Olive, i keep searching for at least couple of months now.. I also thought: NOW you can get a villa for 10-12 K... but.. Whatever they offer for 10-12K is pretty much not acceptable... yes, it is affordable, but what about quality? When i see these villas with either tiny rooms (one villa even couldn't accommodate a bath tab in whole villa! Even Master bedroom was equipped with the shower only!), or with low cheap finishings, or somewhere in the middle of nowhere, I ask myself: Should we pay MORE and :
- to try to fit our stuff to smaller rooms? (What’s the point of moving then??)
- to compromise with low cheap finishing? (Why to lower your standards for higher price??)
- to spend extra 30 minutes every day to reach my work? (Why to pay extra for sleeping less and getting nervous every morning??)
and then i say: NO, we shouldn't..

I think it would be also quite difficult for you to move from your high quality apartement to some jerky villa, and to pay for it even more.. Good quality villas are still not any less than 18-20K...
good luck in searching :)