Our House

When we arrived in Doha on August 20, we received keys to our new home.  It is a three-bedroom villa provided for us by the Qatar Foundation.  It was furnished and cleaned and ready for us to move in.  The house is air-conditioned and has a double carport.  It is two levels and about 2700 square feet.

We live in a Housing Community about six minutes from Tim's school.  There are about 250 families living in our compound.  All of them work for the Qatar Foundation but not all work at Tim's school.






In the middle of the community is a park and gathering area.  There is a large playground under a big circus tent and several large gazebos.  Our house is very close to the centre of the compound so we are near to the playground, bike paths, and bridge to the Clubhouse.

This is the entrance gate to our compound.

Green grass is hard to come by here in the desert.  We are very blessed to have a small yard of our own.  This will be a place for us to eat outdoors, dry clothes, and hang out.... once the weather is more pleasant.  For now we can stand only about five minutes of our beautiful yard before we run inside to get cooled off.

Lisa's favourite room in the house is the kitchen.  It is not as "oversized" as the other rooms and the air conditioning works really well!  It came with a new Frigidaire stove, fridge, and dishwasher, utensils, dishes, and cookware.  It also has 34 feet of black granite counter top and black slate tile on the floor.  It is well laid out for cooking and now that we have a food processor and rice cooker, we are almost ready for entertaining!

Our living room and its furniture are very spacious.  With ten foot ceilings, marble floors, and white bare walls, it will take us a while to make it cozy.  It is a lovely space and we are looking forward to decorating it with colourful pillows, Persian rugs, and wall hangings.

 The dining room is also spacious and our table is bigger than any tablecloth we own.

The three bedrooms are all upstairs and the floors are wood laminate.  The Master Bedroom has lots of space for us to create a reading nook.  This is the first time we have owned a king-sized bed and we are getting lost in it.  We were surprised to find a large walk-in closet and an ensuite bathroom attached to the Master -- another first for us.

 There are four bathrooms in the house -- one for each of us!  The one item that seemed to be missing when we moved in was toilet paper.  We learned that it is not used often here.  Two of the bathrooms have a bidet and two have a douchette.  Thank goodness for the internet so that we could learn how to use it!  At first, Simon was committed to spending his allowance on toilet paper.