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Property type · Bordeaux

Buy a hôtel particulier in Bordeaux

The Bordeaux hôtel particulier, a private mansion in pale 18th-century stone, comes with a courtyard and sometimes a garden, in the Golden Triangle, around the Jardin Public or in the Chartrons. Whole, it rarely lists: Home Select hunts it through its network of 15,000 partners and brings you over only for the decisive viewings.

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The essentials

Home Select, buyer’s agent in Bordeaux, searches for hôtels particuliers exclusively on the buyer’s behalf. The DVF register does not single out this type of property: it counts it among houses, whose median stands at €4,800/m² over the 12 months to end of June 2026 (1,037 sales), a benchmark that the address, the floor area, the land and the condition move. Home Select opens access to off-market properties, with fees 100% on success.

On the ground

The hôtel particulier market in Bordeaux, in figures

A hôtel particulier for sale in Bordeaux reads on the house median of the survey, €4,800/m² over the 12 months to end of June 2026, as a floor: the DVF register does not single out the mansion, and a whole one in the Golden Triangle or by the Jardin Public trades case by case, most often above it. Many were divided into apartments in the 20th century; those still whole, with their courtyard, their enfilade of reception rooms and their garden, are few. The apartment median, €4,100/m², tells the other market, the noble floors sold separately.

The listing of the historic centre as a UNESCO World Heritage site and the remarkable heritage area govern the works: façades, joinery, roofs and protected interiors are restored with the Architecte des Bâtiments de France, the state heritage architect. This framework protects value and is read before the offer: a mansion to restore is bought against a realistic works schedule, a restored one against the quality of what was done. Who buys: Paris families settled since the high-speed line, Bordeaux entrepreneurs, buyers from abroad who value stone.

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Where exactly, in Bordeaux and around?

The Golden Triangle, between the cours de l’Intendance, the allées de Tourny and the cours Clemenceau; the Jardin Public quarter and its mansions with gardens; the Chartrons and the 18th-century merchants’ houses along the quays; Saint-Seurin and Fondaudège for quieter houses; Caudéran, and Le Bouscat (€3,800/m²), when the family wants a larger garden.

On the ground

Why use a buyer’s agent for your hôtel particulier in Bordeaux?

The best addresses never list

On this market, a share of the sought-after properties sells before publication, between families and through notaires and local networks. Home Select receives more than 100 off-market properties every day from its network of 15,000 partners.

You only view the essential

Every lead is verified and priced for you before you travel, on file then on a video viewing: you view only the shortlisted properties, your decisive viewings grouped into a single trip. Home Select then defends your offer, with a complete file and the actual sales of the area in hand.

The building audited before you commit

Surveys, co-ownership rules, easements, local building specifics: every document is checked before you commit.

One method, two ways in

Both are billed only if the property is found and the purchase completed. On top comes 10% of the negotiated reduction: Home Select is also paid on what you save.

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Exclusive

Exclusive search mandate

2.5% of the net purchase price, minimum €10,000 incl. VAT + 10% of the negotiated reduction

The full service, for every budget: brief, sourcing, off-market, pre-visits, negotiation and follow-through to the notary signing.

The Exclusive offer
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Confidentielle

Simple search mandate

1.5% of the net purchase price, projects from €2M + 10% of the negotiated reduction

The very same full service, on a selection made exclusively of off-market properties. For buyers who never want to see their search on a portal.

The Confidential offer

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Frequently asked questions

Buying a hôtel particulier in Bordeaux: your questions

A whole hôtel particulier or a noble floor in Bordeaux?

Two different purchases. The whole mansion gives the courtyard, the garden, the reception rooms and control of the works, at the cost of a stately home’s upkeep; the noble floor of a divided mansion gives the ceiling heights, the parquet and the fireplaces within a co-ownership, with a shared budget and shared decisions. The first reads above the house median, €4,800/m²; the second on the apartment median, €4,100/m² (12 months to end of June 2026).

What should be checked before buying a hôtel particulier in Bordeaux?

The rules of the remarkable heritage area on the façade, the joinery and the interiors, the condition of the roofs and floors, the networks, any old division to undo, and parking, which is scarce in the centre. Home Select checks every document of the file before you commit; have the works priced by a heritage architect or craftsmen of your choice before the offer.

What does a hôtel particulier in Bordeaux cost?

No public statistic singles out this type of property: the DVF register counts it among houses, whose median stands at €4,800/m² across 1,037 sales recorded over the 12 months to end of June 2026 (DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, October 2026 release, 12 months to end of June 2026). It is a reading benchmark, not an appraisal: the address, the floor area, the land, the view and the condition make the price of each property, and Home Select documents it sale by sale before any offer.

How long does it take to buy in Bordeaux with a buyer’s agent?

The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Bordeaux and on your availability: Home Select frames it at the brief, then holds it. Properties are first seen on video, and your decisive viewings are grouped into a single trip.

How do you reach off-market properties in Bordeaux?

Through the network and direct approach: Home Select receives more than 100 properties every day from its 15,000 professional partners before they go on sale, and also contacts owners when the setting calls for it. In Bordeaux, the monitoring starts with two sectors: Triangle d’Or and Jardin Public, then Les Chartrons. That is often where the unfindable property is.

What are your fees for buying a hôtel particulier in Bordeaux?

Home Select, a buyer’s agent in Bordeaux, charges 2.5% of the net purchase price (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT) on the Exclusive offer, or 1.5% on the Confidential offer for projects of €2m and above, plus 10% of the negotiated reduction in both cases. Home Select is paid on success only, and also on what you save: nothing is due until you have bought.

What happens next

  1. A buyer’s agent reads your request and answers within one working day.
  2. A first confidential conversation: how you will use the property, the real budget, the non-negotiable criteria, the timing.
  3. A written brief, and a search started within the week. Nothing is due until you have bought.

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