A mas for sale in Alpes-Maritimes (06), a bastide to restore or a mid-country farmhouse with a few hectares of terraces: away from the coastline, the hinterland behind Nice and Vence has kept stone farm buildings built on terraces. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Alpes-Maritimes published on ma-propriete.fr: a Provençal mas with an olive grove, a bastide to restore, a valley farmhouse with a barn and terraces, a former dry-stone sheepfold.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Alpes-Maritimes rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Grasse area to the Roya and Vésubie valleys, and the points to check before buying a former farm building. If your project is tourism-related, our white paper on setting up a rural gîte will help you cost it. The best-located mas, close to a village and served by a road usable all year round, stand out clearly from those perched in remote valley heads.
There are no statistics dedicated to farmhouses and barns: a renovated farmhouse sells like a country house with outbuildings and land, whereas a bare barn or a farm to renovate often sells well below. The most useful benchmark therefore remains the price of country houses.
How much does a country house cost in Alpes-Maritimes (06)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Alpes-Maritimes (06) stood at €352,770 in 2025, with an average price of €362,860 and a median price of €3,537/m² of living space (360 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €179,500 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €559,050 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 104 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,212 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is close to the regional median (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: €360,000) and well above the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €329,000 to €352,770, i.e. +7.2%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +0.8%.
| 2025 indicator | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €352,770 | €360,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €362,860 | €401,500 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €179,500 | €215,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €559,050 | €650,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €3,537/m² | €3,469/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 104 m² | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,212 m² | 3,324 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 360 | 4,532 | 150,313 |
A departmental average hides large gaps. A smallholding to renovate, a restored longère with its outbuildings, a farmhouse on several hectares of land or a manor house with parkland do not sell at the same price, and the location matters as much as the building: coastline, tourist area, peri-urban countryside close to a job market or deep countryside. The table below shows the median price of country houses in Alpes-Maritimes (06) by type of municipality (cumulative sales from mid-2020 to 2025) and its change between 2021 and 2025.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €260,000 | €2,875/m² | -1.3% | 947 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €379,750 | €3,711/m² | +10.8% | 876 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €439,782 | €3,938/m² | +3.5% | 389 |
These benchmarks help you assess a listing, estimate a property before putting it up for sale, or set your budget for a holiday home or a permanent move to the French countryside. To go further, see our observatory of country house prices in France (national, regional and departmental analysis, downloadable annual report) and work out the full cost of your purchase, including French notary fees, with our notary fees calculator.
In the Grasse and Vence hinterland, the local-stonemas, often built on terraces, sits alongside the larger bastide, with a courtyard, cowshed and shed attached. Further into the Roya, Vésubie or Tinée valleys, the buildings turn into more massive mid-mountain farmhouses, with stone-slab or round-tile roofs depending on altitude. These areas stand in sharp contrast to the built-up coastline.
These properties often have outbuildings already converted, or convertible, into gîtes, subject to planning zoning and a building permit. The terraced farmland, from a few thousand square metres to several hectares, suits olive growing, beekeeping, keeping horses on the valley floor, or a terraced permaculture project.
The Grasse and Vence area, in the near hinterland, still has a handful of mas and bastides, priced clearly above the departmental average. Further north and west, the Roya valley, around Breil-sur-Roya and Sospel, and the Tinée valley, around Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, offer the most affordable choice of mountain farmhouses to renovate. Around Levens and Utelle, in the near Var valley hinterland, a handful of farmhouses combine mountain views with reasonable proximity to Nice.
Around Puget-Théniers and the middle Var valley, farmhouses are more common than in the Vence hinterland, in a still-agricultural setting. On the Côte d'Azur itself, around Nice, Cannes or Antibes, farmland has almost entirely given way to urban development. The upper Grasse hinterland, around Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey and Cabris, adds mid-sized mas to the choice, more accessible than those close to the town of Grasse itself.
Check the permitted use of the buildings: a mas or sheepfold in an agricultural zone of the local plan can only be converted into a home if it is identified as eligible for a change of use, a rule closely scrutinised in this department under strong land pressure. Look at the roof (round tiles, stone slabs at altitude, sometimes asbestos-cement sheets on sheds), the timber frame and the drainage, often a stand-alone system on isolated properties.
If cultivated terraces or farmland come with the property, ask about any current farm lease and the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation: restoring terraces and steep access tracks often adds to the cost of the building itself. Also check the risk of land movement and wildfire, two hazards frequently mapped in the remote valleys of Alpes-Maritimes.
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