Houses for rent in Lac de Tunis

A house at Les Berges du Lac is almost always a villa: an enclosed lot, a garden of varying size, a garage, two levels and often a roof terrace. The district has no old townhouses or family dars, since it was laid out from the 1990s onwards on land reclaimed from the lagoon. Those looking for a house to rent in Lac de Tunis are expatriate families, diplomats, company executives and, more and more, firms that rent a villa to turn into an office or a guesthouse for their teams.

The listings posted on Houni come from owners and agencies, and you call the advertiser directly. Supply is limited depending on the week: a well-placed villa is often let before it is even advertised, through embassy or company networks. To widen the search towards Radès, Ezzahra or Hammam Lif, all the houses to rent in Ben Arous governorate let you compare floor areas and rents.

Lac 1 villas, Lac 2 villas

The villas of Lac 1 date from the first phases. They stand on comfortable lots, with gardens where the trees have had time to grow, on residential streets where you mostly hear the lagoon birds. A villa for rent in Lac 1 has the charm of a lived-in home, but calls for a careful look at roof waterproofing, plumbing and air conditioning, often original.

In Lac 2, villas are newer and closer together, with contemporary façades, picture windows and sometimes a pool. There are also duplexes and semi-detached villas in gated compounds. A villa with garden to rent in Lac 2 generally costs more than in Lac 1 for a smaller plot: you pay for modernity and for being close to the international schools, the restaurants and Tunisia Mall.

The villa floor, the middle option

Between an apartment in a development and a whole villa, the villa floor is the solution many owners offer: they live on the ground floor and let the first floor with a separate entrance, or the other way round. The rent stays well below that of a whole villa, and the tenant enjoys a residential neighbourhood without the upkeep of a garden. This format suits couples without children and managers on assignments of a few years. For a development with a lift and a guard, the apartments to rent in Lac de Tunis are a better fit.

Rents for whole villas in the district are among the highest in Greater Tunis and commonly run to several thousand dinars a month; they depend so much on floor area, pool and furniture that no average really means anything. Compare three or four listings of the same size before making an offer.

Company leases, upkeep, security

A good share of the villas at the Lac are let to companies or diplomatic missions, on two or three year leases with rent paid quarterly or yearly. If you rent privately, negotiate the payment schedule and get it in writing who pays for the gardener, pool maintenance and repairs to the pump or water heater: these are the items that cause disputes.

Security matters in a district where many houses stand empty in summer. Check the grilles, the outdoor lighting and the alarm if there is one. And visit at the end of the day in summer: the wind off the lake cools the evenings, but the mosquitoes remind you the lagoon is two streets away. A medium-sized home may be all you need: all the homes to rent in Lac de Tunis mix apartments and houses.