From the Puy du Fou to the Atlantic beaches, a B&B for sale in Vendée taps into one of western France's great family holiday departments. The long beaches of Saint-Jean-de-Monts and La Tranche-sur-Mer, the harbour of Les Sables-d'Olonne, start of the Vendée Globe sailing race, the island of Noirmoutier with its tidal causeway, the Île d'Yeu draw crowds each summer. Inland, the Puy du Fou historical theme park, the Marais poitevin wetlands and Maillezais Abbey extend the season well beyond the school holidays.
Properties range from riverside stone houses of character to Vendée logis (country manors) with outbuildings and bocage farmhouses to convert. This page is for buyers of a running business or a property to develop, for people weighing coast against countryside and for owners planning to sell. Create an email alert (in French) to hear about new properties.
As of 25 September 2026, one listing in Vendée is published on ma-propriete.fr, with an asking price of €469,800.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Vendée was €210,000 (average €218,042), or €2,127/m² of living space, for 104 m² on an average plot of 2,093 m², based on 4,110 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €120,000 and one in ten above €330,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €180,000 to €210,000 (+16.7%); over the last year the change is +2.9%. For comparison: €190,000 in Pays de la Loire and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Vendée | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €210,000 | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €218,042 | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €120,000 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €330,000 | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,127/m² | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 104 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,093 m² | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 4,110 | 14,604 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €184,000 (deep countryside) to €270,000 (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 | €270,000 | €2,969/m² | +8.0% | 3,723 |
| Residential coastline | €197,990 | €2,094/m² | +5.3% | 1,158 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €192,000 | €2,010/m² | +11.1% | 315 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €209,100 | €2,072/m² | +6.2% | 8,367 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €184,000 | €1,850/m² | +6.2% | 11,279 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €580,800* over 2021-2025, with an average of €681,400, a P10–P90 range of €384,500 to €1,088,100 and 1,739 €/m² of living space, over 76 sales. These homes average 348 m² of living space on 11,846 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendée (2021-2025) | 76 | €580,800* | €681,400 | €384,500 – €1,088,100 | 1,739 |
| 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 Vendée and prestige property prices in Vendée (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Vendée is expensive on the coast and reasonable inland: over 2020-2025, country houses in tourist coastal municipalities sold for a median €270,000, against €192,000 in tourist-inland areas, which have risen faster (+11.1% since 2021). A four- or five-bedroom guest house often passes the department's top decile of €330,000 and is then compared with prestige homes, where the median is €580,800 over 2021-2025, with nine sales in ten between €384,500 and €1,088,100.
The coast runs from the Pays de Monts and its dune forests to Saint-Gilles, Les Sables-d'Olonne and La Tranche-sur-Mer; summer demand is strong, prices are high and the loi Littoral (coastal planning law) limits extensions. The Haut-Bocage around Pouzauges, Les Herbiers and the Puy du Fou lives off families booking several nights for the park, while the south, from the Marais poitevin to Fontenay-le-Comte, suits nature, boating and cycling breaks. The A87 links La Roche-sur-Yon to Angers, the A83 joins Nantes and Niort, TGV trains serve La Roche-sur-Yon and Les Sables-d'Olonne, and Nantes-Atlantique is the nearest airport.
Low whitewashed houses with curved tile roofs, thatched bourrines in the northern marsh and stone farmhouses make up the local stock: check roof timbers, render and rising damp. Since storm Xynthia, coastal flooding is a key issue on the southern coast, so read the coastal risk plans before making an offer; some dune areas face erosion and summer fire risk in the pine forests, and the Marais poitevin and river valleys can flood. Inland, many houses have a septic system inspected by the SPANC service. 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 dinner requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit. See also our article on holiday rental taxation (in French).
On the tourist coast, an ordinary country house already sells for a median €270,000; a guest house near the beaches quickly joins the prestige market, around €580,800. Add purchase costs, works and fit-out, then test your figures with our B&B profitability simulator (in French).
It can accommodate guests from a nearby wedding, within the limit of 5 rooms and 15 people. Hosting the reception itself is different: a room open to the public is a public-access building subject to a safety commission review and the right licence. For that, look at our wedding and event venues.
Gather the town hall declaration, recent accounts, booking history, reviews, mandatory surveys and, on the coast, the natural risk report. The sale goes through a notaire, the public official who handles conveyancing, with a compromis de vente (preliminary contract) then the final deed. List your property and share our buying guide (in French).
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