A farmhouse and barn for sale in Mayenne (53), a granite longère with an adjoining barn or a barn to convert: this bocage département between Brittany and Anjou has kept a dense and affordable stock of farm buildings. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Mayenne published on ma-propriete.fr: a Mayenne farmhouse with a longère and a bread oven, a granite barn to convert, a more recent agricultural shed, a farmhouse with pasture for horses.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Mayenne rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Haut-Anjou area to the Craon 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 Mayenne (53)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Mayenne (53) stood at €145,000 in 2025, with an average price of €149,484 and a median price of €1,395/m² of living space (1,662 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €72,500 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €234,900 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 107 m² of living space on an average plot of 4,713 m², i.e. around 0.5 ha.
This market is well below the regional median (Pays de la Loire: €190,000) and well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €120,000 to €145,000, i.e. +20.8%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +7.4%.
| 2025 indicator | Mayenne | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €145,000 | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €149,484 | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €72,500 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €234,900 | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,395/m² | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 107 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 4,713 m² | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 1,662 | 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 Mayenne (53) 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) * | €89,250 | €1,032/m² | +40.4% | 86 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €160,000 | €1,552/m² | +13.3% | 3,391 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €122,250 | €1,212/m² | +12.1% | 6,548 |
* Between 30 and 99 sales: indicative value.
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 Mayenne farmhouse is organised around a granite or schistlongère dwelling under slate, extended by the cowshed, the barn and a bread oven often kept in the gable end. A more recent agricultural shed frequently completes the group. There is no mas in Mayenne: the term has no local use here.
These buildings offer generous volumes for a still-reasonable budget: a barn can become a home or a gîte, subject to local planning zoning. The land, from a few thousand square metres to several hectares of hedge-lined pasture, makes it possible to keep horses or start a permaculture project.
The Craon area and the south of the département, around Craon and Château-Gontier, has the widest and most affordable choice of farms and barns to renovate. Towards Ernée and the north, on the edge of Manche, farmhouses mix with bocage hills. Around Mayenne town itself, on the Mayenne river valley, supply stays steady.
Near Laval, the well-served préfecture with a TGV station, renovated farmhouses sell slightly above the départemental average. Towards Évron and the Loiron area, to the east, the market stays more accessible despite good road links.
Check the change of use status in the agricultural zone of the local plan: a cowshed or farm barn can only be converted into a dwelling if it is identified as eligible for a change of use. Check the slate roof (weight on the timber frame) or any asbestos-cement sheeting on sheds, as well as the drainage, often old in isolated hamlets.
If farmland is included, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer (the French rural land agency). Finally, cost the renovation precisely: converting a barn into a home frequently costs as much as the purchase itself.
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