Planning to shift to Muscat - is RO 1080 enough for family of 4?

sameerdongre7879 wrote:

Thanks. Sumitran for valuable responce.

In the mentioned package, company is ready to provide RO700 for House Appliances & for other Furniture. Is this ok. or i will need to add some in that to buy the things.

Hi sameerdongre7879,

I seem to have missed this post by you ...

R.O. 700/- may not really be enough to set-up your house, with white goods, hard and soft furnishings. You may need a minimum of R.O. 1,500/-. But then if you choose to go for cheaper goods and furniture, you may be able to close it around that figure.

sameerdongre7879 wrote:

Thanks Vishal555 for your input.
Just wanted to know, as per your reply
In RO 400 is it possible to stay comfortably with family of 4 in Muscat?
Because as  I am getting the offer salary(RO 1080)... the major expenses would be...
1. School fees for one child?
2. Purchase of second hand / new car?
3. House rent(non Sharing) including Electricity, Wifi, water and other house hold expenses?
4. what is general family expenses per month normally consider glossary, local travelling( local mall visit, School drop & pick up etc.)?
5. Every Friday & Saturday is weekly off in Muscat? for schools also?
6. how much climate will affect the small children? (compare to Mumbai / Pune Climate)

Requesting all please reply, it will help me to finalised my decision....

Hi sameerdongre7879,

I guess your expense calculations are not entirely accurate.

House rent alone for a 1BHK would be about R.O. 300/-. If you go for a smaller / older building, then the rent could be say about maximum 50 - 75 rials lesser.

For a second-hand / new car you would have to spend a monthly amount of at least about R.O. 100/- on EMIs.

Monthly tuition fee in Indian School would be about R.O. 60/- per month. Add another R.O. 30/- per month for transportation on the top side. Minimum wold be R.O. 15/- if your place of stay is near the school.

Minimum unlimited internet download costs R.O. 25/- per month.

Electricity and Water would cost you about R.O. 25/- per month.

Monthly grocery cost for a small family would cost in the region of about R.O. 150/- per month.

Pretty much the entire country would shut down for the weekend - Friday and Saturday - except shops which would be operational.

Till late March the climate would be very pleasant. Come April the summer would start and it wold peak in June-July when the temperatures would be in the high 40s.

The expenses mentioned above are for you to get an indicative idea only.

There are many who survive on half of this amount, and there are also many whose weekly expense are more than the monthly amount quoted here. So it all depends on how much or how little you want to spend.

If you still have not read through the numerous other posts on the same subject here, I would urge you to first read those useful and informative posts. It would profit you that much more.