Homes for rent in Mateur

Renting in Mateur usually means renting part of a house. The upper floor a father built for children who left to work in Tunis, the ground floor left empty once the family moved upstairs, a small flat above a shop in the centre: rental housing in Mateur looks like the town itself, a farming town in the interior of the Bizerte governorate that has grown upwards, one house at a time.

This page brings every category together, houses and flats alike. There is not much online and nearly all of it comes from private landlords: plenty of lets still happen through word of mouth, and a listing on Houni often means an owner looking for a reliable tenant from outside town. You call them directly. For more choice, all the accommodation for rent in the Bizerte governorate covers Bizerte itself, Menzel Bourguiba and Ras Jebel.

Upper floor, ground floor, flat: what is available

The upper floor of a house is the most common rental. It is usually an S+2 or S+3 (two or three bedrooms plus a living room), with its own entrance up an outside staircase, a kitchen and sometimes access to the roof terrace. The owner lives downstairs, which has its upsides (a well kept house, someone to turn to) and its unwritten rules: keep it quiet, limit visitors, and meters are sometimes shared.

Flats in proper buildings do exist, but not many: a few blocks of two or three storeys near the centre and the main roads, with S+1 and S+2 units, no lift and no managing agent. They suit single people and couples without children. A studio to rent in Mateur is hard to find; a self-contained room with a shower room, let to a teacher or a health worker, often fills that gap.

For a whole house with a yard or garden, the page of houses for rent in Mateur lists detached houses on their own, in Boumkhila, Nefat or the centre.

Tenants and their calendar

Renting in Mateur follows the civil service calendar. In late August and September, teachers, nurses and administrative staff posted to the delegation look for a yearly let, often on their own for the first year before the family joins them. That is peak demand, and the good upper floors go within days.

The rest of the year, demand comes from households working in Bizerte or Menzel Bourguiba who choose Mateur for its cost of living, and from young local couples. The train makes a real difference: Mateur station connects to Tunis and Bizerte without a car, and a home within walking distance of it is easier to let.

Rents are among the lowest in the governorate. A cheap rental in Mateur does not have to mean a run-down one: many recent upper floors go for prices you no longer see in Bizerte, simply because demand is weaker.

What to sort out before moving in

First, the contract. Even between people acting in good faith, ask for a written lease registered at the tax office, stating the rent, the term, the deposit and who pays which bills. In a house floor, splitting water and electricity is the number one cause of disputes: a sub-meter or a fixed amount agreed in writing saves a lot of arguments.

Second, comfort in winter. The Mateur plain has cool, damp winters, and many homes have no heating. Look at which way the rooms face, the state of the windows and whether there is a gas outlet for a portable heater. In summer, a floor right under the roof terrace gets very hot: ask whether the roof has been insulated.

Last, how long you plan to stay. If you expect to spend several years in Mateur, keep an eye on the land for sale in Mateur: like many locals, you may end up building your own house on a plot at the edge of town.