At the crossroads of Paris, London and Brussels, a B&B for sale in Hauts-de-France serves a wider range of guests than many buyers expect. The coast, from the Opal Coast to the Bay of Somme, draws families, walkers and birdwatchers; the cathedrals of Amiens, Beauvais and Laon, the World Heritage belfries, the châteaux of Chantilly, Compiègne and Pierrefonds, the citadel of Arras and the Louvre-Lens museum attract heritage lovers. The First World War sites, from the Chemin des Dames to the Somme Remembrance Trail and Vimy, bring British, Canadian, Australian and American visitors every year, alongside Paris weekenders, Belgian and Dutch travellers and business guests around Lille and Roissy.
Properties range from Opal Coast longhouses to châteaux in their own parkland, Picardy farmhouses around a closed courtyard, brick Flemish farms, family homes near Beauvais and larger estates combining guest rooms, gîtes and equestrian facilities. This page is for buyers of a running chambres d'hôtes, for newcomers planning their own guest house and for owners preparing a sale. Create an email alert (in French) to hear about new properties in the region.
As of 25 September 2026, 3 listings in Hauts-de-France are published on ma-propriete.fr, with asking prices from €399,000 to €1,197,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Hauts-de-France was €175,000 (average €183,979), or €1,686/m² of living space, for 108 m² on an average plot of 1,942 m², based on 11,950 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €90,000 and one in ten above €290,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €164,000 to €175,000 (+6.7%); over the last year the change is +2.9%. The national median is €189,200.
| Indicator (2025) | Hauts-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €175,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €183,979 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €290,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,686/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,942 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 11,950 | 150,313 |
By department:
| Department | Median price 2025 | Average price 2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2020-2025 | Sales 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisne (02) | €139,000 | €142,076 | €1,356/m² | +6.9% | 2,139 |
| Nord (59) | €192,000 | €202,949 | €1,729/m² | +6.7% | 2,388 |
| Oise (60) | €200,000 | €206,280 | €2,034/m² | +0.0% | 2,530 |
| Pas-de-Calais (62) | €186,000 | €195,185 | €1,747/m² | +12.7% | 2,578 |
| Somme (80) | €159,000 | €166,279 | €1,565/m² | +9.7% | 2,315 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €140,500 (deep countryside) to €215,000 (tourist coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), 79 sales were recorded in Hauts-de-France in 2025, at a median of €756,800; over 2021-2025 the regional median is €644,600 for 477 sales. The table gives the breakdown by department.
| Department | Sales | Median price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisne (02) | 42 | €440,500* | €338,100 – €601,700 | 1,245 |
| Nord (59) | 161 | €732,200 | €412,000 – €1,338,500 | 2,080 |
| Oise (60) | 123 | €770,000 | €418,400 – €1,348,000 | 2,108 |
| Pas-de-Calais (62) | 110 | €613,600 | €379,700 – €1,303,000 | 1,759 |
| Somme (80) | 41 | €520,000* | €400,000 – €650,000 | 1,458 |
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 Hauts-de-France and prestige property prices in Hauts-de-France (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
With 108 m² of living space on average and a €175,000 median in 2025, a typical country house here rarely has room for five guest bedrooms plus the owners' quarters. Location widens the gaps: over 2020-2025 the median reaches €215,000 on the tourist coastline, against €155,000 in the tourist inland and €140,500 in the deep countryside. Once floor area, grounds and outbuildings add up, the property joins the prestige market, with a regional median of €644,600 over 2021-2025, rising from €590,000 in 2021 to €756,800 in 2025. Oise and Nord are the dearest departments for large homes; Aisne and Somme the most affordable.
The region reads in four parts. The coast, from the Opal Coast to the Marquenterre, with the Two Capes, Wimereux, Le Touquet and the Bay of Somme, has the longest season but the highest prices, under strict coastal planning law. Just inland, the Seven Valleys, Ponthieu, Vimeu and the Saint-Omer marshes let you buy bigger within reach of the beaches. In the north, inland Flanders, the Lille area and the Avesnois focus on food, walking and year-round guests. In the south, former Picardy, from Chantilly and Compiègne to the Soissonnais and Thiérache, combines state forests, châteaux, Champagne vineyards in southern Aisne and quick access to Paris. The A1, A16, A26 and A29 motorways cross the region; TGV stations at Lille, Arras, Calais-Fréthun and Haute-Picardie, the Channel Tunnel, the ports of Calais and Dunkirk and the airports of Roissy, Beauvais and Lille-Lesquin bring guests in.
Building styles vary: brick and Flemish tiles in the north, blue stone in the Avesnois, cob, chalk and flint in Picardy, limestone in the Valois and Soissonnais, seaside villas on the coast. Check roof timbers, rising damp and joinery. On the coast, sea flooding and erosion affect several dune and cliff areas, and in maritime Flanders low-lying land depends on the wateringues drainage network. The Somme, Oise and Aisne valleys can flood, the former mining basin has subsidence and the Picardy subsoil contains many old quarries. 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); above that, stricter public-access safety rules apply. Serving beer, cider or champagne at the table d'hôtes, the shared evening meal, requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit. Our article on opening chambres d'hôtes (in French) explains the declaration and licensing process.
Work from two land-registry benchmarks: €175,000 for a country house in 2025 and €644,600 for a prestige home over 2021-2025, with most guest houses in between depending on size, land and outbuildings. The coast and southern Oise push prices up. Add purchase costs, compliance work and room fit-out. Our guest house buying guide (in French) covers every step, up to signing before the notaire, the public official who handles property sales.
More than in many regions, thanks to business travel around Lille and Roissy, weekenders from Paris and Belgium, commemorations and Christmas markets. Test your figures with our B&B profitability and tax simulator (in French), then have an accountant review them.
The notarial deed covers the property; the contract should list what goes with it, such as furniture, trading name, website and forward bookings. You then declare the business at the mairie in your own name. Ask for recent accounts, reviews, the mandatory surveys and the septic inspection.
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