Flatshare in Medenine

In the governorate of Medenine, the people looking for a room or a place in a shared flat have little in common. There are students at the higher institutes of Medenine, Djerba and Zarzis, often from Tataouine, Gabes or the interior of the country. There are civil servants who have just been posted: teachers, nurses, customs officers in Ben Guerdane. And from April to October there are the hotel seasonal workers who fill the island and the Zarzis coast.

This page brings together flatshare listings from the whole governorate, posted by private individuals who rent out a room in their home or a place in a shared property, with direct contact. Supply is richer in Medenine town and Houmt Souk, more scattered elsewhere, and it changes from week to week with the start of the academic year and the tourist season.

Medenine town: flatsharing for students and newcomers

The regional capital remains the easiest place to start. Rents are lower than on the island, shared taxis (louages) leave for every delegation, and the town runs to the rhythm of the administration, the regional hospital and the institutes. Most offers are rooms in family houses in Medenine Nord and Medenine Sud, often furnished, with a shared kitchen and shower room. A room rarely costs more than a few hundred dinars a month, sometimes with bills included.

Many of those who search for a studio for rent in Medenine end up in a flatshare, for lack of small self-contained homes: the town has few studios and they go fast at the start of the academic year. For those set on living alone, renting in Medenine groups studios, villa floors and flats.

Djerba, Zarzis and Ben Guerdane: each on its own calendar

On the island, demand follows the hotels. Houmt Souk keeps the most rooms available all year, and the page on flatsharing in Houmt Souk describes the neighbourhoods that work without a car. Midoun is tighter: the tourist zone is next door, owners often prefer to let by the week in summer, and a monthly room is mostly found out of season. Ajim, quieter and cheaper, suits those who work locally or take the ferry to Djorf.

Zarzis is like a small Djerba on the mainland: seasonal workers in the hotel zone, students, employees of the port and nearby companies. Rooms there rent for a little less than on the island. Ben Guerdane works differently: few students, but civil servants and cross-border trade employees who share a flat or rent a room for the length of their posting, often without their families.

A room with a family or a flat shared with others

A room with a family is still the most common arrangement in the south-east. It costs less, the home is looked after, and families are happy to rent to a female student or a female teacher. In return, you have to accept the house rules: visitors, curfew, use of the kitchen. Ask these questions on the very first call, before travelling from Tataouine or Gabes.

A shared flat works better for colleagues who already know each other. Two or three people take an S+2 or S+3 and split the rent, but often only one name appears on the contract. Ask the owner whether he accepts several signatories, or at least draw up a written agreement between flatmates on how rent and deposit are shared. For a larger group, shared houses in Medenine offers whole houses to share.

Before paying the first advance

Get it clear what the amount covers: water, electricity, gas, internet. In summer, a single STEG bill for several air conditioners weighs heavily, and water can run short in houses that rely on a cistern. Ask about the deposit, the notice period and the date by which the room must be vacated, especially on the island where some owners take their homes back for the summer. Visit before paying an advance, or send someone you trust, and be wary of a listing with no photos or no precise neighbourhood. The other regions of the country are gathered under flatsharing across Tunisia.