From Mont-Saint-Michel to the tip of La Hague, a B&B for sale in the Manche sits in a department that looks almost entirely to the sea: the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, the tidal inlets of the west coast, the Chausey islands off Granville, the harbours of Barfleur and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, and the D-Day beaches around Utah Beach and Sainte-Mère-Église. Coastal walkers, shore anglers, remembrance visitors and British travellers arriving at Cherbourg make up a varied clientele.
Properties mirror the department: bocage estates with granite longères (long farmhouses) and outbuildings, family houses combining tourism and horses, Cotentin manors and maisons de maître near the coast. This page is for buyers of a running guest house, first-time hosts and owners thinking of selling. New Manche properties can reach you through an email alert (in French).
As of 25 September 2026, 2 listings in Manche are published on ma-propriete.fr, with asking prices from €400,000 to €695,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Manche was €180,000 (average €188,527), or €1,750/m² of living space, for 107 m² on an average plot of 4,202 m², based on 3,263 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €90,000 and one in ten above €300,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €153,000 to €180,000 (+17.6%); over the last year the change is +5.9%. For comparison: €189,000 in Normandy and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Manche | Normandy | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €180,000 | €189,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €188,527 | €197,998 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €90,000 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €300,000 | €304,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,750/m² | €1,872/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 107 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 4,202 m² | 3,500 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 3,263 | 14,367 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €132,550 (tourist inland) to €230,000 (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 | €230,000 | €2,362/m² | +15.0% | 2,297 |
| Residential coastline | €192,500 | €1,940/m² | +8.9% | 2,615 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €132,550 | €1,250/m² | +14.5% | 123 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €173,000 | €1,630/m² | +16.6% | 5,389 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €148,000 | €1,467/m² | +11.5% | 8,933 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €523,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €614,600, a P10–P90 range of €411,800 to €928,000 and 1,533 €/m² of living space, over 47 sales. These homes average 343 m² of living space on 12,996 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manche (2021-2025) | 47 | €523,000* | €614,600 | €411,800 – €928,000 | 1,533 |
| Normandy (2025) | 57 | €760,000* | €891,700 | €432,600 – €1,627,300 | 2,017 |
| Normandy (2021-2025) | 403 | €670,000 | €774,200 | €410,600 – €1,239,600 | 1,869 |
| 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 Manche and prestige property prices in Manche (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Country houses remain affordable in the Manche, at a median of €180,000 in 2025, but values have risen sharply: +15.0% on the tourist coast and +16.6% in commuter areas between 2021 and 2025. For a guest house, the tourist coastline is the benchmark, with a 2020-2025 median of €230,000 against €148,000 in the deep countryside. A property with room for five bedrooms generally joins the prestige market, cheaper here than elsewhere in Normandy: an indicative median of €523,000, with eight sales in ten between €411,800 and €928,000.
In the north, the Cotentin combines Cherbourg, the cliffs of La Hague and the Val de Saire harbours, with ferry-borne British guests and nature lovers. The west coast, from the inlets of Portbail and Regnéville to Granville, lines up family resorts, dunes and fishing villages. In the south, the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel around Avranches and Genêts has international visitors and the longest season, but also strong competition. The centre, between Saint-Lô, Coutances and Villedieu-les-Poêles, offers bocage properties with land at moderate prices. The A84, the N13, the stations of Cherbourg, Saint-Lô and Granville, and Cherbourg's ferries to England and Ireland provide access.
Granite dominates the Cotentin and the south, schist the centre, while the marshes keep earth-built houses whose lime renders and damp need regular care. In granite areas, test the bedrooms for radon. On the west coast, marine flooding and coastal erosion affect several inlets and dunes, and the Loi Littoral (coastal planning law) restricts extensions; the marshes flood for part of the winter. Septic systems must be approved by the SPANC service for the number of guests. A chambres d'hôtes business is limited to 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, with a declaration at the mairie (town hall). How many rooms should you open? See our article on the right number of rooms (in French).
On the tourist coastline, an ordinary country house sold for a median €230,000 over 2020-2025. A five-bedroom house with garden and views comes closer to the €523,000 prestige median, more around the bay or Granville. Add purchase costs and works, then test your figures with our B&B profitability simulator (in French).
Yes, and the Manche bocage, horse-breeding country with a national stud at Saint-Lô, lends itself to it: livery, trail riding and guest rooms work well together. Each activity has its own rules and tax treatment, so read our article on B&B taxation (in French) and ask an accountant.
The property is sold through a notaire, the public official who handles conveyancing, after a compromis de vente (preliminary contract); furniture, website and bookings can be transferred if the contract says so. The buyer then files a fresh declaration at the mairie.
To compare, browse B&Bs for sale in Normandy, neighbouring Calvados and the Orne, or all guest houses for sale in France and tourism properties in the Manche. Selling a guest house here? List your property to reach French and international buyers.
