Homes for rent in La Nouvelle Medina

When a Ben Arous family says it is looking for "a place" in La Nouvelle Medina, it has not yet decided between an apartment in a residence, the upper floor of a house with its outside staircase and a small whole house in Errabta. This page brings the three together. It is the right way in for anyone arriving in the delegation without knowing it: you see at a glance what is to let, from the S+1 (one bedroom plus a living room) in Nouvelle Medina 1 to the two-storey house in Sidi Mosbah, and at what price.

The listings are posted on Houni by owners and a few local agencies; you call the number shown directly. The delegation usually has about ten rental listings online, all categories together, which makes it a steady market by southern suburb standards without being plentiful. To widen to Ben Arous town, Rades, Ezzahra or Mornag, go through all the property to rent in Ben Arous governorate.

Apartment, house floor or house: three products, three audiences

The apartment in a residence is the most common product and the simplest to rent: an S+1 or S+2 in the blocks of Nouvelle Medina 1 and 2 or El Yasminet, a residents' body, sometimes a lift and parking. It suits young couples and employees working in Ben Arous, Megrine or central Tunis. The detail of that supply, with rents by type, is on the apartments to rent in La Nouvelle Medina page.

The house floor is the speciality of Errabta and Sidi Mosbah: the owner lives downstairs, lets the upstairs, and the listing says "S+2 with independent entrance" or "villa floor". The rent is often lower than that of a comparable apartment, with no service charges, but the neighbours are closer and the contract sometimes more informal. The whole house, finally, is rare and goes fast: it is what families typing house for rent Nouvelle Medina Ben Arous are after, and the supply can be counted on the fingers of one hand; it is detailed on the houses to rent in the delegation page.

Rents, from the S+1 to the house

As a yardstick, not a rule, an S+1 in an older block often lets for under 500 DT (Tunisian dinars), an S+2 between 550 and 800 DT, an S+2 or S+3 house floor around 600 to 850 DT depending on its condition, and a whole two-storey house above 900 DT. Furnished is marginal, limited to a few S+1s aimed at employees passing through; the bulk is let empty and by the year.

The gaps between sectors are clear. El Yasminet, the newest and the closest to El Mourouj, is the most expensive. Nouvelle Medina 1 and 2 are the average. Errabta and Sidi Mosbah, further from the shops and the bus stops, are the cheapest, and that is where the best deals are for anyone with a car.

When to search and what to check

The delegation's rental market follows the rhythm of families: departures and arrivals happen in late August and September, before the school term, and a second wave follows the summer weddings, when young couples leave the parental home for an S+1. Between November and February, supply shrinks but owners are easier to win over on the price and the deposit.

Whatever the type of home, ask for a written, registered contract, specify the deposit and its repayment, and check the meters: in a house floor, a water or electricity meter shared with the owner is the first source of dispute. In a residence, ask the amount of the service charges and whether the caretaker is paid on top. And throughout the delegation, raise the parking question: the streets of the first phases are full in the evening.