Apartments for rent in Raoued

The engineers of the El Ghazala technology park made the fortune of Raoued's developers. For fifteen years, every new company setting up at the park or in the towers of Lac 2 has brought its own batch of young employees wanting an S+1 or an S+2 less than fifteen minutes from the office, and the delegation answered with residences along the Raoued road and around Riadh El Andalous. Rents here stay below those of Ennasr, for a much shorter run to the airport. On the shorthand: S+1 means one bedroom plus a living room, S+2 two bedrooms plus a living room.

The listings on this page are posted on houni.tn by local owners and agencies; the rest of the governorate can be browsed on the apartments for rent in Ariana page.

Riadh El Andalous, two products and two exits

Renting in Riadh El Andalous splits into two products. The 2000s residences, built along the edge of the villa estate, offer S+2 units with a lift and parking at around 900 to 1,300 DT, furnished included for the more recent ones. The villa floors, older, offer larger areas for a similar rent, without service charges. A flat to rent in Riadh El Andalous should be judged first on how you get out: the district has only two accesses, and a building near the La Marsa road saves you a quarter of an hour every morning.

Cité El Ghazela, on the technology park side

Cité El Ghazela reads in two parts. South of the Raoued road, the three and four storey buildings put up by private owners, with no lift, hold the majority of the S+1 and S+2 units available to rent, at between 500 and 800 DT. The rest of the district, towards the technology park, lines up slightly newer residences where a decent S+2 in Ghazela sits closer to 700 to 950 DT.

For a single person or a couple without children I would lean towards El Ghazela: shops open late, taxis easy to find, the technology park within walking distance. Riadh El Andalous wins as soon as there is a school run.

Beach road and Raoued centre: cheaper, further out

Between the centre of Raoued and the beach the buildings are more scattered and more recent, with S+2 units at 550 or 700 DT that appeal to people willing to drive. In summer a few owners switch to fortnightly holiday lets, which makes yearly leases scarcer from June to September. Borj Touil and Jaafar have very few apartment blocks; the supply there is made of houses.

What tenants learn too late

Water pressure, first of all. In the residences of more than four storeys in Cité El Ghazela, the top floor depends on a booster pump that breaks down in summer; turn on a tap during the viewing. Service charges too: a residence with a caretaker, a lift and green space in Riadh El Andalous bills 60 to 100 DT a month, which the listing almost never mentions. And the contract has to be registered, with a list of the equipment when the place is furnished.

Families short of space should look at the houses to rent in Raoued, very common in El Ghazela; and anyone hesitating over buying should compare with the apartments for sale in Raoued.