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Tamar Mepe, 15 floors
Tamar Mepe Avenue area, Batumi: the station, new buildings and apartments by the rivers
The Tamar Mepe Avenue area is north Batumi between the Bartskhana and Korolistskali rivers, under the city's division the Tamar administrative district. Here are Batumi Central station with its bus terminal, the road to Makhinjauri and Kobuleti, Soviet and private houses and new complexes. Apartments are usually bought to live in or let long-term. We check buildings and developers, renovate apartments and let them long-term.
Housing
Along the avenue and in the blocks behind it stand Soviet five- and nine-storey buildings, private houses with yards and new residential complexes of recent years. Between the residential blocks there are still warehouses, industrial plots and vacant lots where building may start in time.
Apartments here are bought to live in more often than for short-term letting. Private houses by the rivers often have damp basements, and extensions to old houses are not always shown in the Public Registry extract.
Terrain, sea and soil
The area lies on the plain by the sea between the mouths of the Bartskhana and the Korolistskali. The ground by the rivers is alluvial, the groundwater is close to the surface, and in heavy downpours the rivers rise fast. A private house or a new block here needs ground surveys.
Humidity is high all year, and near the shore salt damages metal and outdoor air conditioning units faster. Adjara is seismically active, and we do not alter the layout of a Soviet building without a structural engineer's calculation.
Infrastructure
Batumi Central station, opened in 2015, stands on the avenue: one building holds the railway station with trains to Tbilisi, a bus terminal and a shopping centre. Buses and minibuses run along the avenue to the centre and north, to Makhinjauri and Kobuleti.
The Old Town is about 4 kilometres away. Shops, pharmacies and schools are found in the residential blocks, while for big shopping and clinics people often go to the centre. Traffic near the station and on the avenue is heavy all day.
The Tamar Mepe Avenue area is the northern part of Batumi between the Bartskhana and Korolistskali rivers. Under the city's division it is the Tamar administrative district: it runs along Tamar Mepe Avenue from the bridge over the Bartskhana to the bridge over the Korolistskali and includes a strip of the seashore. Batumi Central station stands here, and the avenue is the way out of the city to the north, towards Makhinjauri and Kobuleti. Below is what to consider if you are buying an apartment here, renovating it or letting it.
Tamar Mepe Avenue: north Batumi between two rivers
On one side of the avenue is the sea, on the other residential blocks, private houses with yards and industrial plots, including those by the right bank of the Bartskhana, where Batfarma and neighbouring enterprises stand. To the south, across the Bartskhana, lies Boni-Gorodok, and beyond the Korolistskali begin the slopes of Green Cape and Makhinjauri.
The Old Town is about 4 kilometres away, and people usually go to the centre by bus or car. The area suits those who need the station and the road north, and those looking for an apartment cheaper than by the boulevards. There are fewer tourists here than in the centre and the south of the city.
The station and the road
Batumi Central station opened on the avenue in 2015. Its four-storey building houses the railway station, a bus terminal and a shopping centre, and trains run from here to Tbilisi. For anyone who often travels to the capital or along the coast, this is convenient.
That convenience has a downside. Traffic runs along the avenue all day, and it is noisy near the station and the railway. Here we choose an apartment not only by the building but by its windows: which way they face, which floor the apartment is on and what glazing is fitted. How we replace windows with quieter ones is described on our page about window replacement.
Rivers, downpours and ground
The area lies between two rivers, and near their mouths the ground is alluvial and the groundwater close to the surface. In heavy downpours, of which Batumi has many, the water in the Bartskhana and the Korolistskali rises, and puddles stand in the low streets. Ground floors and basements near the rivers can be damp, and an underground car park without good waterproofing may flood.
Before buying an apartment on a lower floor or a private house by the river, we look at where the building stands relative to the water and ask the neighbours about past floods. For a private house or a new block we order ground surveys. How we protect basements and plinths from water is explained on our page about waterproofing.
New buildings and the neighbourhood
Along the avenue and in the blocks behind it, Soviet buildings, private houses and new residential complexes stand side by side. Before paying for an apartment in a building under construction, we check the developer, the permit and what is on the neighbouring plots: a warehouse, a factory or a vacant lot for a future building. The procedure is described on our page about developer checks.
Short-term letting is less common here than by the boulevards: resort guests look for places near the beaches and the Old Town. So an apartment in the north is more often bought to live in or let long-term, and we calculate income on a long-term rental basis.
Letting an apartment long-term
Tenants here are families, people who work in the city and those who find the station convenient. For a long let what matters most is a reliable tenant, a clear contract with an inventory and an apartment where nothing breaks every month. How we find tenants and run such lets is explained on our page about letting an apartment.
Residential complexes in the Tamar Mepe Avenue area
Questions and answers
Where is the Tamar Mepe area?
In the north of Batumi, along Tamar Mepe Avenue from the bridge over the Bartskhana to the bridge over the Korolistskali. Under the city's division it is the Tamar administrative district, which also includes a strip of the seashore. To the south lies Boni-Gorodok, to the north, beyond the Korolistskali, Green Cape and Makhinjauri. The Old Town is about 4 kilometres away.
Is it convenient to live near Batumi Central station?
For people who often travel to Tbilisi or along the coast it is: trains, a bus terminal and a shopping centre are in one building. But traffic runs past the station and along the avenue all day. So we look at which way the apartment's windows face, which floor it is on and what glazing it has, and during renovation we fit quieter windows.
Is it worth buying a ground-floor apartment by the river?
Only after an inspection. By the Bartskhana and the Korolistskali the groundwater is close, and in heavy downpours the rivers rise, so ground floors and basements here can be damp. We check the walls and floor for damp, ask the neighbours about floods and check the waterproofing of the plinth and car park. If there is damp, we cost the fix before the deal.
Who rents apartments in the Tamar Mepe area?
Mostly long-term tenants: families, people who work in the city and those who find the station convenient. Short-term letting is less common than by the boulevards, because resort guests look for places near the beaches and the Old Town. We calculate income on a long-term rental basis and treat summer short lets as an extra.
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