Homes for rent in Mohammedia

A house to rent in Mohammedia is the search people type most for this delegation, often in Arabic and often by families leaving a flat that has become too small in El Mourouj or Ben Arous. South of the Tunis conurbation, on the Zaghouan road, the delegation offers what the inner suburbs no longer have at a reasonable price: a whole house, with a courtyard and sometimes a garden, for the rent of an S+2 in a residence.

This page gathers every home for rent in the delegation: houses, house upper floors and flats. Almost everything is posted by private owners, whom you call directly on Houni, and the volume stays modest: a few listings at a time, renewed mainly at the end of summer. To look wider, all the homes for rent in Ben Arous governorate also cover Fouchana, Mornag and Hammam Lif.

Whole house, upper floor or studio: three ways to rent

The whole house is what families are after. It is usually a three-room ground floor with a kitchen and courtyard, sometimes with an empty upper floor the owner keeps for the children. A house for rent in Mohammedia of this kind is often let for the year, on a long lease, to steady tenants whom the owner prefers to a frequent turnover.

The house upper floor is the most common offer: the owner lives downstairs and lets the top, with its own access by an outside staircase. It is a good compromise for a couple or a small family, as long as you get on with the neighbour below. Lastly, the studio suits young workers and staff from the nearby industrial zones. For these last two cases, the page of flats for rent in Mohammedia targets studios and S+1 flats directly.

Cité Ennassim, the centre and Sidi Frej

Cité Ennassim supplies most of the listings: a recent neighbourhood, two-storey houses, young families next door. Not all the side streets are finished, so check the sewerage before signing. The centre of Mohammedia, along the Zaghouan road, remains the most practical without a car, thanks to the shops, the market and the louages to Tunis.

Sidi Frej suits people who want space and quiet, with more isolated houses and farmed land around them. You will need a car there. Across the delegation, the ruins of the beylical palace and the fields still under cultivation give a semi-rural feel that families like, but which comes at the cost of commuting time.

The tenant profile is fairly stable: workers and technicians from the industrial zones south of Tunis, civil servants, small shopkeepers, young families saving to buy a plot in the delegation later on. Owners favour these candidates settled for the year over short lets, and often ask for a payslip or a family guarantor. Rents for a whole house generally stay well below El Mourouj for a similar floor area.

Lease, deposit, meters: what to settle

Sign a written lease, registered at the tax office, stating the term, the rent, the deposit, usually one to two months, and how the rent is reviewed. In a house shared with the owner, the water and electricity meters must be sorted out before you move in: a shared meter leads to disputes, especially in summer.

If you can, visit after rain, to spot leaks from the flat roofs and see the state of the street. Find out about the nearest school and school transport if you have children. Finally, compare the rent with El Mourouj and Fouchana: Mohammedia's price advantage has to make up for the daily commute. The best time to find something is still the end of summer, before the school year, when families move house.