Looking for villa or apt in compound

Try Al Jazeera village exactly behind the american hospital off C ring road. Older spacious villas. We lived there til last year, close to the airport and not too far to ASD and Doha College. 10000 til last year, no idea if there are any vacancies or if the rent has gone up.

Do a search on qatarliving (you could also check the gulf times classifieds) and you will find quite a few semi furnished 3 bed compound villas in that price range, mostly in Ain Khalid, Abu Hammour and Gharaffa. Some of the villas are actually quite nice but they will tend to be in crowded compounds without greenery or community feeling. You may also find some nice-ish villas in that price range in brand new compounds or older, dustier compounds where a major corporate tenant has pulled out, or where there is some issue with the quality of the finishing / maintenance. Either way at that price expect to compromise! In fact, I am moving out of my QR9,000/month 3 bed + maids compound villa today which is near Villagio. It is a very nice and new (1 year old) semi furnished villa and we have been very happy here, no problems with maintenance etc. The drawback in this case (of course there is a drawback!) is road noise as it is near a busy road which is one reason why we are moving out (we also need an extra bedroom as I'm expecting a new baby soon!)- we had an outside area here which we were unable to use due to the traffic noise & dust. Also compounds in this price range don't generally attract many Westerners. In this compound I was always the only mum outside while all the other kids were played with only by maids/nannies even on weekends - cultural differences I guess. The compound has a small pool and gym which no one ever uses and the compound shop closed down after going bankrupt after a few months. If you post your e-mail address I could give you the landlord's contact details... :) After looking at many compound villas in the 9 to 11k price range over the past few weeks we decided to move into a freestanding villa as there is no benefit to living in a compound if you don't fit in there or use the facilities or otherwise benefit socially from "compound living". You have to ask yourself what you hope to gain by living in a compound. And unfortunately the compounds with any sort of community life tend to cost 12k to 18k per month. We could probably afford to pay a bit more but the difference will come out of our own pocket so we choose not to!

Take a look at... http://housing.justlanded.com/en/Qatar/1 Or apollo properties or future gate...also you can check in Qatar living...a friend is very happy with a realtor called Bea, 33982693. Try to look at Abu Hamour, Al Wabb, Ain .Khaled and .Mammoura. Good luck!

Ah, missed the 'reasonably near schools' bit. Which schools?

Try old airport. You should get something easily for that price (unless rents have gone up significantly since I left!). I think most tend to be unfurnished, but you should get a 3 bed for 8/9k

To be honest, I think you are going to have a hard time finding what you want on that budget. I was recently looking for a place with similar requirements, and didn't see anything even close to 10K. You can probably find a 2br for that. Hopefully others have different info and can advise accordingly - that's what I was finding.