on what your requirements are (pets, kids, location, etc).  You can definitely spend as much or as little as you'd like, but I have a few examples that might help give you a general idea so you can start to plan.

1) I found (and am slated to move into) a HUGE villa in Mangaf with a garage, and a small garden that allows dogs.  It's 1000kd a month.  Before that, I was looking at similar properties in the Salwa area for 1500kd.  (to move in, it was 1000kd for deposit, 1000kd for first months rent, and 500kd for the realtor fees)

2) My single buddy is shopping for and finding very decent 3-bedroom apartments in Salwa for about the 500kd range (no kids, no pets, close to the beach but no view).

I would recommend looking at OLX arabia (you can download an app) and be sure to pursue the expat forum housing sections.

If you need any help after arrival (with finding or avoiding real estate agents, etc) just let me know. 

A few things about the housing here that were different for me: 

- Almost every bedroom has an associated bathroom.  Sometimes there are more bathrooms than bedrooms. 
- The kitchens are often enclosed and sometimes they're close to the maids quarters. 
- some places had TWO kitchens (one had two and a half!)
- A lot of the places I looked at had maids quarters, sometimes they even had driver's quarters.

Good times.