A farmhouse for sale in Indre (36), farmhouse built of limestone in the Berry style, or a barn to convert with a few hectares of land: this deeply agricultural department, between the Brenne and the Boischaut, still has an abundant and lightly contested stock of rural buildings. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Indre published on ma-propriete.fr: Berry farmhouses with outbuildings, stone barns to restore, former tenant farms with a cowshed and adjoining land.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Indre rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Brenne to the Boischaut, and the points to check before buying a former farm building. For a tourism project, 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 Indre (36)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Indre (36) stood at €95,000 in 2025, with an average price of €103,640 and a median price of €1,042/m² of living space (1,345 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €45,328 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €170,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 98 m² of living space on an average plot of 4,049 m², i.e. around 0.4 ha.
This market is well below the regional median (Centre-Val de Loire: €150,000) and well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €84,900 to €95,000, i.e. +11.9%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +3.3%.
| 2025 indicator | Indre | Centre-Val de Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €95,000 | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €103,640 | €157,230 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €45,328 | €75,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €170,000 | €251,580 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,042/m² | €1,519/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 98 m² | 103 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 4,049 m² | 2,999 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 1,345 | 10,907 | 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 Indre (36) 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) | €81,818 | €909/m² | +14.4% | 679 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €110,000 | €1,133/m² | +6.3% | 2,423 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €86,200 | €949/m² | +5.9% | 5,032 |
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.
A typical Indre farmhouse is a Berry-style tenant farm built of limestone under flat tile or slate, with a cowshed and an agricultural shed arranged in a row or an L shape. In the southern Boischaut, towards the Vallée Noire, buildings become sturdier, a legacy of large grain and livestock farms. There are no mas in Indre: the word has no local root here and is never used to describe this Berry-style building.
These complexes, often completed by a separate barn, lend themselves to conversion into a home or into gîtes, subject to the local planning zoning. The adjoining farmland, from a few hectares to several dozen depending on the property, is often pasture or bordered by ponds in the Brenne area, well suited to a horse-keeping project or to permaculture.
The area around Le Blanc and the Brenne, known as the land of a thousand ponds, has a wide and affordable choice of farms and barns to renovate. Towards Argenton-sur-Creuse and the Creuse valley, farm buildings sit among more rugged terrain. The Valençay area and the northern Boischaut offer farm complexes surrounded by grain fields.
Around Châteauroux and Déols, proximity to the urban area makes some farm complexes somewhat more sought after. Towards Issoudun and the southern Boischaut, heading towards La Châtre, prices remain noticeably more affordable for comparable built area.
Check the building's permitted use: in an agricultural zone under the local plan, a barn can only be converted into housing if it is listed among the buildings eligible for a change of use, which some rural Indre municipalities restrict strictly. Examine the roof (flat tile, but also asbestos-cement on sheds), the timber frame and the drainage, often needing a full overhaul on properties left empty for a long time.
If land is included, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation before committing: in this market where buildings are affordable, the cost of works often clearly exceeds the purchase price.
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