Apartments for sale in Carthage

In Carthage, a price per square metre means nothing until you say which side of the road you are talking about. On one side, the listed archaeological zone from Salammbo to Amilcar, where almost nothing new is built and apartments can be counted in dozens. On the other, Les Jardins de Carthage, out of the ground in fifteen years on the airport side, where the cranes have never stopped and where most sales are concentrated.

If you are looking for an apartment for sale in Jardins de Carthage, you will find here the listings of developers, agencies and owners reselling. If you have your eye on an older apartment in Carthage Byrsa or Salammbo, the page shows those too, but be ready to wait for the right one.

Jardins de Carthage: developer new build

The district was built in phases, with three to six storey developments, underground parking, a lift and a caretaker. A new apartment in Jardins de Carthage sells today for between 2,800 and 4,000 DT per sq m depending on the developer, the floor and how close it is to the airport road. S+2 units (two bedrooms plus a living room) of 100 to 120 sq m make up the bulk of the offer; S+3 units are rarer and go first.

A new build sale in Jardins de Carthage is often agreed off plan or during construction, with a staged payment schedule. Visit a completed development by the same builder before you commit: the quality of the finish varies enormously from one operator to another, and some first generation blocks already have roof waterproofing problems.

An S+1 for sale in Jardins de Carthage is the classic investment product: a low entry budget and steady rental demand from professionals working at Lac 2 or the airport. Watch the competition, though: a great many identical S+1 units come up for rent at the same time, as the apartments to rent in Carthage show.

Older stock along the TGM, from Salammbo to Dermech

There are no new developments here. The apartments sit in small blocks from the 1960s to the 1980s or in divided villas, a few minutes from the TGM stations at Carthage Salammbo, Byrsa or Hannibal. The price per square metre is comparable to new build in the Jardins, sometimes higher with a view over the gulf from Amilcar, but what you buy is an irreplaceable location and work to plan for. If the budget stretches, the houses for sale in Carthage are in the same streets.

The constraint specific to Carthage is the National Heritage Institute. Any change affecting the structure or the facade inside the listed perimeter needs authorisation, and the co-ownership cannot add a storey to the building. A buyer planning heavy renovation has to build in that administrative wait.

Prices, negotiation and extra costs

On a resale in Jardins de Carthage (as opposed to new build), there is real room to negotiate: sellers who bought off plan in 2016 or 2018 usually have a comfortable capital gain and will talk, especially if the property has been empty for months. On new build, the developer moves little on price but may throw in the parking space or a cellar.

Add registration duty and land registry fees to your budget, around 6 percent of the price, plus agency fees if you go through one. On a 400,000 DT apartment in Jardins de Carthage, those costs come close to 25,000 DT. To place these prices against the Lac or La Marsa, all the apartments for sale in the Tunis governorate give the point of comparison.

Title, compliance, building management and aircraft

An individual land title for the lot, not a share of a parent title never divided: that is common in recent developments and it holds up bank lending. The development's compliance certificate. Proof that a building manager exists and functions, with a statement of charges: some 40 apartment blocks have never held a general meeting. And a visit at 7 in the morning to gauge aircraft noise.