Moving to Malta page 2 - Malta forum

katiedaisy · 2016-12-03T00:38:36+01:00

So to put everything in perspective, here is my issue. Over the past months, I've been thinking about moving back to Malta. For some time, I've been checking the agency websites and found loads of places which I thought that would fit within my budget. And I've applied for a job, and I got it. You can imagine how I was really looking forward to move back "to my home-country" after a spate of unemployment (7 years not working due to bad economy where I live) and I was also thinking of moving all my kit, and also my beloved cat. Since then I've started looking seriously to rent an apartment - budget of 500€ for a 1 bedroom property in villages in the southern part of Malta. After this week, I feel so disappointed. I've emailed loads of estate agencies and I got only 1-2 replies. People who promise to reply back and they don't - I mean they can't even bother with a standard email to let you know that they don't have any property. Reading this forum, I've discovered that it wasn't only me who has encountered such issues. One agency with a British estate agent - I had to bug her to reply and all she said was that the budget is quite low since property is in high demand and prices have increased. When I mentioned the cat, she has literally written me off. I upped the prices by 600€ and still nothing. Some other places in the North have been asking rent prices of 900€. One person kind of laughed at me when I told him about my requirements. Is this for real? Then I've also read that estate agencies don't update their sites and are usually showing wrong prices most of the time. Actually I'm quite lucky as the salary for the job is slightly in the above average range but all in all moving there, will leave me with just about 300€ monthly in spending money (after bills, food, petrol, rent). To be honest, I've always hated the Maltese way of doing business. The answer is never a plain yes or no but it lies somewhere in between. It is true that Maltese including myself come across as friendly and helpful but I'm thinking that this isn't enough to get on in real life. In the meantime, I also got another job opportunity (temporary) in Surrey - it isn't my ordinary line of work but well the pay is better. I'm sorry to speak like this about my country but it feels bad to be priced out like this. I feel really bad, and I'm starting to wander if it is worth all the hassle. What do you think?