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i need to know the price of a sofa set (6 seater, simple wood work with fabric cushion), a dinning table (6 seater), bedroom furniture (double bed with side table and dressing table or chest of draw). we like the designs of Ikea, but Ikea appears to be expensive. what other alternates are available at reasonable prices?
Answer
Go to thugba, there are furniture shops galore there. All the shops mentned by Mintee will cost you around 15000 SR to buy all the things you mentioned. In thugba, you will get all these at half the price and almost similar quality, most stuff sold these days are made in China or Malaysia. Turkish and Pakistani furniture is expensive too. To go to the thugba furniture market, ask someone the way but just to make it easy it is behind the Alkhobar Muncipality Building.
Go to thugba, there are furniture shops galore there. All the shops mentned by Mintee will cost you around 15000 SR to buy all the things you mentioned. In thugba, you will get all these at half the price and almost similar quality, most stuff sold these days are made in China or Malaysia. Turkish and Pakistani furniture is expensive too. To go to the thugba furniture market, ask someone the way but just to make it easy it is behind the Alkhobar Muncipality Building.
Mode of Transportation in Brunei?
Allan Troy
Our entire family will be moving to Brunei. I'd like to know what the mode of transportation is there and how everyday go about. Can you give me an idea with regard to the regular fare to get from one point to another especially in Bandar Seri Begawan? Also apartment rates and daily expenses?
Answer
Living in Brunei is like living in a country side and yet with all the city facilities within you reach.
There is this phrase there 'without a car, as if you have 1 leg broken'.
Seriously you MUST have a car to live over there. Worry not, cars are simply too cheap due to no taxes. I sold my honda civic (8years old) at BND$3K when i left 5 years ago. Thats how cheap it is.
It will be a joke for Bruneian to take public transport, vehicle ownership is four (4) vehicles per household. May i repeat, vehicle ownership is four (4) vehicles per household. They have extensive network of roads and highways.
Dont be surprise, bus services only started somewhere in 1998 on limited routes and are packed with foreign labours. Well, thats what they are meant for.
Taxi services are also available though the no is very much limited and be ready for a shock on the fare. Imagine, less than 50 taxis (fifty) for the whole country and they are mostly at the airport.
Another surprise, they dont live in apartments but detached houses. My previous employer paid BND800 for our 3-bedrooms detached house some 10km away from the city. Thanks to the tax free regime, groceries though 99% imported are still very much reasonably priced. As a guidance, KFC lunch set cost BND7.99 (2 pcs of chix, coleslaw, mashed potato, 12 oz carbonated drink). A buffet dinner at Royal Brunei airport restaurant cost BND39.00 exc drinks, no tax and no tippings.
You can join the Brunei Yatch club to hang around with the foreigners.
Everything is cheaper on the other side of the Malaysian border. Just be prepared to follow the weekly cross-border routine of the foreigners, locals alike. For entertainment/shopping, you can cross the western border to MIRI in Sarawak Malaysia. Some 2.5 hours smooth driving from Bandar Seri Begawan. For a quick drinks, you can reach KUALA LURAH, adjacent to the southern immigration complex in 30 minutes drive from the city. Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia is a young vibrant city 20 minutes flight away from the city.
I had enjoyed my 10 years of working/living there and wish you all the luck.
For mobile phone / satellite tv, check here http://www.dst-group.com/aboutdst/index.htm
For broadband, check here http://www.espeed.com.bn/espeed.php
For budget airline, check here http://www.airasia.com/
Living in Brunei is like living in a country side and yet with all the city facilities within you reach.
There is this phrase there 'without a car, as if you have 1 leg broken'.
Seriously you MUST have a car to live over there. Worry not, cars are simply too cheap due to no taxes. I sold my honda civic (8years old) at BND$3K when i left 5 years ago. Thats how cheap it is.
It will be a joke for Bruneian to take public transport, vehicle ownership is four (4) vehicles per household. May i repeat, vehicle ownership is four (4) vehicles per household. They have extensive network of roads and highways.
Dont be surprise, bus services only started somewhere in 1998 on limited routes and are packed with foreign labours. Well, thats what they are meant for.
Taxi services are also available though the no is very much limited and be ready for a shock on the fare. Imagine, less than 50 taxis (fifty) for the whole country and they are mostly at the airport.
Another surprise, they dont live in apartments but detached houses. My previous employer paid BND800 for our 3-bedrooms detached house some 10km away from the city. Thanks to the tax free regime, groceries though 99% imported are still very much reasonably priced. As a guidance, KFC lunch set cost BND7.99 (2 pcs of chix, coleslaw, mashed potato, 12 oz carbonated drink). A buffet dinner at Royal Brunei airport restaurant cost BND39.00 exc drinks, no tax and no tippings.
You can join the Brunei Yatch club to hang around with the foreigners.
Everything is cheaper on the other side of the Malaysian border. Just be prepared to follow the weekly cross-border routine of the foreigners, locals alike. For entertainment/shopping, you can cross the western border to MIRI in Sarawak Malaysia. Some 2.5 hours smooth driving from Bandar Seri Begawan. For a quick drinks, you can reach KUALA LURAH, adjacent to the southern immigration complex in 30 minutes drive from the city. Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia is a young vibrant city 20 minutes flight away from the city.
I had enjoyed my 10 years of working/living there and wish you all the luck.
For mobile phone / satellite tv, check here http://www.dst-group.com/aboutdst/index.htm
For broadband, check here http://www.espeed.com.bn/espeed.php
For budget airline, check here http://www.airasia.com/
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