B.Goodwill
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For $2000 CI a month you could get a very nice condo over here. I live with my partner on Palm Heights Drive, on the canal. We have a two bedroom condo with communial garden and our own mooring space on the canal, open plan kitchen and livingroom, one bathroom, quite spacious for $1400 per month. The location is great as it is a stones throw from the beach (we use the Hyatt facilities - naughty naughty i know,) and all the shops, bars, restaurants and so on. South Sound as Drew suggested is lovely, however if you want to go out at night it is quite a way away from pretty much everything apart from Sunset (My Bar,) and Seaview. With the costs of taxis, and the drink driving thing you can end up feeling a bit "cut off" from things if you live too far away from it all, which in my opinion is not so good when you first move to an island and are looking to meet people and make friends. My partner and i initially looked at South Sound when we moved to the island, but did not find anything we liked for our budget which we set at $1500 per month, but are quite glad we ended up on the SMB drag for the reasons stated. Bear in mind if you get a place for say example $1500 per month, you will need a total of $3000 to give your landlord (initially) to cover your security deposit. Other set up costs include electricity, phone line, and water. I can't remember exactly how much it all cost us (there were also differing payment options you can opt for,) but i would put $500 aside to cover it. If you can at all avoid it, try and not get Cable and Wireless - totally useless, there is another phoneline provider coming to the island who will be providing internet and so on, but i can't remember their name, maybe Drew will know. I would definately hire a car when you get here, you will need it to look around flats and so on. After our car hire contract finished we bought a Suzuki jeep second hand from Coconut Car Rentals for about $2500 CI, cars tend to be quite expensive over here, especially for what you get but you pretty much have to bite the bullet and live with it, as you will find it tough without one.
What are you going to be doing work wise over here? I take it that with a budget of $2000 per month for rent you will not be working as a diving instructor?! For what its worth i think Cayman is a great place to live, very good quality of life, its safe crime wise, and there is always loads to do, lots of which does not cost very much to do (an afternoon shore diving for $6 CI for one tank.) People say it is expensive here, and lets face it - its not exactly cheap, but you don't have to spend huge amounts of money if you do not want to.
Anyway, anything else i can help you out with just shout.
Cheers - Bob
What are you going to be doing work wise over here? I take it that with a budget of $2000 per month for rent you will not be working as a diving instructor?! For what its worth i think Cayman is a great place to live, very good quality of life, its safe crime wise, and there is always loads to do, lots of which does not cost very much to do (an afternoon shore diving for $6 CI for one tank.) People say it is expensive here, and lets face it - its not exactly cheap, but you don't have to spend huge amounts of money if you do not want to.
Anyway, anything else i can help you out with just shout.
Cheers - Bob
