A farmhouse for sale in Essonne (91), a barn to convert or a smallholding with a few hectares: the south of the department, between the Hurepoix and the Beauce plain, still has large farm complexes in millstone grit and cut stone, within easy reach of Paris. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Essonne published on ma-propriete.fr: a square-plan farm with a barn and stables, a former Beauce farm building awaiting renovation, a smallholding with pasture for horses.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Essonne rural market, an overview of where to look, from the French Gâtinais to the Beauce plateau, 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 Essonne (91)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Essonne (91) stood at €284,600 in 2025, with an average price of €297,767 and a median price of €2,741/m² of living space (433 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €200,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €410,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 114 m² of living space on an average plot of 1,471 m², i.e. around 0.1 ha.
This market is close to the regional median (Île-de-France: €280,000) and well above the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €275,000 to €284,600, i.e. +3.5%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +1.6%.
| 2025 indicator | Essonne | Île-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €284,600 | €280,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €297,767 | €295,207 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €200,000 | €171,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €410,000 | €435,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,741/m² | €2,603/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 114 m² | 116 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 1,471 m² | 1,590 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 433 | 3,611 | 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 Essonne (91) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €296,350 | €2,745/m² | -6.1% | 2,551 |
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 south of the department, the square-plan Beauce farm dominates: the house, barn, cowshed and shed arranged around a courtyard closed by a large gateway, often built in millstone grit or limestone. Further north, towards the Hurepoix, longères and L-shaped farms of a more modest scale are more common. The mas has no local reality in Essonne, the term being reserved for southern regions.
These farm complexes, sometimes impressively large on the Beauce plateau, convert well into a family home with outbuildings or into several gîtes, subject to planning zoning. The adjoining land, often still-farmed farmland, can run to several hectares, suitable for pasture for horses or a permaculture project.
Around Étampes, Méréville and Angerville, on the Beauce plateau, the choice of farmhouses and barns to renovate remains the widest in the department. The French Gâtinais, around Milly-la-Forêt and Malesherbes, has farm complexes more tucked into forest and valleys. Towards Dourdan, on the border with Yvelines, Hurepoix farms sit alongside larger estates.
Close to Massy, Évry-Courcouronnes or the Orge valley corridor, the few surviving farm buildings sell well above the department average, while the more rural southern Beauce plateau stays more affordable.
Check the permitted use of the buildings against the local plan: many Beauce barns remain classed in an agricultural zone, which bars any change of use without specific authorisation. Check the roof (flat tile or asbestos-cement sheets on sheds), the timber frame of the larger barns, and the drainage, which often needs redoing entirely.
If land is included, ask about any current farm lease, very common on the arable plateau, and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Cost the renovation precisely: restoring a large Beauce barn is often an investment comparable to the purchase price.
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