A Gros-de-Vaud village between Échallens and Lausanne, Bottens combines countryside with the closeness of the town.
Bottens prices below the Vaud median, at CHF 7,000 per m². For a buyer that widens what one budget covers, often by a room or by a plot. For a seller it means the surrounding communes set the ceiling. A gap of 24 percent against Vaud means the same budget buys noticeably more surface here. It also means resale leans on demand spilling over from the pricier communes next door, which comes and goes with the cycle. Position 105 of 132 in Vaud puts Bottens among communes with similar price levels and often very different housing stock. Two communes can share a rank and still value the same flat differently once age and condition are taken in.
A house in Bottens is valued around CHF 7,700 per m² against CHF 7,000 for a flat, a gap of 10 percent. Land is what separates the two figures, and the scarcer the building plots, the wider that gap runs. The last twelve months added 2.8 percent in Bottens. 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.
Within the Gros-de-Vaud district, Bottens lands 14 percent from the local median. A cantonal average mixes city and countryside, so it flatters some communes and penalises others. The district figure removes most of that distortion. The largest group of homes in Bottens, 20 percent, dates from before 1919, with the rest spread across the other bands. Where stock is this varied, a commune price per m² carries less weight and the comparison has to come down to buildings of the same age.
At 4.0 rooms and 115 m² on average, homes in Bottens are sized for households rather than single occupants. If you are looking for a studio or a two-room flat, expect a thinner choice and less room to negotiate. Half the flats sold in Bottens went above CHF 7,000 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 24 percent from the Vaud median. One exceptional sale barely moves a median, and that is why we use it instead of an average. The 25-year record opens at CHF 4,000 and closes at CHF 8,800, +120 percent apart. Use it to sanity-check an estimate rather than to project forward, since nothing in the series promises the next decade repeats it.
Bottens turns over enough stock to give a reliable read. The practical benefit shows at negotiation, where both sides can point to comparable sales from the same year, which shortens the distance between asking price and signature. Lower prices in Bottens do not make a valuation easier. The spread between properties is often wider here than in an expensive commune, which makes the commune average a weak guide to what yours is worth.
Building stock data: Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings, FSO, updated August 3, 2026
Market data updated on August 24, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →CHF 7,000 per m² is the current median for flats in Bottens. It covers every sale, new and old, so a renovated flat sits above that line and one still needing works sits below it.
Count on roughly CHF 7,700 per m² for a house in Bottens. That rate applies to habitable surface, which leaves out the garage, the cellar and any unconverted attic, all of which add value but never at the same rate.
The dominant band in Bottens is before 1919, which covers 20 percent of homes. Average size runs to 4.0 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.