Set among tuffeau stone, slate roofs and Loire hillsides, a B&B for sale in Maine-et-Loire belongs to the Anjou of châteaux and wine. The Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage site, Angers castle and its Apocalypse Tapestry, Saumur and the Cadre Noir riding school, Fontevraud Abbey and the cave villages of the Saumurois draw a cultural clientele from France and abroad. Loire à Vélo cyclists, lovers of Saumur-Champigny and Coteaux du Layon wines keep bookings going from spring to autumn.
Typical properties are tuffeau manor houses, maisons de maître with outbuildings and large character homes near Angers, often big enough for guest rooms, a table d'hôtes (evening meals for guests) and self-catering gîtes. This page is for buyers of a running guest house, for newcomers drawn to Anjou and for owners planning to sell. Create an email alert (in French) for new Anjou listings.
As of 25 September 2026, one listing in Maine-et-Loire is published on ma-propriete.fr, with an asking price of €1,508,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Maine-et-Loire was €195,000 (average €202,021), or €1,863/m² of living space, for 110 m² on an average plot of 2,950 m², based on 2,971 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €112,645 and one in ten above €300,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €171,000 to €195,000 (+14.0%); over the last year the change is +2.6%. For comparison: €190,000 in Pays de la Loire and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Maine-et-Loire | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €195,000 | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €202,021 | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €112,645 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €300,000 | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,863/m² | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 110 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,950 m² | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 2,971 | 14,604 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €161,850 (deep countryside) to €207,500 (peri-urban countryside).
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €207,500 | €1,962/m² | +6.2% | 11,877 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €161,850 | €1,583/m² | +9.6% | 6,164 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €634,100* over 2021-2025, with an average of €684,500, a P10–P90 range of €439,100 to €988,000 and 1,832 €/m² of living space, over 78 sales. These homes average 354 m² of living space on 18,444 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine-et-Loire (2021-2025) | 78 | €634,100* | €684,500 | €439,100 – €988,000 | 1,832 |
| 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 Maine-et-Loire and prestige property prices in Maine-et-Loire (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
At a 2025 median of €195,000, the Anjou country house is in line with the regional market, but a guest house rarely fits that mould: the top decile stops at €300,000, while a five-bedroom house with grounds belongs to the prestige market, where the department median is €634,100 over 2021-2025 and nine sales in ten fall between €439,100 and €988,000. With no coastline, the benchmark is the commuter countryside around Angers, Saumur and Cholet, at €207,500. Deep rural areas, at €161,850, are up 9.6% since 2021.
The Saumurois has the strongest tourist draw, with Saumur castle, Fontevraud, troglodyte caves, vineyards and the Loire-Anjou-Touraine regional nature park, but tuffeau buildings need careful upkeep. Around Angers, the Loire valley and the Layon hills combine wine tourism with business guests, at higher prices. The Mauges around Cholet and the Segréen to the north give more space for the money and a family clientele, while the wooded Baugeois offers quiet near the major sites. The A11 links Angers to Paris and Nantes, the A85 runs to Tours, TGV trains stop at Angers Saint-Laud, and Nantes-Atlantique is the nearest airport.
Tuffeau is a soft white limestone that suffers from damp and frost, so inspect façades, cornices and slate roofs. In the Saumurois many houses back onto caves or old quarries: ask the mairie (town hall) about underground cavity risk. The Loire, Authion, Loir and Mayenne valleys are flood-prone. Away from mains drainage, the SPANC service inspects the septic system. 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; beyond that it becomes a public-access building. Serving local wine at dinner requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit. Our article on how many rooms to plan (in French) helps size the project.
Two land-registry benchmarks frame most projects: €195,000 for an ordinary country house and €634,100 for a prestige home, with guest houses in between depending on size, condition, outbuildings and closeness to the Loire. Budget for purchase costs, works and furnishing, then test your figures with our B&B profitability simulator (in French).
Cultural visitors and cyclists extend the season into spring and autumn, and Angers brings weekday business guests; winter stays quiet in remote villages. Study the reviews and booking history of any business, read our article on B&B profitability (in French) and have an accountant check your numbers.
The property is sold through a notaire, the public official who handles conveyancing, with a compromis de vente (preliminary contract) followed by the final deed; furniture, website and bookings are negotiated separately. The new owner files a fresh declaration at the mairie. Our buying guide (in French) covers every step.
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