Buying in Saint-Servan, Saint-Malo

Saint-Servan generally stands within the Saint-Malo median, below the Sillon and the walled city, at more measured values. The Saint-Malo median stands at €4,500 per m² for apartments and €4,300 per m² for houses in 2025 according to DVF data, down 1% over one year for apartments; most apartment sales fall between €2,800 and €6,300 per m². That record covers the commune as a whole: Home Select publishes no figure by district, and the view, the floor and the condition of the granite make the differences between two neighbouring properties.

Buying an apartment in Saint-Servan means choosing first between the borough and the estuary: the property market offers granite town houses, often semi-detached, sometimes with a small garden, period apartments above the shops, from the compact unit to the family apartment, and, towards the Sablons and the pointe d’Aleth, buildings where the view over the Rance is paid for floor by floor. It is one of the parts of the city where the house with a garden still exists within walking distance of a beach, with Paramé and Rothéneuf. Whole houses, rarer, sometimes change hands without a listing.

Yes: it is precisely the district of year-round settling in Saint-Malo. Schools and winter shops are reached on foot, the plage des Sablons serves as the everyday beach, and the bassin Duguay-Trouin opens the Rance to trips out by boat. The walled city and its seasonal life are ten minutes on foot, the TGV station puts Paris two hours fifteen away, and the hospital and the lycée serve the whole city. The school catchment of the exact address is checked before any offer.

Interior works fall under the co-ownership rules and, for load-bearing walls or common parts, a vote at the general meeting. The tour Solidor is a historic monument: depending on the address, its surroundings bring exterior works, façades and windows included, before the opinion of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France. On this salt-exposed granite fabric, have joints, roofs and windows costed before the offer: the amount then weighs in the negotiation.

The timing depends first on how rare the property sought is: a whole town house or a floor with a view over the Rance does not come up every week, and first-rank properties often change hands without a listing. Home Select sets the timetable from the first exchange, then keeps to it: qualification from the documents, video pre-viewings driven with the seller’s agent, price set against comparable DVF sales. The buyer travels only for the decisive viewings, grouped into a single trip from Paris or abroad, and the negotiation is prepared on file.

Home Select, a property finder in Saint-Malo, 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. Home Select is paid on success only: nothing is due until you have bought.