Apartments for rent in Sakiet Ezzit

The apartment came late to Sakiet Ezzit. For decades, the northern Sfax delegation knew only houses on their plots and jnens; small three- or four-storey blocks appeared with the technology park and the city's stretch along the Tunis road. Today, apartment rental in Sakiet Ezzit mostly concerns S+1 and S+2 flats (one or two bedrooms plus a living room) in recent blocks, in Essedra and central Sakiet Ezzit, and a few house floors fitted out as apartments in Teniour.

Supply remains limited and irregular: at certain times, this page shows only a few listings, posted by private owners more than by agencies. That is why most tenants widen their search to central Sfax and Sfax Ouest, where the apartments to rent in Sfax governorate are far more numerous. On Houni, you contact the advertiser directly.

What is let, and at what price

The S+2 in a block is the most sought-after property: 80 to 110 m², a balcony, sometimes a parking space, in a developer's building delivered after 2010. Observed rents often fall between 450 and 750 DT (Tunisian dinars), noticeably less than an equivalent property in Sfax Ville, because distance from the centre and the lack of shops at the foot of the building are paid for in rent.

The S+1 and the studio are rare and targeted by students and young employees of the technology park. Furnished, they often go for around 350 to 550 DT; unfurnished, a little less. The house floor converted into an apartment, with its own entrance and roof terrace, is the local formula: less upmarket than a block, but more space and an owner on the ground floor who keeps an eye on everything. For a whole house, see the houses to rent in Sakiet Ezzit.

Essedra and the Tunis road, Teniour, Chihia

Blocks are concentrated in Essedra and central Sakiet Ezzit, within walking distance of the Tunis road and its shared taxis to Bab Jebli and the centre. It is the right sector for anyone working in the Tunis road companies or at the technology park who wants a short commute. The newest buildings are on the streets leading off the Tunis road into Essedra, where developers bought up old houses on large plots to put up three or four storeys.

Teniour mainly offers house floors in older estates, at lower rents, continuous with Sfax Ouest. Chihia, more rural, has almost no apartments: anyone wanting to live there rents a house or a floor of a jnen house, and needs a car.

A market driven by the academic year

Demand for apartments comes first from students at the institutes based in the technology park and the nearby faculties. Every September, small furnished flats go within days and rents climb; from late October, cancellations free up a few properties and prices ease. An employee looking for a yearly apartment is better off searching between November and June.

Those looking for any kind of rental in Sakiet Ezzit, apartment or house, floor or S+2, will find the full supply on the page rentals in Sakiet Ezzit, which adds the two categories together and gives a truer picture of the local market.

Service charges, managing agent, lease

In a recent block, ask what the service charges cover: lift, caretaker, lighting of common areas, sometimes a water tank and booster pump, essential here where water pressure drops on upper floors. Have the contract registered at the tax office, state the deposit (one to two months) and draw up a written inventory for a furnished let. If the apartment is a house floor, check that the STEG electricity meter and the water meter are separate from the owner's; it is the leading cause of disagreement in lets of this kind.