A farmhouse for sale in Moselle (57), a barn to convert or a smallholding with outbuildings: this department, shaped by a long farming tradition between the Lorraine plateaux and river valleys, still holds a varied rural building stock, from the single-block farmhouse to the timber-framed houses of the Pays de Bitche. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Moselle published on ma-propriete.fr: Lorraine farmhouses with a courtyard, rubble-stone barns to convert, former farms with land and pasture, farm buildings close to a village.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Moselle rural market (Grand Est regional benchmarks), an overview of where to look, from the Saulnois to the Pays de Bitche, 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 budget for 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.
DVF statistics (the French land-value database) do not cover Moselle: in Alsace-Moselle, sales are recorded in the Livre foncier and are not published in the DVF database. The benchmarks below are therefore those of the Grand Est region.
How much does a country house cost in Grand Est? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Grand Est stood at €150,000 in 2025, with an average price of €156,757 and a median price of €1,400/m² of living space (7,886 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). 10% of houses sold for less than €70,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €255,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house offers 112 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,025 m², i.e. around 0.2 ha.
The region is well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the regional median price has risen from €136,400 to €150,000, i.e. +10.0%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +4.2%.
| 2025 indicator | Grand Est | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €156,757 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €70,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €255,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,400/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,025 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 7,886 | 150,313 |
A regional average also hides large gaps between municipalities. 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 Grand Est 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline * | €145,000 | €1,282/m² | -23.7% | 32 |
| Residential coastline | €140,000 | €1,354/m² | -17.9% | 565 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €137,462 | €1,350/m² | +14.6% | 1,622 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €165,000 | €1,529/m² | +6.2% | 22,855 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €125,500 | €1,178/m² | +7.4% | 23,366 |
* Between 30 and 99 sales: indicative value.
Note: in Grand Est, the municipalities classified as "coastline" have no access to the sea. They are municipalities bordering lakes of more than 1,000 hectares (or, in Eure, the Seine estuary) covered by the 1986 Loi Littoral, which also applies to such inland lakes and estuaries.
These benchmarks help you assess a listing, estimate a property before putting it up for sale, or set your budget, whether you are looking for a holiday home, a permanent move to the French countryside or a property to turn into a rural gîte. 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 Moselle, the traditional farmhouse often takes the form of a single-block farm, combining the dwelling, cowshed and barn under one roofline, or a closed-courtyard farm, more common around the Saulnois and the Metz area. In the Pays de Bitche and the Vosges du Nord, farm buildings stand out for their timber-framed houses and pink sandstone. There is no mas in Lorraine: the term has no local equivalent here, large farms are simply called corps de ferme or ferme lorraine.
Moselle barns, often built of limestone rubble or sandstone, offer generous volumes suited to conversion into a home or several gîtes, subject to local planning zoning. The attached land, from a few thousand square metres to several hectares of pasture or farmland, suits keeping horses or starting a permaculture project, particularly on the limestone plateaux of the Saulnois.
The Saulnois, around Château-Salins, Vic-sur-Seille and Dieuze, has an ample supply of farmhouses and barns to renovate, amid ponds and pasture. Towards Boulay-Moselle and the Nied area, traditional single-block farmhouses remain numerous and affordable. The Pays de Bitche and the Vosges du Nord, around Bitche and Sarreguemines, offer timber-framed buildings to restore, in a wooded setting. The Metz countryside, between the city and the Saulnois, mixes large plateau farms with more modest remnants along the tributary valleys of the Seille.
Near Metz, served by a TGV station, and along the Moselle valley, renovated farmhouses are scarce and noticeably more expensive, as they are around Thionville and the industrial Moselle corridor. Towards Sarrebourg and the Pays des Étangs, on the edge of Alsace, the market stays more affordable, as it does in the Sarreguemines area along the Sarre valley. The Saulnois, more rural, keeps a good balance between property availability and price levels.
Check the permitted use of the buildings: a barn zoned as agricultural land under the local plan can only be converted into housing if it is expressly identified as eligible for a change of use. Look at the roof (mechanical tile, but also asbestos-cement sheets on more recent sheds), the condition of the timber frame, the drainage and utility connections, and any fuel tanks or manure pits that may need clearing. A prior survey of these elements avoids a lot of unpleasant surprises after signing, particularly on buildings that have stood empty for several years.
If the property includes farmland, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer, active across much of Moselle. Finally, budget the renovation precisely: restoring a Moselle barn or cowshed frequently costs close to the price of the purchase itself, especially when the timber frame needs full replacement.
On ma-propriete.fr, filter Moselle farms and barns by budget, built area and land area, quickly compare closed-courtyard farms with single-block ones across the Saulnois and the Pays de Bitche, track new listings near Metz or Sarrebourg, set up an email alert to follow new listings, and extend your search to all farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Grand Est.
