A farmhouse & barn for sale in Sarthe (72), a Sarthe longère built in tuffeau stone or a barn to renovate between the Loir and Sarthe valleys: this department keeps an abundant stock of farm buildings, inherited from a long tradition of mixed crop and livestock farming. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Sarthe published on ma-propriete.fr: tuffeau or brick longères, barns to renovate with land, farmhouses with a cowshed and outbuildings.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Sarthe rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Loir valley to the Sarthe Perche, 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 Sarthe (72)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Sarthe (72) stood at €150,000 in 2025, with an average price of €153,025 and a median price of €1,512/m² of living space (2,742 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €75,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €240,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 103 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,762 m², i.e. around 0.4 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 €132,000 to €150,000, i.e. +13.6%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +4.2%.
| 2025 indicator | Sarthe | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €150,000 | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €153,025 | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €75,000 | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €240,000 | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,512/m² | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 103 m² | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,762 m² | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 2,742 | 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 Sarthe (72) 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) * | €112,350 | €1,273/m² | +43.7% | 63 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €160,000 | €1,579/m² | +6.4% | 9,099 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €128,000 | €1,293/m² | +5.6% | 7,336 |
* 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 typical Sarthe farmhouse is built around a longère dwelling, in tuffeau stone, brick or rubble stone depending on the area, under a slate or flat-tile roof. The cowshed, the stables and the hay barn are often lined up or set at a right angle around a farm courtyard. In the Sarthe Perche, farms move closer to the Norman style, sometimes with half-timbering. There are no mas in Sarthe.
These buildings offer good potential for conversion into a family home or several gîtes, subject to planning zoning and a change of use for barns classed as agricultural. The adjoining land, from a few thousand square metres to several hectares of pasture, suits horses, very present in the department, or a permaculture project.
The north of the department, around Mamers, Bonnétable and the Sarthe Perche, has the widest choice of longères and barns to renovate, in a hedgerow landscape. The Loir valley, towards La Ferté-Bernard and Le Lude, offers tuffeau buildings sought after for their valley setting. Towards Sablé-sur-Sarthe and the Sarthe valley, helped by a TGV station, farms are well connected to Paris and Nantes.
Around Le Mans and its metropolitan area, renovated farmhouses become scarce and sell well above the departmental average. In the south of Sarthe, towards La Flèche and the Baugeois area, supply stays more plentiful and prices more moderate, despite being further from main routes.
Check the permitted use of the building under the agricultural zone of the local plan: a farm barn can only become a home if it is listed for a change of use. Check the roof (slate or flat tile, but also asbestos-cement on adjoining sheds), the timber frame and the drainage, often non-compliant on isolated longères.
If farmland is included, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation carefully: restoring tuffeau, a soft stone sensitive to damp, often requires a substantial budget.
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