Homes for rent in Hammam Lif

In Hammam Lif, the line between flat and house is blurred. A good share of what is let is a villa floor: the owner lives downstairs, the upper floor has its own entrance, its kitchen and sometimes a terrace facing the gulf, and the listing classes it sometimes as a flat, sometimes as a house. This page brings everything together, from a studio in a building in the centre to a whole villa on the seafront, and it is the right way in for anyone looking for a home in the town without having decided yet.

You will find a few listings here, mostly published by private owners, sometimes by an agency from Ezzahra or Ben Arous. That is little compared with demand: "house to rent hammam lif" and "apartment to rent hammam lif" come up every week among the searches leading to this page. To compare with Ezzahra, Radès or Hammam Chott, all the property to rent in the Ben Arous governorate fits on a single page.

Hammam Lif Ville and Ville 2: the buildings and floors of the centre

The centre, from the station to the sea, is the densest part of town. The shopping avenues are lined with buildings of three to five storeys, mostly built between the 1970s and the 2000s, with S+2 and S+3 flats above the shops. These are the flats families look for first, because everything can be done on foot: the station, the market, the schools, the beach. A decent S+2 in this area often rents for between 600 and 900 DT, an S+1 a little less, and the same property with a lift and parking goes up a notch.

The area listings call Hammam Lif Ville 2 is more residential: multi-storey villas on quiet streets, small recent developments, a few upmarket buildings near the corniche. The villa floor is the dominant form there, with generous floor areas and rents that match those of a new flat. To see only flats in the strict sense, the page of apartments to rent in Hammam Lif works as a filter.

Cité Mohamed Ali, El Malaab and the Boukornine: houses and low rents

Inland, past the national road, Cité Mohamed Ali concentrates the town houses and the lowest rents in the delegation. A ground floor with two bedrooms and a courtyard, or a floor of a family house, frequently rents for between 400 and 700 DT. The district is dense, lively, well served by buses and shared taxis to Ben Arous and Tunis, and the station is still within walking distance for the energetic. It is the choice of tight-budget households and young couples working in the nearby industrial zones.

El Malaab, around the stadium, and the districts climbing towards the Boukornine national park offer a middle ground: houses from the 1980s and 1990s, often semi-detached, sometimes with a patch of garden and a view of the bay. Whole houses, villas included, have their own page, houses to rent in Hammam Lif, but the supply there is even thinner than here.

Who rents in Hammam Lif, and when

Demand comes from three directions. Families from the southern suburbs, first, who want to stay near the grandparents and the schools while gaining the sea. Tunis employees next, who have done the sums: a rent well below that of the northern suburbs, and half an hour by train to the centre of the capital. Students finally, who rent a furnished floor in twos or threes, within reasonable distance of the institutions of Radès and Borj Cédria.

The calendar follows these groups. From June to August, part of the property near the beach is let by the month to holidaymakers, and yearly supply shrinks; the start of the academic year, from late August to mid-October, concentrates calls from students and young workers; winter is the quietest period, when an owner in a hurry agrees to discuss the rent. A furnished place by the year is the rarest product, and the quickest to go.

Lease, deposit, charges: points to settle before moving in

A written lease, registered at the tax office, protects both parties; the deposit is most often one month, sometimes two for a furnished place. On a villa floor, put in black and white who pays for water and electricity when the meter is shared with the ground floor, it is the first source of disputes in town. In a building, ask for the amount of the service charges and the state of the lift.

Finally, visit at two different times if you can: on a weekday for the noise of the train and traffic, and after rain for damp in the old sea-facing walls. Owners who sell rather than let are on the page of property for sale in Hammam Lif, useful for measuring the gap between a rent and a mortgage payment.