Grey granite, blue-tinged slate and red schist do not sum up a maison de maître for sale in Brittany: on the coast it takes the form of a shipowner's malouinière, a deep-sea captain's house or a holiday villa standing above the bay. This section does not stop at those models: it gathers all the fine residences of Brittany, bourgeois houses of Rennes and Vitré, prestige longères, large seaside villas, architect-designed houses and contemporary properties in gardens, wherever the living space exceeds 300 m² or the price nears a million euros, without being chateaux, manor houses or historic monuments. Discover the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale offered by Breton private owners, agencies and notaries.
The page then details price benchmarks for the peninsula's large residences, the properties currently sought after, the materials of each pays, the areas of the four departments, from the Rance country to the Gulf of Morbihan, and the checks that the sea, granite and climate impose. Complete your reading with our guide to buying prestige property in France.
Maisons de maître form the core of the segment tracked by our observatory: houses with more than 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha, sold above €1,000 per m², recorded in the DVF database of the French tax administration. These benchmarks frame the market for large residences without describing it entirely: a small village bourgeois house or a chateau sold with 30 ha of parkland fall outside this scope.
In Brittany, 44 sales were recorded in 2025, with a median price of €987,500*, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €469,100 to €2,273,100 and a median of €2,607/m² of living space (average 352 m² of living space on 10,960 m² of land). Over five years (2021-2025), the regional median comes to €809,300 across 297 sales. Nationally, the 2025 median stands at €822,000 across 981 sales, with a ceiling (P90) of €3,100,000.
| Scope | Sales | Median price | Floor – ceiling (P10–P90) | €/m² living space (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brittany (2025) | 44 | €987,500* | €469,100 – €2,273,100 | 2,607 |
| Brittany (2021-2025) | 297 | €809,300 | €448,800 – €1,552,000 | 2,326 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
The breakdown by stratum (coastal, rural tourist, ordinary rural) and the five-year trend are in our observatory of prestige property prices in France (in French). Before making an offer, work out purchase costs and borrowing capacity with our financial tools and calculators.
Source: DVF (DGFiP), transactions from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025, processed by ma-propriete.fr; prices rounded to the nearest €100. * Fewer than 100 sales: read as an indication only.
As of 28 September 2026, the section lists 7 properties in Brittany at a median asking price of €978,000 (average €908,299); 80% of properties are offered between €509,600 and €1,239,000, for a median living space of 352 m² on 1.0 hectare of land, or €2,848 per m² of living space. These are asking prices, before negotiation; they compare with the actual sale prices in the previous section, which are generally lower.
| Asking price | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| €500,000 to €800,000 | 3 | 43 % |
| €800,000 to €1.2M | 3 | 43 % |
| €1.2M to €2M | 1 | 14 % |
Statistics calculated on the listings published in the section on 28 September 2026; they change daily with new listings and withdrawals.
Granite rules over the Trégor, the Léon and the Cornouaille, where maisons de maître are built of dressed stone with neat quoins, stone door surrounds and stone dormers, under a hipped slate roof. Ille-et-Vilaine, the most varied of the four, mixes granite, purplish schist and, further east, timber framing and brick; the malouinières around Saint-Malo, shipowners' residences of the eighteenth century, form a type of their own, set in walled gardens. On the coast the fine residence changes form completely, since the sea light, the tides and the exposure govern the design: a seaside-style villa with timber balconies, a large house of an enriched fisherman, an architect-designed property opening onto the islands.
To these are added a well, a bread oven, granite outbuildings, a greenhouse, a dovecote, avenues of beech and camellias, private slipways or direct access to the shore, and in recent properties a heated pool and a pool house sheltered from the wind. Panelling, granite fireplaces and balustered staircases often count for more than floor area, and buyers also compare the orientation of the garden, shelter from the westerly winds and the distance to a harbour or a beach.
Ille-et-Vilaine (35) brings together the ring around Rennes, the Fougères and Vitré country, the Emerald Coast around Dinard and Saint-Malo, which is much sought after, and the Brocéliande country. The Côtes-d'Armor (22) stretch from Dinan and Cap Fréhel to the Pink Granite Coast, with Perros-Guirec, Lannion, Tréguier and Paimpol. Finistère (29) offers the Léon around Morlaix and Roscoff, the roadstead of Brest, and the Cornouaille from Quimper to Pont-Aven and Concarneau.
Morbihan (56) concentrates demand in the gulf, around Vannes, Auray, La Trinité-sur-Mer, Carnac and Quiberon, with Lorient and Pontivy further inland. All four departments are coastal and have TGV stations, at Rennes, Vitré, Saint-Malo, Saint-Brieuc, Guingamp, Morlaix, Brest, Quimper, Lorient, Auray and Vannes, which put Paris roughly two to four hours away depending on the destination; the coastal roads and the four-lane expressways linking Rennes, Brest and Nantes make the interior easy to reach as well, so that a house inland is rarely more than a short drive from the sea.
The Loi Littoral governs buildability on many plots: the hundred-metre strip, remarkable areas, gaps in urbanisation; an extension or a garden shed may be refused there. Marine flood prevention plans and coastline retreat concern several seafront villas, and salt wind wears joinery and roofing. Radon, of granitic origin, is frequent across the peninsula: a measurement in the basement is advisable, along with effective ventilation of the lower rooms.
In old buildings, check for rising damp in granite walls, lime renders and the condition of roof timbers. Around Saint-Malo, Dinan or Vannes, the opinion of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France governs visible works. On a contemporary villa, verify the pool permit, private drainage and ten-year warranties, without forgetting the upkeep cost of a wooded garden, a boundary wall and a large slate roof, which can weigh on the annual budget.
Breton listings of maisons de maître and fine residences are published by private owners, agencies and notaries; target a department or a bay, specify price, living space and land, then subscribe to an e-mail alert. To see other high-end properties too, explore the luxury properties for sale in Brittany.
