Apartments for sale in Bizerte Nord

Ten years ago, buying an apartment in Bizerte meant choosing between a 1970s block on the avenue and a 2000s development on the corniche. The landscape has changed: developers have moved onto the seafront and the heights of Ain Mariam, and new build now accounts for a good share of the delegation's listings. The market is still small, though, and a good deal does not stay online for long.

You will find here the apartments for sale north of the canal: corniche, centre, Medina, the Bougatfa and Habib Haddad estates, Ain Mariam. For Zarzouna and Menzel Bourguiba, cheaper and well placed for anyone working in the industrial zone, see the apartments for sale in Bizerte governorate page.

New build on the corniche: what you are actually buying

The new developments along route de la Corniche are selling a view first of all. Expect to pay over 2,500 DT per sq m for a front line apartment with a balcony over the bay, and noticeably less as soon as you move to the second row, a hundred metres behind. The schemes deliver S+2 and S+3 units (two or three bedrooms plus a living room), sometimes S+1 aimed at seasonal letting, with underground parking and, in the most recent ones, a lift and a caretaker.

Buy off plan carefully. Insist on the building permit, the land title for the site and a proper off plan sale contract drawn up by a notary, with a payment schedule tied to construction progress. Delivery delays of twelve to eighteen months are not unusual in Bizerte, as elsewhere.

Buying space in the older centre, renovation included

In the centre, around avenue Habib Bourguiba and the market, what you buy is floor area. A 1960s S+3 easily runs to 120 sq m, with solid walls and high ceilings, for the price of a new S+2 on the corniche. In exchange, the wiring, the plumbing and the windows almost always need redoing, and there is neither lift nor parking.

This is the segment that attracts local buyers who want to stay in town and investors letting to civil servants posted here. For the latter, apartments to rent in Bizerte Nord give an idea of the rents being asked in the same streets. Look at the state of the common areas and whether there is an active building manager: in the old Bizerte blocks, that is often the weak point.

Where people from Bizerte actually buy, cite Habib Haddad and Ain Mariam

The developments in cite Habib Haddad and those around the regional hospital offer the best compromise for a family: S+2 and S+3 units built between 2000 and 2020, parking, sometimes a small ground floor garden, ten minutes on foot from the sea for a price per sq m appreciably below the corniche. Ain Mariam follows the same logic a notch higher up, with more recent schemes and views over the Bizerte lake from the upper floors.

For a main home, this is where most people from Bizerte buy. The corniche remains the market for second homes and buyers from Tunis.

What the notary will check before signing

A preliminary sale agreement, a reasonable deposit (10 percent is the custom), a title check at the land registry, and a clearance certificate for service charges if the building has a manager. If you are borrowing, the bank will require an individual blue title for the apartment, not an undivided share: in older buildings with no co-ownership rules, that is a sticking point to settle before you commit.

Anyone who wants a garden will find that houses for sale in Bizerte Nord have their own page.