hey ripley72
first of all good luck with the screening
regarding housing:
u made already a good step: do not live tooo far away from school as well as from the airport, traffic is crazy here and getting more and more every day
housing prizes: u can have a 3 bed room villa stand alone from 10000 semi or full furnished. compound villas from 10000 and up depends on the area
i live near the ap 3 bed room compound villa fully furnished including land line and www for 12500, u can have the same villa in abu hamour for 11500 and in ain khaled for 11000
what i suggest to u: look everyday in the
News or
Gulf Times under classifieds, there u will find plenty real estate
hope this helps
cheers