Flatshare in Megrine

A room in Mégrine is rarely found in a student residence. It is found with a family in Mégrine Riadh whose children have left home, on the upper floor of a house in Sidi Rezig that the owner splits into rooms, or in a flat in Mégrine Chaker where two flatmates are looking for a third. This page brings together all three formats: a room in a family home, a shared floor and a shared flat.

Listings are posted by the owners themselves or by occupants looking for someone, and you contact them directly. Supply in Mégrine stays modest and changes from one week to the next; to see what is on offer in Ben Arous, Radès or El Mourouj as well, all the flatshares in Ben Arous governorate fit on a single page.

A room in a family home, mainly in Riadh and up the hill

The villas of Mégrine Riadh and Mégrine Supérieure often have more rooms than occupants. Some owners let a furnished room, sometimes with its own shower room, to a female student, a young teacher or an intern. The setting is quiet, with the garden and garage part of the picture, but you live under a family's eye: return times, visitors and use of the kitchen are set by the host.

Many of these listings state that they are for women only or for students. It is common practice, so read it before calling. Ask too whether the room is let by the month with bills included, which is the most frequent arrangement, or whether electricity is shared separately.

Sidi Rezig, Menzel Mabrouk, Chaker: floors and low-cost rooms

On the railway side, the pattern changes. In Sidi Rezig and Menzel Mabrouk, two- or three-storey houses are let floor by floor, and some owners set up rooms for workers or students there with a shared kitchen and bathroom. The rent per person is the lowest in the municipality, but so is privacy: check how many people share the bathroom and who cleans the common areas.

Mégrine Chaker draws those who take the southern suburbs train into Tunis every morning. Searches for a rental in Mégrine Chaker often target a whole home, but a room in a shared flat near the station is a way to stay in the area on a small budget. For a whole flat to share with friends, the page of shared flats in Mégrine focuses on that case.

Start of term, internships and short contracts

Demand follows two calendars. The academic one, peaking from late August to October, and the working one: January interns, technicians on assignment in the factories and warehouses of the industrial zone, new recruits looking for somewhere to land while they find something better. Mégrine owners prefer stays of at least a few months; a monthly room near the factories is easier to negotiate than a three-week room in Riadh.

For a student, the right move is to start looking in July, when Riadh families decide whether they will let the room again the following year. By September, the best offers near the station are often gone, and what remains is mostly rooms far from public transport.

Questions to ask before unpacking

A room in a family home is often let without a written contract. Suggest at least a simple written agreement, signed by both sides, stating the rent, the deposit, the move-in date and the notice period. Do an inventory of the room and furniture on the first day, with photos. If you share a floor, ask whether each occupant has a key to the street door and whether the STEG (electricity) and SONEDE (water) meters are shared by the whole house.

Finally, compare with a whole studio or S+1 (one bedroom plus a living room): in Mégrine, the budget gap is sometimes smaller than you might think. The rentals in Mégrine, all categories combined, let you do that sum district by district.