I just recently arrived with my family and we are also slated to live in Al Fardan 5 (once it's completed in late Aug/early Sep). I visited the compound last week and looked at the 3 models they have which are nearly completed (although the compound is not ready - sorry didn't take photos). I was impressed by the size of the villas and I think they will be quite nice once finished out completely (still some work to do). Although it’s not completed it seems to compare quite nicely with what I saw in photos of some of the other Al Fardan compounds. What really stood out to me were the amenities. The recreation center facilities include two tennis courts (one on the roof, yes, the roof, of the rec. center), huge gym, billiards room (with wall mounted flat panel TV), restaurant, separate men and women sauna and locker rooms, aerobics room, yoga room, squash court, good sized pool, and even a room in the rec. center which will have about 20 computers with internet access for residents to use free of charge. One nice touch is the gym has huge windows which face the pool area.
Individual villas will have 3 satellite dishes pre-pointed to the relevant TV provider satellites and you provide the receivers (must subscribe). Individual internet in villas must be subscribed for by tenants.
Overall, very nice compound. My family is looking forward to moving in.
Forgot to add but the compound is not far from the American School of Doha if anyone has kids going there and is close to the Villagio and Hyatt Plaza shopping malls (very nice).
I just recently arrived with my family and we are also slated to live in Al Fardan 5 (once it's completed in late Aug/early Sep). I visited the compound last week and looked at the 3 models they have which are nearly completed (although the compound is not ready - sorry didn't take photos). I was impressed by the size of the villas and I think they will be quite nice once finished out completely (still some work to do). Although it’s not completed it seems to compare quite nicely with what I saw in photos of some of the other Al Fardan compounds. What really stood out to me were the amenities. The recreation center facilities include two tennis courts (one on the roof, yes, the roof, of the rec. center), huge gym, billiards room (with wall mounted flat panel TV), restaurant, separate men and women sauna and locker rooms, aerobics room, yoga room, squash court, good sized pool, and even a room in the rec. center which will have about 20 computers with internet access for residents to use free of charge. One nice touch is the gym has huge windows which face the pool area.
Individual villas will have 3 satellite dishes pre-pointed to the relevant TV provider satellites and you provide the receivers (must subscribe). Individual internet in villas must be subscribed for by tenants.
Overall, very nice compound. My family is looking forward to moving in.
The compound is right behind Al Fardan II. Here’s the satellite link from the Wikimapia.org map. Note that Al Fardan is right next to it. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=25.2340015&lon=51.414535&z=17&l=0&m=b
Forgot to add but the compound is not far from the American School of Doha if anyone has kids going there and is close to the Villagio and Hyatt Plaza shopping malls (very nice).
Hope that helps.