Around Paris, a maison de maître for sale in Île-de-France is recognised by its dressed limestone or its millstone grit, its tall windows and its front garden: notables' residences on the Marne, country houses of the Brie, villas in the loops of the Seine. This section gathers all the fine residences of the Paris region, bourgeois houses, nineteenth-century villas, architect-designed houses and contemporary properties in parkland, whenever the living space passes 300 m² or the price brushes a million euros, and the property is not a chateau, a manor house or a historic monument. Discover here the maisons de maître and fine residences for sale placed by private owners, agencies and notaries, from the banks of the Marne to the Vexin.
Here you will find price benchmarks for the large residences of Île-de-France, the profile of the properties on the market, the buildings of the seven departments and the local checks, from underground quarries to airport noise. Complete this 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 Île-de-France, 90 sales were recorded in 2025, with a median price of €1,445,000*, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €700,000 to €3,496,500 and a median of €4,247/m² of living space (average 366 m² of living space on 7,207 m² of land). Over five years (2021-2025), the regional median comes to €1,263,100 across 592 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Île-de-France (2025) | 90 | €1,445,000* | €700,000 – €3,496,500 | 4,247 |
| Île-de-France (2021-2025) | 592 | €1,263,100 | €601,200 – €2,988,300 | 3,363 |
| 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 11 properties in Île-de-France at a median asking price of €1,275,000 (average €1,314,273); 80% of properties are offered between €700,000 and €1,890,000, for a median living space of 408 m² on 0.6 hectare of land, or €2,979 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 | 27 % |
| €800,000 to €1.2M | 2 | 18 % |
| €1.2M to €2M | 5 | 45 % |
| €2M to €5M | 1 | 9 % |
The departments with the most listings in Île-de-France:
| Department | Listings | Median asking price |
|---|---|---|
| Seine-et-Marne (77) | 6 | €1,286,500 |
| Essonne (91) | 3 | €795,000 |
| Val-d'Oise (95) | 1 | €1,190,000 |
| Yvelines (78) | 1 | €2,640,000 |
Statistics calculated on the listings published in the section on 28 September 2026; they change daily with new listings and withdrawals.
The Lutetian limestone of Paris and its inner suburbs gives bourgeois houses their pale, moulded façades. Meulière, a stone of the Brie and the river valleys, is the hallmark of the large villas of the late nineteenth century, with their turrets, verandas and decorative brick. In the outer ring, the village maisons de maître of the Vexin, the Brie and the Gâtinais, under hipped roofs of slate or small flat tiles, stand alongside modernist architect-designed houses and contemporary properties in wooded parkland. In the valleys of the Grand Morin and the Petit Morin, the brick-and-stone houses of local notables open onto gardens that slope down to the river.
Outbuildings are common: a caretaker's cottage, a coach house, an orangery, a greenhouse, a guest pavilion, a pool and pool house. Ironwork, mouldings, fireplaces, parquet floors and ceiling height set the old residences apart, while wide glazed openings, roof terraces and landscaped gardens characterise recent construction.
Seine-et-Marne (77) offers the most choice: Fontainebleau, Barbizon, Moret-sur-Loing, Provins, Coulommiers and the Marne banks around Lagny and Meaux. Yvelines (78) gathers Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Le Vésinet, Versailles, the Chevreuse valley and Rambouillet. Essonne (91) unrolls its residences along the Yerres, the Juine and the Gâtinais français, towards Milly-la-Forêt and Étampes. Val-d'Oise (95) combines the Vexin français, L'Isle-Adam, Auvers-sur-Oise and the Montmorency valley.
The three inner-ring departments offer few rural properties but some fine urban residences: Hauts-de-Seine (92) at Sceaux, Meudon or Neuilly, Seine-Saint-Denis (93) at Le Raincy, Val-de-Marne (94) at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés or Nogent-sur-Marne. For a property with land, look rather to the outer ring. Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Massy TGV and the Charles-de-Gaulle Airport 2 TGV station are among the region's TGV stations; Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne have none, but RER and Transilien lines and the A13, A6 and A4 motorways serve the rest of the territory.
The subsoil of the Paris region is hollowed by former gypsum, limestone and chalk quarries: consult the cavity inventory and the risk perimeters before buying, especially in Seine-Saint-Denis, in Val-d'Oise and in the south of the inner ring. Clay swells in winter and shrinks in summer, cracking walls and foundations; the valleys of the Seine, the Marne and the Oise fall under flood-prevention plans. Beneath the flight paths of Orly and Roissy, the noise-exposure plan can weigh on comfort and value.
Many residences stand in a listed site, a monument perimeter or a regional nature park, with a mandatory opinion from the Architecte des Bâtiments de France. On recent villas, verify the permit for the pool, the extensions and the annexes, as well as the rules of the local urban plan. Have roof timbers and roofing inspected by a specialist before you offer. Slate and flat-tile roofs need regular upkeep, and damp in the cellars beneath village houses deserves close attention, as do the wiring and drainage of the oldest residences, often left untouched for several decades.
On ma-propriete.fr, private owners, agencies and notaries publish their maisons de maître and fine residences of Île-de-France. Combine department, budget, living space and land, then save an e-mail alert to receive new listings. To see every type of property, open the luxury properties for sale in Île-de-France. Each listing details outbuildings, grounds and heating so that you can shortlist before visiting.
