A farmhouse for sale in Dordogne (24), a barn to convert or a Périgord smallholding with a few hectares: this Périgord department, a patchwork of the black, white, green and purple Périgords, holds a stock of golden limestone farm buildings known for their traditional roofs. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Dordogne published on ma-propriete.fr: a farmhouse with a dovecote, a stone barn to convert, a former farm with land, buildings close to the Dordogne or Vézère valleys.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Dordogne rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Périgord Noir to the Périgord Vert, 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.
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 Dordogne (24)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Dordogne (24) stood at €162,300 in 2025, with an average price of €176,682 and a median price of €1,650/m² of living space (3,105 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €86,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €285,720 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 108 m² of living space on an average plot of 6,114 m², i.e. around 0.6 ha.
This market is close to the regional median (Nouvelle-Aquitaine: €170,000) and below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €149,000 to €162,000, i.e. +8.7%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is -0.3%.
| 2025 indicator | Dordogne | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €162,300 | €170,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €176,682 | €188,636 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €86,000 | €83,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €285,720 | €315,785 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,650/m² | €1,657/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 110 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 6,114 m² | 4,005 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 3,105 | 26,126 | 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 Dordogne (24) 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) | €185,000 | €1,725/m² | -4.8% | 2,647 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €171,025 | €1,676/m² | +5.3% | 5,898 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €152,475 | €1,508/m² | +3.3% | 11,358 |
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.
The Dordogne farmhouse is built of characteristic golden limestone, under low-pitched flat tile roofs or, on the oldest buildings, stone lauze in the Périgord Noir. A cowshed, a barn and a dovecote or pigeon tower often complete the group around a courtyard. There is no real tradition of the mas in Dordogne: the term, common further south, remains marginal in the local Périgord vocabulary.
These generously sized buildings lend themselves to conversion into a home or gîtes, an activity already well established in the department, subject to the local plan's zoning. The attached land, from a few hectares to wide farmland or pasture, suits horses, wine-growing or a permaculture project.
The Périgord Vert, around Nontron, Brantôme and Thiviers, offers a wide range of farms and barns to renovate at more affordable levels. The Périgord Blanc, around Périgueux and Neuvic, has varied farm buildings on open ground. The Bergerac area, around Bergerac, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande and the vineyard, mixes wine-growing farms and larger holdings. The Périgord Pourpre, bordering Lot-et-Garonne, rounds out this wine country.
In the Périgord Noir, around Sarlat-la-Canéda, the Dordogne valley and the Vézère, renovated farmhouses are sought-after and noticeably more expensive, driven by tourism. In the more remote Périgord Vert, further from the main sights, supply remains more affordable.
Check the buildings' permitted use under the local plan: a barn in an agricultural zone can only be converted into a home if the regulations explicitly allow it. Inspect the roof (tile or lauze stone, but also asbestos-cement on more recent sheds), the timber frame and the drainage, sometimes tricky on the oldest buildings.
If farmland or vines come with the buildings, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation precisely: restoring a Périgord stone barn is often a budget comparable to the purchase itself.
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