Houses for sale in El Mourouj 1

The houses of Mourouj 1 tell the story of the estate. The first owners moved in from the 1980s onwards, then each extended at their own pace: an extra room, a garage, a floor for a married son or to let. A house for sale in Mourouj 1 is therefore rarely a copy of the one next door, even if the plot size stays the same along a given street.

This page presents houses for sale in the Mourouj 1 district alone, posted by their sellers or by agencies; the Arabic search "houses for sale in El Mourouj 1" also leads here. To compare with the villas of Mourouj 6 or the wider plots of Mourouj 3, the page of houses for sale in El Mourouj covers the whole delegation.

What a Mourouj 1 house looks like

The most common case is a two-storey house on a modest plot: on the ground floor, the original home with its courtyard or small garden; upstairs, a second complete home, with a kitchen and separate access by an outside staircase. Some houses have a second floor or a room on the roof terrace. The finishes betray when the work was done: original tiling downstairs, more recent materials upstairs.

This split into two homes is the district's main selling point. Many buyers live on one level and let the other, which lightens the monthly loan repayment. Others buy to house two generations under one roof, the parents downstairs and the young couple above.

Prices and competition with the rest of El Mourouj

A house in Mourouj 1 sells for more than in Mourouj 5 or Bir Kassaa for the same size, because the light rail, Carrefour and the shops are close. It remains well below a recent villa in Mourouj 6, though. For a two-storey house with two homes and a title in order, sellers often ask between 350,000 and 500,000 DT, with wide gaps depending on the plot size, the state of the upper floor and the width of the street. A house needing complete renovation is negotiated much lower.

Listings arrive in dribs and drabs: an inheritance, a move abroad, an elderly couple joining their children. You therefore need to follow supply over time rather than hope to choose among many properties at once. To widen the search to flats and floors sold on their own, the page of property for sale in El Mourouj 1 groups them together.

The checks that matter here

The added storey is the first issue. Many upper floors were added without a permit, or with a permit that does not match what was built. Ask for the original building permit and the one for the upper floor, and check that the land title or certificate of ownership actually describes the current building. Regularisation is still possible, but it takes time and delays the transfer.

Then have the roof terrace, the plumbing and the wiring inspected: in houses more than thirty years old, these are the most frequent items of work. If the upper floor is let, ask for the current lease and check that the STEG and SONEDE meters (electricity and water) are separate, as a sitting tenant comes with the house. Finally, include registration duties and the lawyer's or notary's fees in your budget. Houses in the other towns of the south are on the page of houses for sale in the Ben Arous governorate.