Apartments for rent in Gabès Ouest

Gabès Ouest is the side of the city that faces the oasis rather than the sea. The delegation stretches from the western edge of the built-up area to Chenini and Nahal, where palms, pomegranate trees and small irrigated plots mingle with the houses. There are few apartment buildings. An apartment to rent in Gabès in this area is most often a house floor with its own entrance, or a home built by a family above its own ground floor and let to a couple or a transferred civil servant.

The supply online is limited and changes from week to week, posted almost entirely by the owners themselves, who give their number and answer directly. If nothing fits this week, all the apartments to rent in Gabès governorate widen the search to the centre, Gabès Sud and the coastal towns.

What is really let in the delegation

The typical property is an upstairs S+2 (two bedrooms plus a living room) of 80 to 100 m², with a separate kitchen, a balcony or access to the roof terrace, sometimes a garage shared with the owner downstairs. S+1 units exist too, often fitted out in an annexe at the back of the courtyard, and suit a single person or a young couple. Studios are rarer than in Zrig, as there is no campus right nearby: anyone looking for a studio to rent while studying will look towards Gabès Sud instead.

An apartment for rent in Gabès on the western side usually costs less than a comparable property near the shopping avenues of the centre, provided you accept journeys by car or shared taxi (louage). Rents for an unfurnished S+2 mostly stay modest by national standards, well below Sfax, and depend a great deal on the state of the building, the air conditioning and whether there is a separate meter.

Chenini, Nahal and the edge of town

Near the built-up area, the streets are laid out, local shops open all year round, and the centre of Gabès is a few minutes away. This is where most of the apartment listings in Gabès aimed at families working in town, at the hospital, in teaching or in services are found.

Towards Chenini and Nahal, the scenery changes: houses among gardens, lanes running along the oasis, calm evenings. Upstairs homes there are sought after by people who want greenery and a little coolness in summer, away from the seafront and the industrial zone. On the other hand, shops are further apart, transport less frequent, and some streets turn muddy after heavy rain. Visit at the time you will be making the journey, to judge the real travel time to work.

Furnished, by the year or for the summer

Furnished yearly lets remain marginal. They appear mainly when a family settled in Tunis or abroad lets the floor their children have left, with the original furniture. In summer, a few owners offer a furnished apartment by the month to Gabès families back for July and August, but daily rentals remain rare in the delegation: those looking for an apartment by the night near the sea will find more on the Gabès Sud and Gabès Médina side.

For a long let, the best period is the end of summer and the autumn, when civil servant transfers are known and owners want to avoid an empty floor over the winter.

Lease, meters and checks

Ask for a written lease registered at the tax office, stating the term, the notice period and the deposit, usually one month's rent. In a house shared with the owner, settle the question of the STEG and SONEDE meters during the visit: a shared meter split on a flat-rate basis is common, and it is the first source of disagreement.

Also look at the ground-floor walls and the rooms on the garden side, where the oasis damp shows in winter, and check the waterproofing of the roof terrace. If a single floor is not enough and you would rather have a whole house, the page of homes to rent in Gabès Ouest brings together the delegation's houses and apartments. And for those thinking of buying rather than renting, the homes for sale in Gabès Ouest give an idea of the local market.