Saint-Raphaël, Var · Neighbourhood
Buying in Boulouris, Saint-Raphaël
Boulouris stretches along the coast of Saint-Raphaël, east of the centre, between Santa Lucia and Cap Dramont: villas, including Belle Époque villas facing the sea, small beaches and coves linked by the coastal path, a small harbour, quiet streets. Home Select searches there for the buyer alone, off-market included, checks every villa from the documents and on video before the offer, and negotiates through to completion.
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Living in Boulouris
Life in Boulouris is lived by the water. The coastal path, coming from the Santa Lucia harbour, follows its coves and small beaches, among them La Péguière, a sandy cove framed by villas. From the small harbour, which shelters modest boats, diving trips set out for the Île d’Or. Set back from the seafront road, the residential streets see little traffic, between pines, hedges and garden walls: that calm is part of the neighbourhood’s value.
Daily life calls for a car, without depending on it entirely: from Boulouris-sur-Mer station, TER trains on the coastal line reach, within minutes, Saint-Raphaël-Valescure station, where the direct TGV from Paris stops, and the centre is about ten minutes away. Summer changes the pace: the Corniche d’Or fills up, the beaches get crowded, parking becomes scarce. From autumn to spring, Boulouris becomes a quiet residential neighbourhood again, the one people actually live in.
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The buildings and what sells in Boulouris
Boulouris owes its birth to the holiday-making of the late nineteenth century: estates of villas laid out near the sea, served by the railway and then by the Corniche d’Or, opened in 1903. Belle Époque villas in mixed styles remain from that time, and the town devotes a heritage trail to them. They are the rarest properties in the neighbourhood: a period villa on its original plot, with the sea within walking distance, seldom changes hands, and rarely through a listing. Roofs, spray-exposed façades and retaining walls are read before the charm.
The rest of the neighbourhood was built over the twentieth century and up to the present day: villas on plots planted with pines, often with a pool, contemporary houses on divided land, a few residences close to the beaches. The villa dominates, and urban development has left Boulouris largely untouched. Value is read in the distance to the water: facing the sea, a few minutes’ walk away, or above the railway line, where a sea view becomes rarer. Between the Loi Littoral and the local plan, property in Boulouris remains a market of existing stock.
Streets and micro-sectors
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The coastal path, from cove to cove
Between Santa Lucia and Cap Dramont, the coastal path keeps close to the water, sometimes right at the foot of the gardens, linking the coves. The villas along it have the sea at the end of the plot: the most sought-after addresses in the neighbourhood, and the rarest. The trap is legal: the shore belongs to the public maritime domain, and a pedestrian right of way along the coast may encumber the property. Steps or a platform down to the rocks: everything is checked on the title deeds.
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La Péguière beach
A small sandy cove framed by villas, La Péguière is the neighbourhood beach of Boulouris: family swimming, snorkelling along the rocks, the coastal path a few steps away. Belle Époque villas look out over it, and a few residences offer apartments within walking distance of the beach, for those who want to go down for a swim without the car. The trap: summer crowds and parking, a view shared with the bathers.
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The Boulouris harbour
Behind its jetties, the small Boulouris harbour takes modest boats, on the coastal path and beside the Corniche road. The neighbouring villas attract sailors who want their boat within walking distance, and diving enthusiasts. To check: do not count on a berth coming with the house, as places are requested from the harbour operator under its own rules; and the road and the summer bustle are measured at the exact address.
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Around Boulouris-sur-Mer station
Around the station lies the Boulouris of the original estates: streets laid out for holiday-making, period villas and more recent houses, the sea a few minutes’ walk away. North of the line, the streets climb towards Valescure and a sea view becomes rarer. This is the address for families who want the coves within walking distance without paying for the seafront. The trap: the railway itself, to be listened to in the video pre-viewing as trains go by.
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How Home Select hunts in Boulouris?
Home Select searches in Boulouris remotely, from its management, with a written brief set by video call or telephone: distance to the water, view, plot, orientation, tolerance for road and train noise. Home Select receives more than 100 off-market properties every day from its network of 15,000 partners and monitors 1,700 listing sites: here, where sea-facing villas often change hands without publicity, they reach Home Select through this network. Each villa is qualified from the documents, then seen in a video pre-viewing led by Home Select with the seller’s agent, access to the sea included.
Before the offer, Home Select audits from the documents what makes the value or the risk of a villa in Boulouris: the boundary of the public maritime domain and occupancy permits, easements, the local plan and the Loi Littoral, any protection of a period villa, the risks statement, drainage. The price is set against comparable DVF sales in the commune. Spray-exposed façades, roofs and retaining walls call for a building surveyor: have the works costed before the offer. Only the shortlisted villas are viewed, in a single trip, then Home Select negotiates for the buyer alone, secures the purchase and coordinates the notaire through to completion.
Three finder’s reflexes in Boulouris
- 01 Locate the shore before the terrace
A villa with its feet in the water does not own the shore: it belongs to the public maritime domain. Steps, a platform or a jetty placed on the shore require a temporary permit to occupy the public domain, personal and revocable, which does not pass automatically to the new owner. Ask the seller for the title deeds and permits, have the plot boundaries checked, and do not pay for a precarious access as if it were acquired.
- 02 Check the protection of a period villa
A Belle Époque villa may be identified in the local plan as heritage to be preserved: façades, roofs, fences, sometimes the garden. Demolishing, adding a storey or transforming it must then respect those requirements. Before the offer, have the local plan read for the address, ask for the permits for past works and have the restoration costed by a professional.
- 03 Listen to the road and the train
In Boulouris, calm comes down to a few streets: the Corniche d’Or concentrates summer traffic, the coastal railway runs through the neighbourhood, and a nearby beach changes the mood of an address in July. Have the arrival, the garden and the bedrooms filmed in the video pre-viewing, at the real times of passing traffic, and weigh the gap between the season and the winter.
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On the ground
Why a property finder in Boulouris?
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 Boulouris: your questions
How much does a property cost in Boulouris?
In Saint-Raphaël, the median stands over the 12 months to end of June 2026, according to DVF data, at €4,200 per m² for houses and €4,800 per m² for apartments, and most house sales fall between €2,400 and €7,300 per m². Home Select does not publish prices by neighbourhood: the DVF record covers the whole commune. Boulouris, which local professionals cite with Les Plaines as the most sought-after sector, sits above the house median: a villa facing the water in the upper part of the range, or above it.
What types of property are found in Boulouris?
The villa above all: the Belle Époque villa facing the sea or a few steps away, the rarest, often sold off-market; the twentieth-century or contemporary villa on a planted plot, with a pool where the plot allows; the simpler house above the railway line. An apartment in Boulouris is found in a few residences near the beaches: supply is thin, and the apartment remains the second home that is simplest to close up.
Is Boulouris suitable for a family?
Yes, it is one of its first uses: villas with gardens, quiet streets, a sandy beach and coves within walking distance, the coastal path and the Estérel massif for outings. Schools, from primary to secondary, are reached within minutes depending on the level, by car or by bus. Summer calls for organisation, when the road and the beaches fill up. School catchments change from one street to the next: Home Select checks the catchment of the exact address before the offer.
Can a villa be extended or a pool built in Boulouris?
Case by case. The Loi Littoral makes the 100 m strip from the shoreline unbuildable outside built-up areas and limits the extension of urban development in areas close to the shore; the local plan sets the footprint, heights and green spaces, and may protect a period villa. Depending on its size, an extension or a pool requires a prior declaration or a building permit. Home Select checks the existing permits and what the plot really allows before the offer.
How long does it take to buy in Boulouris, and are there off-market properties?
The timing follows how demanding the brief is: a villa facing the water comes up rarely, a house above the railway line more often. Home Select sets the timetable at the outset and keeps to it: the brief in winter, video pre-viewings in spring, a single trip for the decisive viewings, in May-June or in September. Off-market sales are frequent in Boulouris: villas passed down within families, discreet sales between professionals. For projects of €2 million and above, the Confidential Offer presents off-market properties only.
What are your fees in Saint-Raphaël?
Home Select, a property finder in Saint-Raphaël, 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
- A property finder reads your request and answers within one working day.
- 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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