Shared houses in La Soukra

Sharing a house is the rarest form of flatsharing in the delegation, and often the most pleasant: three, four or five people share a villa with a garden, each in their own bedroom, with a common living room big enough to have friends over. In La Soukra, these are mostly older villas in Dar Fadhal and Borj Louzir whose owners prefer to let to a group rather than a family, or family houses with a whole floor offered to flatmates.

These listings come from private individuals, owners or current flatmates looking to complete the group. The supply is thin and can stay empty for several weeks: then think of shared houses across the Ariana governorate, which also cover Ennasr and Raoued.

Who shares a villa in La Soukra

The typical profile is young professionals working at Les Berges du Lac, in La Marsa or near the airport, who want more space than in a shared flat. You also meet foreigners posted in Tunis for a year or two, volunteers with international organisations and interns at large companies. For them, a room in a Dar Fadhal villa with a garden sits halfway between neighbourhood life and peace and quiet, a few minutes from La Marsa.

Students are less interested, lacking the budget for a large house and because the villas are further from public transport. They stick to the flats of Chotrana and Ennasim.

The group often forms by word of mouth, at work or among former classmates, then looks for the house together. House flatshare listings therefore come in two kinds: a whole villa offered by an owner who wants a solvent group, or a room freed up in a house already occupied by flatmates. In the second case, meet all the occupants before committing: getting along matters as much as the rent.

Dar Fadhal, Borj Louzir, Ettaamir: three kinds of houses

In Dar Fadhal, the shared villa is a large house from the 1980s or 1990s, with a leafy garden and sometimes a pool. The bedrooms are spacious, but upkeep and winter heating costs are high: decide from the outset who pays the gardener and the pool maintenance.

In Borj Louzir and Ettaamir, the shared house is more modest: two levels, a terrace, a small courtyard. It is often let floor by floor, with the owner still living on the ground floor. This arrangement costs less and suits three people who want their own entrance.

The calendar follows employment contracts more than the university year. Arrivals cluster in September and January, departures in June and December. A room that frees up mid-year often finds a taker within days among the outgoing flatmates' colleagues, before it is even posted.

The rules of a shared house

A house brings together more flatmates than a flat, and the sources of friction multiply: heavier STEG and SONEDE bills, gas bottles, cleaning the shared areas, cars in the courtyard. Set down in writing how the bills are split, each person's deposit and the notice period for leaving. Ask the owner who handles a pump breakdown or a leak, a common problem in older villas.

Before signing, check the security: gate, window grilles, outdoor lighting. A large house left partly empty over the summer, when the flatmates go home, is a house that needs watching.

Choosing the right arrangement

A house share is rarely decided alone: it is often an existing group looking for a villa to take over. If you are on your own, a room in a shared flat in La Soukra will be easier to find. And for the group that would like to rent the whole villa in its own name, the houses for rent in La Soukra show the properties available and the rents asked.