Houses for sale in Medenine Sud

In south-eastern Tunisia, people buy a house to lodge the whole family, and often to add a floor the day a son gets married. The houses of Medenine Sud show this clearly: a ground floor on a generous plot, a courtyard, a garage, a staircase leading up to a roof slab ready for the next storey. Alongside these town houses, the delegation also offers more rural houses towards the Gulf of Bou Ghrara.

The listings for houses for sale in Medenine are posted by private sellers and a few agencies, with supply that varies from week to week. You call the seller directly. To also look at Medenine Nord, Zarzis, Ben Gardane or Djerba, all the houses for sale in Medenine governorate are on a single page.

Town houses: Mednine Est and Nouvelle Amra

The neighbourhood house is the most common property. In Mednine Est, it sits on a medium-sized plot, with a ground floor of three or four rooms, sometimes a finished upper floor let separately, and a light-coloured facade to reflect the heat. The neighbourhoods are home to families of civil servants and shopkeepers, close to schools and the centre.

Nouvelle Amra gathers more recent houses, often built in stages. Some are finished, others still have an upper floor at shell stage, which lets you negotiate a lower price if you accept to complete the work yourself. These properties attract young households and buyers who want something new without going through a developer.

The emigrant villa and the main roads

Along the roads leading out of town, towards Gabès, Djerba or Tataouine, large two-storey houses have been built, often financed by families settled in France or Libya. A villa for sale in Medenine of this kind offers a lot of floor space, careful finishes and a garage, but may stand empty part of the year: check the waterproofing and the installations, which age badly without maintenance. The Gabès road comes up often in searches, for renting as much as for buying, thanks to its direct access to the north.

For this type of property, take the time to compare the actual living area with the advertised one: added floors, rooftop rooms and outbuildings are sometimes counted generously. Also ask how long the house has been empty, who holds the keys and whether a tenant occupies part of the building. An emigrant's house kept up by a relative on site is easy to visit and sells on good terms; a house shut for years often holds surprises in the plumbing and wiring.

Bou Ghrara: the house with land

Bou Ghrara, on the shore of the gulf facing Djerba, offers another type of house: a simpler dwelling, land planted with olive trees, a cistern, sometimes a shelter for livestock or fishing gear. A house for sale in Bou Ghrara appeals to those who want space near the sea for a budget lower than on the island. On the other hand, services and schools are in Medenine, and the daily commute has to be planned for.

Prices and precautions

A cheap house, in the sense of a property to finish or renovate, can still be found in the delegation, but finished houses in the central neighbourhoods are negotiated more tightly. Summer is the season when emigrant sellers are around; autumn is often more favourable to the local buyer.

Before signing, ask for the land title, the building permit covering each floor and proof that the land does not come from collective land still being regularised. For an inherited property, the agreement of all the heirs is mandatory. If you would rather build, browse the land for sale in Medenine Sud.