Looking for a country house for sale in Yvelines (78)? Between the Seine valley, the Chevreuse valley and the Mantois area, the department combines manor-style millstone houses, longères from the Houdan area, local-stone farmhouses and half-timbered village houses. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Yvelines published on ma-propriete.fr by private sellers, estate agents and notaries.
We present the actual prices of country houses in Yvelines, the areas worth knowing around Rambouillet, Mantes-la-Jolie and the Chevreuse valley, and the criteria that determine the value of a property close to Paris. Our complete guide to buying a country house in France completes these benchmarks, from surveying an old building to financing.
How much does a country house cost in Yvelines (78)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Yvelines (78) stood at €346,650 in 2025, with an average price of €378,718 and a median price of €2,966/m² of living space (763 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €230,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €575,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 126 m² of living space on an average plot of 1,840 m², i.e. around 0.2 ha.
This market is well above the regional median (Île-de-France: €280,000) and well above the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €350,000 to €346,650, i.e. -1.0%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is -1.1%.
| 2025 indicator | Yvelines | Île-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €346,650 | €280,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €378,718 | €295,207 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €230,000 | €171,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €575,000 | €435,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,966/m² | €2,603/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 126 m² | 116 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 1,840 m² | 1,590 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 763 | 3,611 | 150,313 |
A departmental average hides large gaps. A smallholding to renovate, a restored longère with its outbuildings, a farmhouse on several hectares of land or a manor house with parkland do not sell at the same price, and the location matters as much as the building: coastline, tourist area, peri-urban countryside close to a job market or deep countryside. The table below shows the median price of country houses in Yvelines (78) by type of municipality (cumulative sales from mid-2020 to 2025) and its change between 2021 and 2025.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) * | €362,912 | €3,128/m² | +84.6% | 40 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €365,872 | €3,081/m² | -7.4% | 4,816 |
* Between 30 and 99 sales: indicative value.
These benchmarks help you assess a listing, estimate a property before putting it up for sale, or set your budget for a holiday home or a permanent move to the French countryside. To go further, see our observatory of country house prices in France (national, regional and departmental analysis, downloadable annual report) and work out the full cost of your purchase, including French notary fees, with our notary fees calculator.
Around Versailles and the surrounding farmland, the manor-style house in millstone (meulière), with brick banding and a slate roof, is one of the most sought-after rural building types in the department. In the Mantois area to the west, half-timbering and rendered façades recall the nearby Norman influence, while the Houdan area, around Houdan and Septeuil, and the Dreux borderlands retain farmhouses in local stone, sometimes arranged around a courtyard. Small rural heritage features — a well, a dovecote, a millstone wall — contribute strongly to the perceived value of these properties.
The land attached to these properties ranges from a landscaped garden on the edge of a forest (Rambouillet, Chevreuse) to a large farm complex with several hectares on the Versailles plain. Outbuildings (barn, stable, dovecote) are common and lend themselves to conversion into a workshop, a gîte or extra living space, a layout popular with families looking for room close to Paris. Some of these outbuildings lend themselves to professional use, popular with self-employed remote workers. Renovating these outbuildings while preserving their original stonework is often a condition set by the regional nature park's planning authority.
The Chevreuse valley and the surrounding regional nature park, around Rambouillet and Chevreuse itself, form the most sought-after and most expensive area of Yvelines, prized for its wooded setting less than an hour from Paris and its easy access to Massy TGV station. The Versailles plain, between Versailles and Houdan, combines arable farming with villages of character such as Rennemoulin or Bazoches-sur-Guyonne. The Mantois, in the Seine valley around Mantes-la-Jolie, and the Houdan area, further west, remain more affordable. Communes within the regional nature park, such as Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, enforce strict architectural rules that preserve the character of the buildings.
Areas close to Rambouillet, the Chevreuse valley and Versailles show prices well above the regional average, while the Mantois and the Houdan area offer country houses with land at more accessible prices, including for a main home with a daily commute to Paris. These more affordable areas nonetheless remain sought after for a main home with quick access to Paris. Commuting time to a Paris rail terminal, rather than straight-line distance, is often the more reliable way to compare these areas.
Proximity to Paris, Versailles or an RER station, along with the setting (edge of a forest, open views over the plain), are decisive. The condition of the old building — roof, timber frame, insulation — also matters: many millstone houses carry a poor energy rating and need work before serving as a comfortable main home. On the clay soils of the Versailles plain, the risk of clay-shrinkage subsidence is also worth considering. Millstone houses, sensitive to clay ground movement, require particular attention to façade cracking. A pre-purchase structural survey is strongly advisable for any millstone house showing visible cracking around door and window frames.
Check the private drainage system common in rural areas, fibre-optic coverage for remote working, and the planning rules (agricultural and natural zoning in the local plan, the regional nature park's perimeter) before any extension or conversion of an outbuilding. Also check the compliance of the private drainage system, regularly inspected by the relevant public authority. Buyers should also confirm whether a property falls within the regional nature park boundary, since this brings additional building restrictions.
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