Sorry Bachus but the key quality is safety, in a villa you may risk a broken leg from the upstairs. In an apartment block you may be screwed. Almost all construction, wiring, plumbing etc, here is sub standard to a dangerous degree.

Be aware that most fire ladders reach only to the 8th or 10th floor, the stairways may be blocked by garbage or neighbors using them as storage spaces.

At least in a villa or the first floor of an apartment block you might risk breaking a leg if you had to jump.

Go to dohanews.co to read the latest on the poor construction standards, dismal inspection standards, and total lack of any standards in place to be adhered to. Based on a Northwestern University-Qatar report.