Flatshare in Mannouba

Among the searches that lead to Manouba, one keeps coming up in Arabic: a house to rent for students in Manouba. It sums up the reality of the university district, where people rarely look for a home just for themselves. They look for a room in a family house, a place in a house rented by several people, or a small studio fitted out on the ground floor by an owner who lives upstairs.

This page brings together all these arrangements, as well as shared flats. Listings come from private individuals, owners or current flatmates, and supply varies sharply with the academic calendar. The rest of the governorate, from Oued Ellil to Tébourba, appears on the page of flatshares in Manouba governorate.

The shared house, Manouba's typical arrangement

Around the centre and the campus, many family houses have been divided up to take in students: three or four bedrooms, a shared kitchen, one bathroom for all, sometimes a courtyard. The owner lets by the room, which means occupants are not liable for each other's rent. That is the big advantage over a flat let to a group: when a flatmate leaves, the others' rent does not change.

In return, you do not always choose your housemates. Ask who already lives there, which faculties they come from and for how long. A house where the same students stay two or three years is generally well kept. Also look at the state of the shared kitchen and the shared fridge: that is where most flatshare disputes start, well before questions of noise or hours.

Living with a family: the choice for the first years

For a first-year female student arriving alone in Tunis, a room in a family home often reassures the parents: a family on the ground floor, a door that is locked at night, sometimes meals as an option. This kind of offer is found mainly in Denden and Ksar Saïd, in two-storey houses whose children have left. The rules are those of the house, curfew and visitors included, and it is best to hear them in person before paying anything.

Private student halls, run by individuals in converted villas, are a variant: double or single rooms, a caretaker, sometimes a kitchen on each floor. Check that they do hold an authorisation and visit the bathrooms, which is where the real upkeep shows.

The calendar that sets prices

Listings multiply from July to September, at the time of university placements and enrolment, then become scarce. A student arriving in October still finds rooms, but further from the campus or less well equipped. The second useful moment is January, when places free up after the first-semester exams and changes of course.

Many owners let for the academic year, from September to June, and take the room back in summer. If you are staying in Manouba for an internship or a seasonal job, say so on the very first call: not everyone agrees to let in July and August.

Before you move in

Ask for a receipt for every payment, even for a room let by the month: it is your only proof if there is a disagreement over the deposit. Get it spelled out what the rent covers, electricity, water, internet, gas, and how the STEG bill is split when the meter is shared by the whole house. Finally, check the real journey to your faculty, on foot or by metro from Denden, at the time you will have classes. An extra quarter of an hour's walk is paid for every morning for nine months.

To share a whole flat rather than a house, the shared flats in Manouba page is more targeted. Those who would rather live alone will find studios and house floors among the rentals in Manouba.