Between Broc and Corbières in the Gruyère district, Botterens takes in the village itself and the hamlet of Villarbeney, a short drive from Bulle.
Flat prices in Botterens run at CHF 6,600 per m², a level that has stayed in step with Fribourg. A commune like this one moves with the cantonal cycle rather than against it, so the wider trend is a fair guide for your own estimate. Paying 5 percent more than the cantonal median buys location, not floor space. The same budget moved to a neighbouring commune would typically add a room, and that is the trade most buyers here have already made.
Out of 115 communes measured in Fribourg, Botterens sits at position 43. The communes immediately above and below are the ones a buyer will actually compare against, far more than the cantonal average. The last twelve months added 3.2 percent in Botterens. Rises of this order usually come from a shortage of listings rather than from a wave of new buyers, and they unwind faster than they build.
The district test is the harder one. Botterens comes out 1 percent from the Gruyère median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it. No single period defines Botterens, though after 2015 leads with 14 percent. That mix works in a buyer's favour, since you can choose between period character and low running costs without leaving the commune. The average home in Botterens has 4.1 rooms for 122 m². That ratio describes the shape of local demand better than the price does. Many small rooms point to family housing, fewer and larger ones to conversions and new build.
The median flat in Botterens comes out at CHF 6,600 per m², a gap of 5 percent against the Fribourg median. That figure covers every flat sold, whatever the floor, the age of the building or the state of the kitchen. From CHF 3,900 to CHF 7,900 per square metre in 25 years, +103 percent in all. The path was not a straight line, and the flat or falling stretches inside it are precisely what a long average hides.
Transaction volume in Botterens is high enough that one unusual sale does not distort the medians. That matters, because thin markets are where automated estimates go furthest wrong and where a local opinion earns its keep. Botterens is a market where recent comparable sales exist and mean something. An estimate here has solid ground to stand on, provided it starts from your surface, your floor and the age of your building.
Building stock from the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (FSO), updated October 18, 2026
Market data updated on October 12, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →CHF 6,600 per m² is the current median for flats in Botterens. It covers every sale, new and old, so a renovated flat sits above that line and one still needing works sits below it.
The reference is CHF 6,500 per m² in Botterens. It averages a small number of sales, since houses change hands far less often than flats, so treat it as a bracket to work inside rather than as a price.
The dominant band in Botterens is after 2015, which covers 14 percent of homes. Average size runs to 4.1 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.