Bordeaux, Gironde · Neighbourhood
Buying in La Bastide, on the right bank, Bordeaux
La Bastide is the Bordeaux side of the right bank, facing Les Chartrons: neighbourhood houses around the rue Sainte-Croix, redeveloped quays from the parc aux angéliques to Darwin, the lift bridge of Jacques Chaban-Delmas, with Cenon and Lormont beyond. Home Select searches there for the buyer alone, off-market included, at values among the most affordable in the metropolis, five minutes from the centre across the pont de pierre.
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01Neighbourhood
Living in La Bastide, on the right bank
Life in La Bastide centres on its rue Sainte-Croix, the old axis that runs from the pont de pierre to the church of the same name past low houses, food shops and cafés. The pont de pierre brings the place de la Bourse and the streets of the centre within a few minutes on foot; tram line A crosses it, towards the centre on one side, towards Cenon and Floirac on the other. Schools and services are reached without a car, in streets quieter than the left-bank quays: the district lives facing the Port de la Lune, with the river for a horizon.
The river banks make the right bank’s weekends. The parc aux angéliques runs along the Garonne between the pont de pierre and the pont Jacques-Chaban-Delmas, with the botanical garden a step away: lawns, planted walks, playgrounds. Darwin occupies the nearby caserne Niel, with its hall, its shops and its skatepark; in summer, guinguettes settle on the quai des Queyries. By bicycle, the ride runs on towards Cenon and the slopes of Lormont. Families gain playgrounds, runners a riverside calmer than the left bank.
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The buildings and what sells in La Bastide, on the right bank
A onetime commune joined to Bordeaux in the nineteenth century, La Bastide offers the fabric of a faubourg the left-bank centre no longer knows: low craftsmen’s houses, town houses with their courtyard, small period buildings along the rue Sainte-Croix and around it. The former warehouses are being converted and recent residences rise around Darwin, along the redeveloped quays. The stock runs from the one-bedroom flat in an old building to the neighbourhood house of three or four rooms, with its courtyard or its strip of garden.
What sells here often sells before any listing: the period stock is tight, well-presented houses find a buyer quickly, and a share of sales is handled within networks. Conditions differ from one street to the next, restored houses beside properties to take on, often modest co-ownerships in the small buildings. The view over the quays of the Port de la Lune and the lift bridge is sought on the front row; two streets back from the river, prices soften further. It is the most affordable side of the metropolis while staying within Bordeaux, provided the fabric and the exposure to the river are surveyed before the offer.
Streets and micro-sectors
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The rue Sainte-Croix and the église Sainte-Croix
The historic axis of La Bastide runs from the pont de pierre to the église Sainte-Croix, between food shops and low houses. The small buildings and town houses feed the right bank’s first purchases; decent volumes sometimes hide levels, wiring and damp to be surveyed before the offer. Calm returns one street back.
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The parc aux angéliques
The park runs along the Garonne, from the pont de pierre to the pont Jacques-Chaban-Delmas, with the botanical garden a step away. Families spend weekends there, runners the early hours. Front-row properties sell for their light and their view over the quays of the Port de la Lune; those a street back negotiate more gently: the difference is checked viewing by viewing, in the video pre-viewing as on site.
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Darwin and the caserne Niel
Darwin occupies the former caserne Niel, on the quai des Queyries: its hall, its shops and its skatepark draw a broad crowd all week. The new residences rising around suit a main home as well as an urban pied-à-terre. The watch-point is the life of summer evenings and weekends: a video pre-viewing at real hours settles the addresses before the trip.
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The pont Jacques-Chaban-Delmas and the quays
The lift bridge links the wet docks and the Cité du Vin to the parc aux angéliques; when it rises to let ships through, traffic stops for a while, and the scene belongs to the landscape. The redeveloped quays carry the bicycle rides towards Cenon and Lormont. A property facing the river costs more than one two streets back: the view and the aspect are checked on video before any travel.
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How Home Select hunts in La Bastide, on the right bank?
On the La Bastide and right-bank property market, the search is run remotely from Home Select’s head office: the brief is settled by video conference or on the phone, floor area, courtyard or garden, distance to the pont de pierre and the tram, view over the river, quiet. Home Select monitors 1,700 listing sites and receives more than 100 off-market properties every day from its network of 15,000 partners. Every property flagged is qualified from the documents, then video-previewed under Home Select’s direction with the seller’s agent.
Before the offer, the asking price is set against comparable DVF sales in the commune, then negotiated on the file; Home Select secures the transaction through to the deed and coordinates the notary. The checks specific to the right bank: risk report and insurance cost for properties on the low terraces of the Garonne, minutes and charges of the small co-ownerships, compliance of courtyard extensions, real aspect and advertised view, the noise of the quays on weekend evenings. The buyer travels only for the decisive viewings, grouped into a single trip from Paris or abroad.
Three finder’s reflexes in La Bastide, on the right bank
- 01 Read the risk report before the viewing
Part of the right bank sits on the low terraces of the Garonne: flood risk is read there in the risk report, supplied by the seller, and in the cost of insurance, to be priced before the offer. The level of the ground floor facing the quay, a light well, a basement room change the property’s classification and its insurance premium: these points are checked on the documents and in the video pre-viewing, before any commitment.
- 02 Probe the faubourg house
The low houses of La Bastide often count more than a century: walls to be probed for rising damp, floors and roof timbers to be examined, services and drainage to be checked, the courtyard extension to be read against its declarations. The legal surveys, paid for by the seller, do not say everything: have them completed by a specialist in old buildings and cost the works before the offer. The negotiation rests on those figures.
- 03 Listen to the quays at real hours
Between the summer guinguettes, Darwin’s skatepark and the raisings of the bridge, an address here does not sound the same on a Tuesday morning and a Saturday evening. Have the video pre-viewing carried out at the hours you will live in the property, windows open, and compare a room on the street with a room on the courtyard. The distance to the pont de pierre and the tram is counted on foot too, at homecoming time: a few minutes more change the price and the use.
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On the ground
Why a property finder in La Bastide, on the right bank?
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.
Fees
Two offers, paid on success
- 2.5% of the net purchase price
- Exclusive offer The full service, at every budget. Minimum €10,000 incl. VAT.
- 1.5% of the net purchase price
- Confidential offer The same service, dedicated to off-market properties. Reserved for projects of €2m and above.
Home Select is paid 100% on success: nothing is due until you have bought.
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Frequently asked questions
Buying in La Bastide, on the right bank: your questions
How much does a property cost in La Bastide, on the right bank?
The DVF record covers the commune, not the district: in Bordeaux the median stands at €4,100 per m² for apartments and €4,800 per m² for houses in 2025 according to DVF, down 1% over one year for apartments, with most Bordeaux sales between €2,700 and €5,600 per m². Home Select does not publish figures by district. La Bastide and the right bank sit clearly below the city-wide median; the same record gives €2,700 per m² for apartments in the neighbouring right bank of Cenon, Lormont and Floirac. Every offer rests on comparable sales, property by property.
What types of property are found in La Bastide, on the right bank?
Houses above all: low faubourg houses with their courtyard, town houses on two levels, a few larger houses towards the slopes. A flat in La Bastide is found in the small period buildings of the rue Sainte-Croix and neighbouring streets, or in the recent residences rising around Darwin and the quays; some homes occupy converted former warehouses. For a Bordeaux échoppe with a garden, Home Select steers buyers towards Caudéran, Saint-Genès or Le Bouscat instead.
Do La Bastide and the right bank suit a family?
Yes: schools and services on foot around the rue Sainte-Croix, the parc aux angéliques and the botanical garden for weekends, cycling along the quays. Tram line A crosses the pont de pierre towards the centre of Bordeaux; Cenon and Lormont continue the right bank and its slopes. School catchments are checked address by address before the offer: the city then lives on both banks, with the centre five minutes away.
What constraints should be checked before buying on the right bank?
Three points dominate. Water first: the risk report and the cost of insurance are read before the offer for properties on the low terraces of the Garonne. The fabric next: walls, floors and extensions are checked and costed before the bid; an undeclared extension is regularised before the sale. Planning rules last: the right bank falls under the Bordeaux Métropole local plan, and external works require a declaration or a permit depending on their scale. The buyer has a ten-day cooling-off period, and the surveys remain paid for by the seller.
How long does it take to buy in La Bastide, and are there off-market properties?
Home Select sets the timetable at the first exchange, then keeps to it. Off-market properties exist: the period supply on the right bank is tight and a share of sales is handled within networks before any listing. The more than 100 off-market properties Home Select receives every day feed the search; each candidate is qualified from the documents and then seen in a video pre-viewing, and the buyer travels only for the decisive viewings, grouped into a single trip. A first reply arrives within 24 working hours.
What are your fees in Bordeaux?
Home Select, a property finder 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. Home Select is paid on success only: nothing is due until you have bought.
What happens next
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- A first confidential conversation: how you will use the property, the real budget, the non-negotiable criteria, the timing.
- A written brief, and a search started within the week. Nothing is due until you have bought.
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