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Prestige penthouse in an ideal location
Beaufays
Penthouse250 m²3 bed.
€1,025,000
Beaufays, Province of Liège
Property in Beaufays
Beaufays is a residential village set on the wooded plateau between the Ourthe and the Vesdre, south-east of Liège. Large plots, quiet streets and quick access to the E25: the balance sought by families who work in the city without wanting to live there.
Why Beaufays appeals
Beaufays appeals to those who want peace and quiet without remoteness. The village is entirely residential, with no heavy through traffic, and the motorway takes you to Liège in around fifteen minutes outside rush hour. The housing is consistent, made up largely of detached houses on generous plots, which gives the area a rare coherence. People often come for the school and the tranquillity, and stay for the setting. That is why few properties come onto the market each year.
The property market in Beaufays
The market
Beaufays is a district of Chaudfontaine: Statbel publishes prices by municipality, never by district, so no official median price exists for Beaufays alone. The usable benchmark is Chaudfontaine's: a median of €332,500 for 245 houses sold in 2025, and €423,000 for detached (4-façade) houses alone across 147 sales, compared with €318,000 for the Province of Liège (Statbel, year 2025, consulted on 09/08/2026). This puts Chaudfontaine at the top of the 65 municipalities in the province for which a 2025 median is published on this segment. Since Beaufays consists almost exclusively of detached houses, this is the figure that best sheds light on it, without replacing it: the price of a house is read from comparable sales on the plateau, not from a municipal median.
Types of property in demand
Villas and detached houses with land make up most of both supply and demand. Buyers generally look for four bedrooms, a study, a garage and a garden that can genuinely be used. Single-storey homes attract older residents of the village who wish to stay while cutting down on stairs and upkeep. Flats are almost non-existent, and building plots are exceptional.
Buyer profile
The dominant profile is the family on its second move: a couple of executives or self-employed professionals with school-age children, leaving a denser part of the conurbation to gain land and quiet. They are joined by buyers already living in Beaufays or Embourg who change house without changing village. These buyers compare over several months, know the area and immediately spot a badly set price.
What drives value
The plot makes the first difference: size, orientation, privacy and not being overlooked. Next comes the condition of the major items, roof, window frames and heating, which buyers cost before making an offer. A recent kitchen and bathrooms shift the positioning markedly, more than extra square metres. Finally, the location within the village matters: a quiet street, or even a cul-de-sac, commands a higher price than a busy road, for a property of equal quality.
Selling in Beaufays: what you need to know
EPB and works
The EPB certificate must exist before the property is put on the market, its indicators must appear in the listing, and it remains valid for ten years (SPW Énergie). In Beaufays, where many villas were built during the decades of residential expansion, the energy question invariably comes up in negotiation. Precision is therefore needed: the certificate is mandatory, renovation is not. No works obligation applies to the seller of an existing home in Wallonia, and the label timetable announced by the Walloon Region targets the buyer, from 2028. What is at stake today is simpler: a buyer who does not know what the works will cost always overestimates the bill, and their offer reflects it. A costed file is worth more than a debate.
Verified local data
Beaufays has been a district of the municipality of Chaudfontaine, in the Province of Liège, arrondissement of Liège, since the 1977 merger of municipalities, which brought together Chaudfontaine, Embourg, Beaufays and Vaux-sous-Chèvremont. The postcode is 4052. Chaudfontaine had 20,475 inhabitants on 01/06/2026, all villages combined (National Register, FPS Home Affairs). No official figure is published per district. The village occupies the wooded plateau between the Ourthe and Vesdre valleys, south-east of Liège, on the N30 linking Beaufays to Aywaille, and right next to the E25 motorway.
Source: Statbel, prix de l'immobilier par commune, données annuelles 2025 (fichier officiel, consulté le 09/08/2026) pour Chaudfontaine et la Province de Liège ; Statbel ne publie pas de prix par section, ce que la page indique explicitement. Registre national via le SPF Intérieur pour la population communale au 01/06/2026. SPW Énergie pour le certificat PEB. Fusion des communes de 1977 pour le rattachement administratif. Aucun chiffre n'est avancé sans source nommée et datée., 2026
The YOUHOME approach in Beaufays
In Beaufays, the difficulty is not finding buyers but setting the right price in an area where comparable sales are few. We look for them one by one, on the plateau and among genuinely equivalent properties, rather than applying a price per square metre that means nothing here. We then come to see the property, because orientation, view and the quiet of a street appear in no database. Then we prepare the house, present it properly, and seek out the buyers whose plans match it.
Le Cercle in Beaufays
Le Cercle YOUHOME brings together buyers we have qualified one by one: budget verified, precise area, known timeline. Beaufays often features in their criteria, sometimes for a long time, for lack of available properties. Your house can be presented to them as a preview, before the property portals, with no sign board and no public photo. You thus gauge the market's real interest before exposing your property, which is invaluable in a village where everyone knows everyone.
Frequently asked questions about property in Beaufays
No official median price exists for Beaufays alone, since Statbel publishes by municipality and Beaufays is a district of Chaudfontaine. The available benchmark is €332,500 for all houses in Chaudfontaine in 2025, and €423,000 for detached (4-façade) houses across 147 sales (Statbel, year 2025). As Beaufays consists almost exclusively of detached houses, this second figure gives the most honest order of magnitude.
The village lies on the N30 linking Beaufays to Aywaille, with immediate access to the E25 motorway towards Liège. TEC bus lines serve the area. It is one of its strongest arguments on resale: tranquillity without isolation.
Not necessarily. No energy renovation obligation applies to the seller of an existing home in Wallonia. Only the EPB certificate is mandatory. The real question is economic: some works pay for themselves on sale, others do not. We cost both scenarios before advising you.
That depends first on the starting price. In an area where few properties come up, a correctly positioned house meets demand that is already there, whereas a price set too high is spotted at once and wears the property down. We would rather start at the right level than adjust after three months of viewings without an offer.
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