Houses for rent in Faouar

In the El Faouar delegation, the house is the normal home, the one nearly every family lives in. A single storey house, built on a generous plot, arranged around a courtyard where life is lived outdoors for much of the year, with a roof terrace people climb up to on summer evenings. When such a house is let, it is most often because the owner has settled elsewhere, in Kebili, Douz, a big city or abroad, and prefers to see it lived in rather than empty.

Supply is small and irregular, published by private owners you reach directly on Houni. Compare with all the houses to rent in the Kebili governorate: in Douz or Kebili the choice is wider, at the cost of a daily commute.

The typical house in El Faouar and Sabria

Most houses were built from the 1980s and 1990s onwards, when the delegation's towns spread out around the new oases. They have three or four bedrooms opening onto the courtyard, a reception room, a kitchen, a shower room, and often a shelter for the car or the animals at the back of the plot. Walls are brick or breeze block, the roof a concrete slab, and a solar water heater often sits on top.

In Sabria, on the edge of the erg, the setting is more rural still: houses spaced apart, sand at the door, the palm grove close by. A house to rent in Sabria suits a family working on the spot or one happy with a very quiet life, far from the shops of central El Faouar.

Some houses are let with a small garden or a few palm trees in the courtyard, a plus for shade and coolness. Others have a room on the street that the owner sometimes keeps for himself as a store or shop: have it made clear at the viewing what is included in the let and what stays for the owner's use.

The families who rent a house here

The typical tenant is a civil servant who has come with his family: teacher, nurse, administrative staff or member of the security forces. He needs room for the children, a school nearby and a home where his wife and children can get through the summer. Other tenants are families from the region, back after years working elsewhere, who rent while building their own house.

The calendar follows the school year: searches peak in July, August and September, before term starts, once postings are known. Looking for a house to rent in Faouar as soon as the transfer is announced gives far better odds than arriving the day before school starts.

What makes a good house to rent in the desert

Orientation and shade first: a well shaded courtyard and bedrooms sheltered from the afternoon sun change everything in summer, when the heat often goes above 40 °C. Then the roof: a cracked slab lets in heat, dust and, in the rare rains, water. Also check the electrical capacity available, the water tank, the state of the water heater, and how sturdy the doors and shutters are against the sand winds.

For a house that has been shut up for a long time, plan a viewing in full daylight, taps running and power on, and note what must be repaired before moving in. An owner who lives far away will more readily pay for the work if it is listed in the contract.

Lease, rent and alternatives

A written contract, registered at the tax office, fixes the rent, the term and the deposit, usually one month. Rents for a whole house stay modest by national standards, often below the price of an S+1 (one bedroom plus a living room) in a coastal town. If you are on your own, the homes to rent in Faouar also include floors and studios. And if you plan to stay several years, look at the houses for sale in Faouar, where prices remain far from those on the coast.