HOUSES AND PROPERTY FOR SALE IN Poitou-Charentes

Beautiful properties, where the local stone glows creamy gold in the setting sun. Take your aperitif overlooking fields of sunflowers or watching the viticulteurs tend their vines.

Buy a property in Poitou Charentes and you will get the best of two worlds. On the coast you will find some of the safest, family-friendly, beaches in France. You will also be able to explore the famous oyster beds around the Ile d’Oléron and Ile de Ré or go and shop for pearls in the designer boutiques that can be found in La Rochelle. Drive inland and you will soon be in the middle of the vines that are used to make the finest Cognac. Courvoisier, Martell, Remy Martin, Hennessy - the names roll off the tongue as smoothly as the liquor itself. Futuroscope is a theme park, renowned for its use of cinematographic and audio-visual techniques – it attracts around 2m visitors a year and is easy to access, on the outskirts of Poitiers.

The two main airports are La Rochelle and Poitiers. The former has regular domestic flights, as well as direct flights to the UK, *Ireland, Belgium, Portugal and Switzerland. From Poitiers you can fly direct to London, Edinburgh, Lyon and Barcelona..

The region is also served by the TGV network, with major stations in Poitiers, La Rochelle and Angouleme. Links to the Eurostar are easy and this is a popular way for clients from the UK to visit their holiday homes in Poitou Charentes.

Similarly, the region is comfortably accessed by car from the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, making it a popular holiday home destination. The A10 runs north-south through Poitou Charentes, with the RN141 and A83 travelling east-west.

For an in-depth analysis, read our latest Nouvelle Aquitaine market comment (below), which includes average prices in all the major towns and cities.

This is a popular region for holiday homes as property prices are so reasonable. Prices in all four departments have risen in recent years. In 2022 the rises were Charente (6.3%), Charente Maritime (5%), Deux-Sevres (6.3%) and Vienne (6.3%). Demand remains strong, particularly for rural property, and there is a distinct lack of new properties coming on to the market. Old stone properties are particularly popular with international buyers, although with the increasing cost of building materials and artisan labour many buyers are seeking property they can walk straight into, rather than the traditional “renovation projects”.

Poitou Charentes is also renowned for its country estates and Maison des Maîtres (imposing houses, traditionally overlooking the master’s estate). These have been in strong demand recently, particularly attracting buyers from Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and other major cities. They are seen as excellent value for money, and offer large, light, volumes with plenty of outside space.