Homes for rent in Faouar

El Faouar is one of the most Saharan delegations in the country. West of Douz, the road leaves the great palm groves of the Nefzaoua for younger towns, born from the settling of once nomadic populations and from oases created around boreholes. The town of El Faouar and places such as Sabria live on dates, livestock, public services and a desert tourism that works mainly in winter.

This page brings together everything let as a home: whole houses, self-contained floors, studios. Supply is limited from week to week and comes from private owners, with whom you deal directly on Houni. As the local market is small, keep an eye on all the homes to rent in the Kebili governorate, Douz in particular, close enough to commute every day.

A very local housing market

In a delegation where almost every family owns its house, renting remains a matter of circumstance. People let the house of a relative settled in Tunis or abroad, the floor built for a son not yet married, the old house left empty after a new one went up. Listings are never numerous, and some lets happen with no listing at all, by recommendation between families.

That is why a rental in Faouar has to be looked for early and patiently. A newcomer does well to tell as many people as possible, check the online listings regularly and not rule out a home a little bigger or a little further away than planned.

For whom, and which home

Tenants are first of all state employees posted to the delegation: teachers, health staff, security officers, technicians from the agricultural and water services. Single or in a couple, they aim for a floor or a studio; with children, they look for a house with a courtyard. Next come workers tied to Saharan tourism, active from October to April in the camps and the excursions to the erg, and a few labourers from building sites and farms.

Depending on the profile, this page points to two narrower searches: the houses to rent in Faouar for families, and the apartments to rent in Faouar, which are in fact floors or studios, for people on their own.

Points to check before signing

The first is water. In desert towns, drinking water pressure and reliability vary, and many houses have a roof tank. Ask how summer goes, when consumption rises. The second is electricity: a home must be able to run at least one air conditioner, otherwise July and August become very hard. The third is sand: doors, windows and roof must hold up against the spring winds.

Look at the access route too. Some houses on the edge of town are reached by tracks that the sand covers in places; that is no problem for a 4x4, much more of one for a small city car.

Finally, find out which shops and services are within walking distance: bakery, grocer, pharmacy, school. In towns as spread out as these desert settlements, an outlying home can mean taking the car for the smallest errand, which weighs on daily life when the heat lasts from May to October.

Lease and rents

Rents are among the lowest in Tunisia, but a written contract keeps all its importance. It fixes the term, often the school year for a civil servant, the rent, the deposit, generally one month, and how the bills are split when the meter is shared with the owner's family. A simple inventory, signed by both parties, is enough to avoid most disputes on moving out.