Homes for rent in Gafsa

In Gafsa governorate, choosing a home starts with a question of commuting. The main town holds the government offices, the regional hospital, the university and the head office of the Compagnie des Phosphates de Gafsa; the mines and plants are in Metlaoui, Redeyef, Oum El Araies and Mdhila; farming occupies El Guetar, Sned and Sidi Aich. Depending on where you work, the right delegation is not the same, and neither is the type of home on offer.

Accommodation for rent in Gafsa brings together every category here: whole houses, floors with a separate entrance, apartments and studios. Listings are posted by owners, the supply varies from week to week and is larger in town. On Houni, you call the advertiser directly.

What is actually rented

The most common home is neither the villa nor the apartment in a residential block, but the floor of a house. A family builds on its plot, adds a storey for a child who eventually moves out, and lets that floor to a civil servant or a young couple. Next come ground floors with a courtyard, much sought after by families, then apartments in blocks, few in number and almost all in the town centre. Studios exist mainly around the campus.

This pattern explains some of the most frequent searches, houses for rent in Gafsa, a house for rent in Cité Echabab or a house for rent in Cité Ennour: families want a front door and a courtyard, and that is what is most lacking.

Town, El Ksar or mining basin

Gafsa Sud, which covers most of the town, offers the widest choice and the highest rents in the governorate, which remain well below those on the coast. The residential estates appeal to families, Gafsa Est to managers, the centre to single people, Sidi Ahmed Zarrouk to students. The homes for rent in Gafsa Sud are covered neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

El Ksar, next door, lets floors and estate houses that are a little cheaper, with more space and quiet streets. It is the choice of households who work in town without wanting to live there, or who leave every morning for the airport or the mining sites. The page on homes for rent in El Ksar gathers this supply.

In the mining towns, rents are low but listings are rare, and homes are found mostly through contacts. Many employees posted to the sites choose to live in the main town and drive, for the schools and services.

The rural delegations of the east and north, El Guetar, Sned and Sidi Aich, offer almost nothing for rent online. A teacher or an officer posted to a village usually finds a home through colleagues or the municipality, and many prefer to stay in Gafsa or the nearest town until they have found something locally.

Student, transferred or on assignment

A student at the University of Gafsa is wise to search in a group of two or three, from the summer, for a floor or a studio near the campus, furnished if possible. A transferred civil servant does better to search in spring, before transfers fill the town in August. A technician on a short assignment will find a furnished place in the centre more easily, at a higher rent. A family, finally, needs patience: ground floors in the estates rarely come free and go quickly.

If you only want an apartment, the page on apartments for rent in Gafsa governorate isolates that category.

What to check everywhere

The climate dictates part of the checks: strong heat in summer, cold nights in winter. Look at the roof insulation, the orientation, the air conditioners and the heating. Check the water supply, the tank and the pressure on upper floors, as well as separate meters when the owner lives in the same house.

For the lease, ask for a written contract registered at the tax office, setting out the duration, the deposit, the advance and the inventory of condition. Pay nothing before you have viewed. To see how Gafsa rents compare with the rest of the country, look at the homes for rent in Tunisia.