Property in Saint-Roch, Nice

In brief

Saint-Roch occupies eastern Nice, beyond the Paillon, around the hospital that gives it its name. It is residential and quiet in its inner streets, and you still find family-sized homes at prices the centre no longer offers.

The stock is mostly post-war, with buildings from the nineteen-fifties to the seventies, often with balconies and sometimes a garage, which is rare closer to the centre.

The property market

This is a market of use rather than prestige: people buy here to live here, and the buyers are local. Prices are among the most accessible in Nice proper, and two and three-bedroom flats find takers without difficulty.

Distance from the tramway counts for a lot, more than in central areas where everything is walkable. A few hundred metres further up the hill changes the value noticeably.

What you will find here

Living here

Tramway line 1 serves the neighbourhood and reaches place Garibaldi and the centre in a few stops. The Saint-Roch market, local shops, the post office, banks and schools are all within walking distance.

This is a place people live all year, without the tourist traffic of the seafront. The population is mixed: young couples, families attached to the local schools, and students.

Streets worth knowing

• Around the Saint-Roch marketThe living heart of the neighbourhood, with everyday shops immediately at hand.
• The residential streets up the hillQuieter and better oriented, but further from the tramway.
• Avenue de la RepubliqueThe road linking the neighbourhood to Riquier and the centre.

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