Apartments for rent in Sfax Sud

In Sfax Sud, a flat to rent rarely looks like a city-centre block. Most often it is a floor: a family built its ground floor on the Gremda road or out towards El Ain, poured the slab for the first floor, then fitted it out to let while waiting for a son to marry. The rest of the supply is in small developments of three or four storeys that have sprung up along the first kilometres of the roads leaving the city to the south-west.

Listings for apartments to rent in Sfax Sud are posted by owners and by Sfax agencies, and you call the advertiser directly. Supply varies from week to week: to widen the search, all the apartments to rent in Sfax governorate bring together Sfax Ville, Sfax Ouest, Sakiet Ezzit and the other delegations on one page.

The villa floor, the delegation's speciality

Anyone looking for a flat to rent in Sfax in this area soon comes across the self-contained floor. An outside staircase or a stairwell shared with the owner, a roof terrace that is sometimes shared, separate meters or not depending on the house: every case is different and deserves a precise question before the visit. These floors are generous, an S+3 (three bedrooms plus a living room) of 130 to 160 m² is not unusual, with a large living room and a closed kitchen, because they were designed for a family rather than for letting.

That is why an S+3 to rent in Sfax is easier to find here than in the centre, often for a rent comparable to an S+2 in town. The trade-off is that you live with the owner downstairs: hours, children's noise, parking in front of the gate, everything is settled amicably. Families who prefer their own front door and a bit of courtyard will rather look at the houses to rent in Sfax Sud.

Gremda road, El Ain, Khazanet: where to look

The first kilometres of the Gremda road hold most of the recent small developments: S+1 and S+2 flats with a lift in the larger ones, a parking space, sometimes a caretaker. An S+2 to rent in this sector often goes for between 600 and 900 DT (Tunisian dinars) depending on condition and floor, more if it is furnished. Tenants are couples working in town, transferred managers, teachers.

Towards El Ain, on the edge of Sfax Ouest, the El Ain road is the road of the Hedi Chaker university hospital: resident doctors, nurses and interns look for S+1 flats nearby, and owners know it. Khazanet, El Afrane Nord and Bouzaiane mostly offer house floors, cheaper, but a car becomes essential as soon as you move away from the main roads. Gremda remains the most sought-after sector; El Aouabed and Ayoun El Mayel, further out, have few flats.

Monthly, yearly, furnished or unfurnished

Listings for flats to rent by the month do exist, especially in summer when Sfax people living abroad come back and look for a base near the family. But the bulk of the market is the yearly lease, unfurnished or lightly furnished. A tenant who wants to rent a flat in Sfax for the long term should look between late August and October, when civil service transfers and the start of the academic year turn homes over, then in January, a quieter season when owners negotiate more.

Furnished comes at a price, and not always one that matches its quality: list the equipment in the contract, air conditioners included, because that is where most disputes arise at the end of a lease.

Lease, deposit and charges

Renting a flat in Sfax is usually settled with one month's deposit and one or two months in advance. Ask for a written contract and have it registered at the tax office: it protects both parties and serves as proof for the authorities. In a villa floor, check whether water and electricity have their own meters; if not, set the split in writing. Also check the waterproofing of the roof terrace, the weak point of slabs poured in several stages, and the water pressure in summer on the top floor. To see flats and houses together, all the homes to rent in Sfax Sud are grouped on one page.