Accomodation in Qatar

Most rich Qataris, CEOs and diplomats live in palatial villas. Professional expatriates tend to live in apartments or duplex houses in gated residential compounds. Most skilled or technician level workers live in shared apartments in low-rise apartment blocks. Blue-collar workers are normally housed in cramp dormitories.

Regardless of residential type, most of them do not come with facilities or amenities. You need to drive a certain distance to the malls just to buy a packet of milk or get a cup of coffee.

The high-rise or skyscrapers you see in photos are mostly located in West Bay, which is the new downtown area of Doha. There are some condominiums and serviced apartments in that area and more and more expatriates are choosing to live there because modern facilities such as shopping malls, cinemas, restaurants, laundries, swimming pools are within easy walking distance.

Otherwise, if you are not lucky enough to live in that area, you will either:

1. Be able to afford a car so that you can go buy a packet of milk
2. Stay at home after work and forget about ever drinking milk
3. Keep a cow at home

Typical low-rise residential apartment in a gated compound.
Note the ever brown, beige, white and gray color theme