In the Vaud Alps between Aigle and Les Diablerets, Ormont-Dessous brings together Le Sépey, Les Mosses and La Forclaz.
Flats in Ormont-Dessous trade around CHF 5,400 per m², under the cantonal level. Cheaper communes tend to have wider spreads between streets, so a single average tells you less here than it would in a tighter market. Sitting under the Vaud median gives a buyer room, though the discount is rarely free. It usually pays for distance from a station, from the lake, or from a school catchment that people compete over. Out of 132 communes measured in Vaud, Ormont-Dessous sits at position 129. The communes immediately above and below are the ones a buyer will actually compare against, far more than the cantonal average.
Houses carry a premium of 6 percent per square metre over flats in Ormont-Dessous, CHF 5,700 against CHF 5,400. Households buying a house here are mostly trading up from a flat nearby, so demand holds even when volumes drop. The last twelve months added 3.5 percent in Ormont-Dessous. 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.
Against the District d'Aigle district the gap comes to 25 percent. This is the comparison that carries weight for an estimate: communes in one district share a labour market, a transport network and the same pool of buyers. The largest band in Ormont-Dessous is before 1919, at 54 percent of homes. Buildings of that age were rarely insulated when built, so running costs and the cost of the works belong in the price you offer, not in a list for later.
At 3.7 rooms and 84 m² on average, homes in Ormont-Dessous 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. CHF 5,400 per m² is the working reference for a flat in Ormont-Dessous, 41 percent from Vaud. Take it as a starting point: in a commune this size, the spread between the cheapest and the dearest street is often wider than the gap to the canton. Over 25 years the median moved from CHF 3,600 to CHF 8,400 per m², a change of +133 percent. That is the market, not your property: a flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely.
Enough properties change hands in Ormont-Dessous each year to keep the price data steady. Estimates land in a narrower range here, and a valuation can lean on recent comparable sales instead of falling back on the cantonal average. Before you settle on a price in Ormont-Dessous, get a number that reflects your own property rather than the commune. It takes a few minutes, and it changes what you are able to defend in a negotiation.
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 →Around CHF 5,400 per m² for a flat, which is 41 percent from the Vaud median. Houses are priced separately and usually land somewhere else entirely, so work from the figure that matches your property type.
The reference is CHF 5,700 per m² in Ormont-Dessous. 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 Ormont-Dessous is before 1919, which covers 54 percent of homes. Average size runs to 3.7 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.