Advice on Primary Schools and location in KL

Hello!

Would be very grateful if anyone can offer any advice on a number of issues below.

I am moving to KL for work early next year. It will be me, my wife and two children, who will be 3 and 8 when we arrive.

I will travel around the area and can work from home, so my main focus is to live in the best possible area with best school, least traffic, thats safe with a variety of expats.

I dont want much, hey!!
My budget is max 8,000 RM a month. The schools that look the best to us are Alice Smth, international Park, BSKL and MKIS. We have a freindly, open and supportive school.

I like the look of Desa Park City but am struggling to ID an area bear the Alice school.

Also, any advice on how to engage and find expat communites in KL?

Thank you

CS

Alice Smith lower school is in an obcure location just outside Bukit Bintang, KLCC and Brickfields/Sentral. All urban locations. Look at Hampshire as possible base. The problem with AS is the senior department is located 30km south of KL.

Thanks for the help!
Do you have a school that you can recomend?

An area to live thats got lots to do with a young family?
Thank you

I have same concern,

Please kindly advise

Quang

MKIS is in a good area, some nice malls around and nice apartments. You can live close to the school.

Live in mont kiara and choose British International School

MK is a concrete jungle and horrific road conditions so also can choose other locations and still use BIS

I would highly recommend British international school.  It's located in the Tropicana area of Petaling Jaya.  Very nice area with some lovely condos.

Ah, if you plan to send your kids to BIS then of course never stay in Mont Kiara.

Thank you

Yes the British school lools the best.

Am i wrong to think that if you live in the western subhurbs its not as polluted or as much traffic as the centre?
Do you feel safe and are there things to do at the weekend that does invovle 1 hour in a car?

Thank you x

Where would be the best place to stay then for BIS.

As clean and as quiet as possible.

Say 10,000 RM rent per month max

Xxx

Will look here  thank you.

If you're looking for a condominium, Tropicana Grande, Tropicana Avenue, Casa Tropicana are where many expats live plus there are many landed properties in and around the golf course too.  Some condos and homes have beautiful view of the golf course . . . Your budget is quite generous but depends  what you're looking for.  House? Condo? Furnished/unfurnished etc.  We opted for unfurnished condo thus our choices were limited bec most apartments on the market were furnished.

Thanks again for the advice.

Those condos look great on propt. Guru.
Are there many young families in there?

Ideal i guess is a villa/ terrace in a gated community with facilites....but a high quality condo complex is ok.

We are also very interested in Alice Smith school.

Tropicana Grande is a high quality condo, bigger in size than the others; many young expat families living here.  There are also many villas in gated community here but can't give you any feedback as I haven't been to any. 

Alice Smith is also a very reputable school here.

AS is the first choice school of wealthy Malay families. Ive heard there is very little school gate socialising as chauffeurs and maids are responsible for the school run.

Thanks.

We have emailed all the main primary schools and AS surprisingly are the only ones who have not responded since 2 weeks. Ive emailed thrm again.

BIKL and ISKL have given by far the best replies. Personalised and helpful. Park international also.

ISKL seems very isolated in North east of KL and does not follow UK curriculum so may be a bit isolated.