Villers-le-Temple, Province of Liège

Property in Villers-le-Temple

Villers-le-Temple owes its name to the Knights Templar, who founded a commandery there in the 13th century. The village has kept its stone, its walls and its scale, at the heart of the Liège Condroz. You do not buy a standard house here: you buy a building with a history, and buyers come precisely for that.

Villers-le-Temple, Province of Liège
Photo : Jean-Pol Grandmont, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Why Villers-le-Temple appeals

Villers-le-Temple is a village of character in the true sense of the term: a listed Templar commandery, farmhouses and houses in local stone, and a community attached to preserving its buildings. All around lies the open, rolling Condroz countryside, with Huy and Liège within reasonable reach via the N63. The buyers who settle here are not looking for the convenience of a recent housing estate; they are looking for authenticity and space. It is a deliberate choice, and that is what makes the local market both narrow and solid.

The property market in Villers-le-Temple

The market

Villers-le-Temple is a section of the municipality of Nandrin, and Statbel publishes its prices by municipality: there is therefore no official median for the village alone. The available benchmark is that of Nandrin: €390,000 for 38 houses sold in 2025, and €415,000 for detached houses across 29 sales, against €318,000 for the Province of Liège (Statbel, year 2025, consulted on 09/08/2026). This benchmark is far from trivial: of the 65 municipalities in the province for which a 2025 median is published in this segment, Nandrin ranks third, behind Chaudfontaine and Neupré. The Liège Condroz is therefore not the cheap market people imagine when they hear "rural". This figure nonetheless calls for caution: over fewer than forty sales, the median is highly sensitive to the nature of the properties sold, and it was only €302,500 in 2024. In Villers-le-Temple, a character property is valued on its own qualities, not on a municipal average.

Types of property in demand

Demand centres on renovated village houses, character farmhouses and properties with outbuildings and land. Buyers look for exposed stone, generous volumes, roof timbers and traces of the old building. A barn, a stable or an inner courtyard add concrete value, because they open up potential. Recent builds are rare and do not represent the local market.

Buyer profile

Buyers in Villers-le-Temple are heritage enthusiasts, often on their second or third move: couples without children or with grown-up children, self-employed people, professionals, craftspeople. Their search is long and precise, sometimes over several years, because they know exactly what they want. They read a property like a file: quality of the renovation, materials used, condition of the masonry, history of works. In front of them, a sales pitch never replaces evidence.

What drives value

The authenticity of the building and the quality of the renovation outweigh everything else. Well-repaired stonework, a sound roof, consistently chosen window frames and documented interventions command a premium. Conversely, a rough-and-ready renovation or materials ill-suited to the building are negotiated hard by these buyers. The size of the plot, usable outbuildings and the quiet of the village complete the picture. Energy performance matters, but it is judged differently for an old building, provided it is documented.

Selling in Villers-le-Temple: what you need to know

EPB and works

The EPB certificate must exist before the property goes on sale, its indicators appear in the listing and it remains valid for ten years (SPW Énergie). Added to this are the electrical inspection, the planning information from the municipality of Nandrin and the extract from the soil condition database. For old buildings, the post-intervention file and the oil tank inspection are frequently needed, and a listed property or one near a listed monument may be subject to particular planning constraints, to be checked with the municipality. On energy, accuracy matters: the certificate is mandatory, renovation is not. No works obligation falls on the seller of an existing home in Wallonia, and the label timetable announced by the Walloon Region targets the buyer from 2028.

Verified local data

Villers-le-Temple is a section of the municipality of Nandrin, in the Province of Liège, arrondissement of Huy, with the postcode 4550. Nandrin has 5,738 inhabitants as at 01/06/2026, all sections combined (National Register, FPS Home Affairs); no official figure is published per section. The village owes its name to the commandery founded in 1260 by Gérard de Villers, a knight of the Order of the Temple, which became the seat of the Templars in the Hesbaye. After the order was suppressed in 1312, its property passed to the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Three corner towers and an enclosure wall survive today, listed as heritage of Wallonia.

Source: Statbel, prix de l'immobilier par commune, données annuelles 2024 et 2025 (fichier officiel, consulté le 09/08/2026) pour Nandrin et la Province de Liège ; Statbel ne publie pas de prix par section, ce que la page indique explicitement, et le faible nombre de transactions est signalé. Registre national via le SPF Intérieur pour la population communale au 01/06/2026. Patrimoine classé de Wallonie et histoire de la commanderie de Villers-le-Temple pour le contexte historique. SPW Énergie pour le certificat PEB. Aucun chiffre n'est avancé sans source nommée et datée., 2026

The YOUHOME approach in Villers-le-Temple

A character property is not valued like a standard house, and certainly not by the square metre. We start from genuinely comparable sales of old properties in the Condroz, explaining what brings them closer to yours and what sets them apart. We then come on site, because the value of a stone house can be read in its masonry, its roof timbers and the coherence of its renovation. Marketing follows the same standard: real photographs, a complete technical file and a presentation aimed at buyers who know how to read this type of property.

Le Cercle in Villers-le-Temple

Le Cercle YOUHOME brings together buyers qualified one by one, and lovers of old Condroz buildings are well represented among them, often searching for a long time. For a property in Villers-le-Temple, this head start is valuable: the property is presented to them before the property portals, with no sign and no listing. In a village of this size, discretion is not a comfort, it is a condition. You gauge real interest before your project becomes a topic of conversation.

Frequently asked questions about property in Villers-le-Temple

  • No official median exists for the village alone, which is a section of Nandrin. The available benchmark is that of Nandrin: €390,000 for 38 houses sold in 2025 and €415,000 for detached houses across 29 sales (Statbel, year 2025). With so few transactions, this figure is volatile: it was €302,500 in 2024. For a character property, only a valuation based on real comparables makes sense.

  • Templar originally: it was founded in 1260 by Gérard de Villers, a knight of the Order of the Temple, and that is where the village's name comes from. After the Order of the Temple was suppressed in 1312, its property was assigned to the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, later known as the Order of Malta. Three corner towers and an enclosure wall survive, listed.

  • By addressing the right people rather than the greatest number. This type of property sells to a small, informed audience that judges the quality of the renovation, the condition of the masonry and the coherence of the materials. A complete technical file, real photographs and a careful presentation count for more than the breadth of distribution.

  • Less than people think. Buyers of old buildings know that a certificate will be average and factor it into their plans. What puts them off is a lack of information: undocumented works, an unclear history. It is also worth remembering that energy renovation is not mandatory for the seller of an existing home in Wallonia; only the EPB certificate is.