A B&B for sale in Loire-Atlantique draws on the Atlantic coast and on Nantes, which feeds both weekend breaks and business travel. The Guérande salt marshes, the long beach at La Baule, the thatched cottages of the Brière regional nature park and the coves around Pornic attract families and Northern European visitors, while the Muscadet vineyards and the Loire à Vélo cycle route stretch the season inland.
Properties range from restored longères (long stone farmhouses) with outbuildings to maisons de maître and groups of cottages near the beaches. This page is for buyers of a running guest house, for newcomers planning to open their own chambres d'hôtes on the coast or among the vineyards, and for owners preparing to sell. Set up an email alert (in French) to hear about new properties in the department.
As of 25 September 2026, one listing in Loire-Atlantique is published on ma-propriete.fr, with an asking price of €1,263,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Loire-Atlantique was €230,000 (average €238,421), or €2,302/m² of living space, for 106 m² on an average plot of 2,412 m², based on 3,119 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €135,900 and one in ten above €353,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €210,000 to €230,000 (+9.5%); over the last year the change is +0.4%. For comparison: €190,000 in Pays de la Loire and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Loire-Atlantique | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €230,000 | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €238,421 | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €135,900 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €353,000 | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,302/m² | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 106 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,412 m² | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 3,119 | 14,604 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €185,000 (deep countryside) to €330,000 (tourist coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline | €330,000 | €3,508/m² | +3.7% | 800 |
| Residential coastline | €245,000 | €2,453/m² | +0.8% | 1,807 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €245,000 | €2,374/m² | +0.0% | 11,176 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €185,000 | €1,852/m² | +8.6% | 4,771 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €1,000,000 over 2021-2025, with an average of €1,196,200, a P10–P90 range of €525,000 to €2,000,000 and 2,814 €/m² of living space, over 111 sales. These homes average 364 m² of living space on 13,288 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loire-Atlantique (2021-2025) | 111 | €1,000,000 | €1,196,200 | €525,000 – €2,000,000 | 2,814 |
| Pays de la Loire (2025) | 57 | €750,000* | €851,700 | €442,000 – €1,355,600 | 2,006 |
| Pays de la Loire (2021-2025) | 346 | €665,000 | €828,400 | €421,000 – €1,425,500 | 1,881 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Loire-Atlantique and prestige property prices in Loire-Atlantique (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
The coast sets the benchmark here: over 2020-2025, country houses in tourist coastal municipalities sold for a median €330,000, against €185,000 in the deep countryside. A house large enough for five guest rooms quickly passes the department's top decile of €353,000 in 2025 and moves into the prestige market, where the Loire-Atlantique median reaches €1,000,000 over 2021-2025, the highest in the region, within a range of €525,000 to €2,000,000. The rural interior, up 8.6% since 2021, remains cheaper.
The Guérande peninsula, from La Baule to Le Croisic and Guérande itself, has the strongest seaside demand and the highest prices, and the loi Littoral (coastal planning law) restricts extensions. South of the estuary, the Côte de Jade from Saint-Brevin-les-Pins to Pornic is more family-oriented and slightly cheaper, backed by the Pays de Retz. South-east of Nantes, Clisson and the Sèvre nantaise valley appeal to wine and heritage lovers. Brière and the Châteaubriant area, further north, are cheaper but more seasonal. The A11 links Nantes to Paris, the N165 runs to southern Brittany, TGV trains serve Nantes, Saint-Nazaire and La Baule, and Nantes-Atlantique airport has European flights.
Expect schist or granite longères, thatched Brière cottages and seaside villas. A thatched roof needs regular upkeep and affects insurance, so ask for the re-thatching invoices. On the coast and in the estuary, check the risk plans for coastal flooding and erosion; the Brière marshes and the Loire and Erdre valleys are flood-prone. Isolated houses usually rely on septic systems, which the local SPANC service inspects. A chambres d'hôtes business is limited to 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, and must be declared at the mairie (town hall); beyond that it becomes a public-access building. Serving wine at the table d'hôtes requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit. See our article on whether an evening table d'hôtes pays (in French) and our guide to B&B taxation (in French).
On the tourist coast, an ordinary country house already sells for around €330,000. A four- or five-bedroom guest house with a garden and parking sits closer to the prestige market, with a department median of €1,000,000. Add purchase costs, compliance work and room fit-out, then test your figures with our B&B profitability simulator (in French).
A going concern brings existing guests, online reviews and forward bookings, but the price reflects that; ask for recent accounts. Starting from scratch costs less upfront but grows more slowly. Our guest house buying guide (in French) explains each step, from the compromis de vente (preliminary contract) to completion before the notaire, the public official who handles property sales.
Prepare the town hall declaration, turnover for recent seasons, booking history, reviews, mandatory surveys and the septic inspection. Then list your property with us.
To compare, browse guest houses for sale in Pays de la Loire, including neighbouring Vendée, Maine-et-Loire and Mayenne, or all B&Bs for sale in France and tourism properties in Loire-Atlantique.
