Moving to Malta

Member since 31 July 2011

cami84Member31 July 2011 22:06:20

Hi there!

I have been to Malta EVERY summer for like 10 years and now I will take my kids, husband and dog and move to Malta for good

I have some questions:

1. Are the rental companies allowing dogs in the apartments or is it a big no no?

2. We are going to look at a 2-3 bedroom apartmnet (apr. 90-100 squaremeters). What will the monthly cost be, except the rentalcost? electricity etc?

3. I am thinking about schools. Are the maltese schools (Not private) that bad? I see that a lot of people have their kids in private ones? My son is half-arabic and have been to Malta before and he understands maltese quite good. Will it be easier for him to attend a maltese school than a school with english teaching?

4. How are the kindergartens? What times are they open? I will be working as a divinginstructor but my husband is planning to work as some kind of sequirity in bars, so he will work night shift. If it will be like that we won麓t need kindergarten, but I would like to know

So longing for my move and I am coming to Malta, ST Pauls bay the 4th of september to take y Divemaster. Then in february we are moving and I will take my instructor coursesand then start work

Harmonie ViP

Member since 13 June 2011

HarmonieViP01 August 2011 07:13:24

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Hello cami84 and welcome to 暗网禁区!

I hope that other members will soon give some advice to you.

Have you thought about taking a look at other discussions on the forum?

This may help you too.

Good luck,
Harmonie.

cami84 Member

Member since 31 July 2011

cami84Member01 August 2011 16:52:12

hi harmonie!

I have looked at some topics in the forum but none of them gave me an more exact answer

Hope to get answers soon..

/cami

ricky ViP

Member since 06 September 2009

rickyViP01 August 2011 17:54:23

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Hi cami,

welcome to the forum.

Most of your questions have been addressed in the recent past so I will address #2:

Our rental contract ( kind of standard contract) does not allow animals but that is probably subject to negotiation. In some cases whole appartment buildings have a no. Most appartments are privately owned but subject to agreements for the whole building.

Yet there are many dogs out on the streets and even more dog heaps on the pavements! So it might limit your choice of appartment depending on where you want to rent. A small,quiet dog could make it easier -)))

Cheers
Ricky

Toon Cyprus Expert

Member since 04 June 2011

ToonCyprus Expert01 August 2011 19:29:10

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to help in negotiations it soemtimes makes the agreement to accept the dog easier if you can give assurances that any costs of damages and cleaning related to the animal (as cats and dogs are possible) will be covered by you...just a thought.

jim IPTV Contributor

Member since 18 March 2011

jim IPTVContributor01 August 2011 19:45:19

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We have a dog, the hardest part was not finding someone who said yes to dogs, but getting somewhere with a yard. we seen about 10 properties all types. Our daughter is due to go to St Pauls Bay school, she will be 6 this month. Everything we have seen is ok, kids addapt better than adults, they just play. Jim n Bev

mike-jess Member

Member since 04 September 2010

mike-jessMember08 August 2011 15:04:08

Wasn't a problem for us to find a property that allowed dogs (we have two). We emailed lots of real estate agencies and decided to only work with agents who would be positive about it and not moan about how difficult it would be (which many did - but don't be discouraged).

We ended up going with Sara Grech and found no shortage of lovely properties through them that allowed dogs. Make sure your lease agreement states that the property will allow dogs (we had to amend ours to include this even though we had a verbal agreement about it. i think by default all leases say no animals permitted). Also be willing to provide references and to pay extra deposits, as already recommended. Good luck!