A farmhouse and barn for sale in Maine-et-Loire (49), an Anjou closerie in tuffeau stone or a barn to convert: this wine-growing and market-gardening département of Anjou has kept an abundant stock of farm buildings, between the Loire, the Layon and the Segré bocage. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Maine-et-Loire published on ma-propriete.fr: an Anjou farmhouse with outbuildings, a wine-growing closerie with a troglodyte cellar, a Segré-area farm with barn and shed, a farmhouse with pasture for horses.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Anjou rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Saumur area to the Segré area, 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 Maine-et-Loire (49)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Maine-et-Loire (49) stood at €195,000 in 2025, with an average price of €202,021 and a median price of €1,863/m² of living space (2,971 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €112,645 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €300,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 110 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,950 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is close to the regional median (Pays de la Loire: €190,000) and close to the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €171,000 to €195,000, i.e. +14.0%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +2.6%.
| 2025 indicator | Maine-et-Loire | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €195,000 | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €202,021 | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €112,645 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €300,000 | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,863/m² | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 110 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,950 m² | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 2,971 | 14,604 | 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 Maine-et-Loire (49) 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) | €207,500 | €1,962/m² | +6.2% | 11,877 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €161,850 | €1,583/m² | +9.6% | 6,164 |
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 Anjou farmhouse is organised around a dwelling in tuffeau, the local white limestone, roofed in slate or tile depending on the area, with a barn, a shed and sometimes a troglodyte cellar dug into the hillside. In the Layon and Saumur vineyards, people rather speak of a closerie, a small wine-growing holding with an adjoining winery. There is no mas in Anjou: the term has no local use here.
These buildings offer generous volumes: a tall barn lends itself to conversion into a home or a gîte, subject to local planning zoning. The adjoining land, often a few hectares of vines, orchards or pasture, suits both a market-gardening project and keeping horses.
The Segré area, around Segré, Candé and Pouancé, in bocage country towards Mayenne, has the widest and most affordable choice of farms and barns to renovate. Towards Baugé and the Baugeois area, at the gates of Sarthe, farm buildings mix with state forests. Around Doué-la-Fontaine and Vihiers, in the Layon valley, wine-growing closeries are common.
Near Angers, the Loire valley and Saumur, renovated farmhouses and closeries sell well above the départemental average, driven by wine tourism and Unesco listing. Towards Cholet and the Mauges area, the market stays more accessible despite good transport links.
Check the change of use status in the agricultural zone of the local plan: a farm barn can only be converted into a dwelling if it is identified as eligible for a change of use. Check the roof (slate or tile, but also asbestos-cement on more recent sheds), the timber frame and the condition of any adjoining troglodyte cellars, which can suffer structural issues.
If farmland or vineyards are included, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer (the French rural land agency). Also check the drainage, often in need of work in isolated hamlets, and cost the renovation before committing.
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