Dear Elena,
I am also Russian speaking professional who works and lives in Moscow since April last year. And since choosing residential aria is a very flexible aspect which depends on many factors, such as your income, your husband’s office location and etc., I will just try to share with you some thoughts that I came to or received from my friends, who live here for a long time J. 1. If you want to experience dynamic Moscow, it is always better to live within the territory of round metro line (brown line). Though the very center of Moscow is always crowded and traffic-jammed. Prices for food and staff can differ between center and outer residential areas by around 20%. 2. Cian.ru is really good proposal, but please address your matter to official realtors only. There are so many stories where people wanted to rent apartment without realtor (directly dealing with land lord) and were cheated. I hope this will be handled by your husband’s company anyway. If not, let me know and I will ask my expat colleagues for the best contact if needed. For good apartments you may check: http://rent.realtor.ru/ 3. Patriarshiy prudi is definitely fascinating area to live. I personally like the area around Tsvetnoy boulevard, area around Novoslobodskaya metro station. Still center, but not too crowded plus good infrastructure. If you look at Moscow, center, west and north are relatively good for living, south and east are not. 4. As for Traffic I would support Irina. Moscow is amazing: you may easily stuck in a traffic for 4 – 5 hours for a distance which can be passed in 20 minutes. Metro is truly effective. During morning metro train comes for every half a minute BUT on a rush hour it looks like all Moscow decided to take metro. Because of this many people from Moscow rent out their apartments and find something suitable close to their offices. 5. You may find a lot of international schools in Moscow via google, but none of them are located in a very center of Moscow. 6. As for the rest, don’t listen to the people who negatively describe Moscow. It is huge city, and many things are surely tuff. But once you managed to fix all your matters with relocation, I am sure your exploration of this city will bring you loads of positive surprises. A lot is happening here, cultural life, gatherings, exhibitions. You will definitely meet a lot of interesting people in a city which is so much different from the rest of Russia. 7. And my little advise, please start learning Russian once you bought your tickets. Russia is not as multilingual as Holland for example. And even basic knowledge will make your life much easier. I will be happy to answer any specific questions if you have those. Good luck and all the best with the new page of your life J Kind regards, Maxim 2013/1/15 iryna zeldes <[email protected]> > Hi Elena, > > I am just moving from London to Moscow two! With 20 months year old son > and my husband. Although I am Ukrainian and my husband is french it is > still all new to us. Center around Patriarshiy pond is the best. When are > you moving? Have you had a chance to visit this place? Where is > your husband office will be? It is a bonus to avoid using public transport > for sure! Are they offering to cover your flat rent? It can be very > expensive....even after London prices... > > If any of you speak some Russian? > > Not sure about italian school but there are a lot of kids facilities for > international children around Arbat area. > > I am still exploring myself.. > > We have gone through some stage of looking for an apartment, etc. > > The best web-site is www.cian.ru but it is in Russian.... > > I hope you will also get more responses from people who are already there!! > > Let me know. I am a Russian speaker and would be happy to help if I can. > > All the best! > > Irina > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* IanElenaPerotto <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2013 2:13 PM > *Subject:* Expat List TRANSFER TO MOSCOW > > Dear New Friends, > I need your help about Moscow . > > Nex months we will live in Moscow about job of my husband. I am Italian , > with 2 children, and I don’t know nothing about residential zone for us, > about international School for my children: So I need every news about new > life for Expat in Moscow . > Can You help me, please? > Thank you in advance. > Elena Vezzoli > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -- Best regards, Maxim Rakov Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end...
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