Apartments for rent in La Goulette

La Goulette is the Tunis suburb where you live with the sea at the end of the street and the TGM under your window. Between the canal, the port and the beach, the town lines up old buildings with balconies, floors of divided houses and a few recent residences towards Khereddine. People look for an apartment here to live twenty minutes from central Tunis without taking the Lac road at rush hour, or to enjoy the summer by the water.

The supply of apartments for rent in La Goulette published on Houni remains modest: only a handful of listings, almost all posted by private owners letting a floor or a studio. Each listing gives the owner's number, and you call them directly. If nothing fits your budget, all the apartments for rent in Tunis governorate let you widen the search to Le Kram, La Marsa or the city centre.

Goulette centre, Khereddine, Taieb Mhiri: three ways to live

The centre of La Goulette, around avenue Franklin Roosevelt and Petite Sicile, keeps its old buildings with high ceilings and narrow staircases. Apartments there are often large for their rent, but rarely come with a lift or a garage. It is the choice of those who want to do everything on foot: the market, the beach, the fish restaurants and the TGM station.

Khereddine, in the north of the delegation, is more residential. You will find multi-storey houses whose owner lets the first floor, and a few smaller, more recent residences. An apartment for rent in Khereddine appeals to families who want quiet without moving away from the sea, with Le Kram and the airport close by. Cité Taieb Mhiri and Cité Essalama, further inland, offer floors of neighbourhood houses, often with the most affordable rents in the delegation.

Studio, S+1, S+2: what you find and for what budget

The studio for rent in La Goulette is by far the most frequent request. It suits young workers employed at the port, the airport or Les Berges du Lac, sailors and shipping company staff, and students who accept a TGM commute. These studios are often fitted out on the ground floor or on the roof of a house, sometimes furnished. An S+1 for rent in La Goulette in good condition goes quickly, and an S+2 is easier to find in house floors than in the buildings of the centre.

Rents follow the distance to the sea and the condition of the property. A basic studio rarely costs more than an S+1 in La Marsa, and a family S+2 generally rents for less than in Ain Zaghouan or Les Berges du Lac. A furnished apartment with a view of the port or the beach, on the other hand, costs noticeably more, especially if it has been renovated.

Yearly or daily: the Goulette calendar

From June to September, La Goulette changes pace. Families from Tunis come for the beach and evenings on the corniche, and some owners switch to daily or weekly lets. This demand for daily apartment rentals in La Goulette is real, but it is handled directly between you and the owner: Houni offers neither booking nor online payment. Agree the dates, the price and the deposit in writing before you arrive.

For a yearly rental, autumn is the right time: from mid-September, properties let over the summer return to the annual market and owners prefer a stable tenant for the winter. If you are also looking for a house or a villa floor, the page all accommodation for rent in La Goulette brings both types of property together.

Damp, port noise, lease

In La Goulette, sea damp is the first defect to look for: check the corners of the ceilings, north-facing walls and the condition of the window frames. In the centre, ask about noise: the TGM, port activity and summer terraces keep some streets lively until late at night.

Ask for a written lease, registered at the tax office (recette des finances), stating the rent, the term, the deposit and how water and electricity charges are split. And if the idea of buying rather than renting is on your mind, the apartments for sale in La Goulette give an idea of what a property costs in the same streets.