Same here I got here in 2002 and i was paying for a 2 bed fully furnished flat with satellite in Musheirib for Qr1500.No partitons, big rooms.
Actually I went to visit a massive villa yesterday near Landmark, let by an arab.Same thing it was chopped up into pieces.Even the kitchen was out in the corridor.So Is suppose it is the same Arab or not they have all become Greedy.