Thanks Kelly and Kris for welcoming me to the forum and for the info.

Kelly - is that the cost of your apartment per month?? as I have been told we are looking at paying around 300 dinar per month for a 2-3 bed apartment.

Maybe we should use our tunisian friends to help us out from what you and Kris have said about landlords....As two girls on out own it is a bit daunting - we are going over at new year to start our search and were hoping to secure a property then - will they expect a deposit and how do we guarantee they will still have the property held for us on our return in May??