The average price per m² in Bois-Guillaume is 2 701 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 96 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Bois-Guillaume, a residential municipality on the northern plateau above Rouen.
The average price recorded in Bois-Guillaume stands at 2 701 €/m². That average covers a mixed stock, where the town houses and detached houses of the plateau sit alongside blocks of flats, often of high standing. The internal gaps owe above all to the type of property, to closeness to the shops and to the roads into Rouen, and to the presence of a garden or a wooded park. The older low-rise sectors and the middle-class villas trade above the average, while apartments in co-ownership sit closer to the municipal benchmark. This figure comes from the DVF database, which records sales actually registered before notaries. It gives a benchmark at municipal level, to be refined according to the features specific to each property.
Prices from the DVF file (Demandes de valeurs foncières, published by the DGFiP), transactions actually recorded at the notary at municipality level. Cross-referenced with the Notaires de France - INSEE indices. Learn more about our methodology.
The Bois-Guillaume market rests first of all on its role as a sought-after residential suburb north of Rouen. Demand comes above all from families and managers of the conurbation who want a quiet setting, houses with a garden and good schools, a few minutes from the centre. That clientele, rather stable and creditworthy, keeps up steady demand on the house segment, which remains the tightest. The limited amount of land available on an already built-up plateau restricts new supply and concentrates transactions on resale.
As everywhere, energy performance has become a negotiating criterion, in particular on the older building stock of the villas and detached houses, some of which need renovation work. After the sharp rises of previous years, the market of the Rouen conurbation went through an adjustment, in a context of higher lending rates that reduced buyers' budgets. Bois-Guillaume, carried by its upmarket residential position at local level, nevertheless holds up better than sectors more dependent on flats and on first-time buying.
Bois-Guillaume sits above its neighbour Mont-Saint-Aignan, also on the northern plateau, at a level close to that of Rouen, the central city, and clearly above Petit-Quevilly, on the left bank.
Bois-Guillaume occupies the northern plateau that overlooks Rouen, a territory long covered with woodland and given over to farming. The municipality takes its name from that former forest of the plateau. Its elevated position, a few minutes from the centre of Rouen but away from the dense city, steered its destiny very early towards housing rather than towards the industry that gathered in the Seine valley and on the left bank.
In the 19th century, the industrial and merchant middle class of Rouen had villas, mansion houses and properties surrounded by parks built on the plateau, seeking a greener and healthier setting than the manufacturing city. That wave of residential building lastingly shaped the look of Bois-Guillaume, which has kept a fabric of tree-lined streets, detached houses and gardens. The municipality grew denser afterwards, but it has remained above all a town of housing.
Bois-Guillaume went through a singular institutional episode. On 1 January 2012, it merged with the neighbouring municipality of Bihorel to form Bois-Guillaume-Bihorel. That merger was then annulled by the administrative court of Rouen, and the two municipalities were restored to their original boundaries on 1 January 2014. Bois-Guillaume therefore recovered its status as an autonomous municipality after only two years of shared life with Bihorel.
Bois-Guillaume has 14 539 inhabitants. The housing stock mixes detached houses and villas inherited from the residential development of the plateau with a share of more recent blocks of flats. The municipality is lived in year-round and plays the role of a well-off residential suburb of Rouen. Buyers are mainly families, managers and working households of the conurbation looking for a quiet, tree-lined setting, good schools and immediate closeness to the centre of Rouen. Houses with a garden form the core of demand, completed by apartments for first-time buyers and for households looking for a home that is easier to maintain.
The average price recorded in Bois-Guillaume is 2 701 €/m². It is an average calculated on the sales registered in the DVF database, which lists transactions actually completed before notaries. That average mixes apartments in co-ownership and houses, whose price levels differ markedly. Your property may depart from it depending on the storey, the general condition, the presence of a lift, a balcony, a garden or a parking space. For a reliable valuation, it is better to rely on sales of comparable properties in the same sector.
The older low-rise streets, lined with villas and mansion houses inherited from the 19th century, hold the highest values, above all when they come with large wooded plots. The surroundings of the shops and facilities of the plateau remain sought after for their convenience. The sectors of recent flats, easier to reach for a first purchase, sit closer to the municipal average. The quality of the setting and closeness to schools weigh heavily on the gaps from one neighbourhood to another.
Bois-Guillaume is directly linked to the centre of Rouen by the bus network of the conurbation, including the main lines that climb onto the plateau. The town centre, the Rouen railway station and the employment hubs of the metropolitan area are reachable in a few minutes by car as well as by public transport. That immediate closeness to Rouen, without the constraints of the dense city, is one of the main assets of the municipality for working families.
The Bois-Guillaume market is first of all a market of houses, a reflection of its residential history on the plateau. Detached houses and villas with a garden form the core of demand and trade above the municipal average. Apartment supply does exist, carried by more recent block developments, and suits first-time buyers or households looking to limit upkeep. The choice depends on your project and your budget, the two segments not moving at the same price levels.
The municipality benefits from a residential reputation established long ago, from a tree-lined setting and from immediate closeness to Rouen, three factors that support steady demand. The land available is limited on an already largely built-up plateau, which contains new supply. The presence of well-regarded schools and of a fabric of local shops reinforces its appeal to families. These elements explain the relative stability of values, even in less active phases of the market.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).