A farmhouse for sale in Tarn (81), an Albi-area brick farmhouse with a dovecote, or a Gaillac-area wine-growing mas: between the granite Sidobre, the Montagne Noire and the Gaillac vineyards, the department shows varied farm buildings. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Tarn published on ma-propriete.fr: brick Albi-area farmhouses with a dovecote, schist farms from the Monts de Lacaune, Gaillac wine-growing mas with a barn and outbuildings.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Tarn rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Gaillac area to the Monts de Lacaune, 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 Tarn (81)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Tarn (81) stood at €193,000 in 2025, with an average price of €194,538 and a median price of €1,799/m² of living space (1,018 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €97,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €290,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 113 m² of living space on an average plot of 4,540 m², i.e. around 0.5 ha.
This market is below the regional median (Occitanie: €210,000) and close to the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €175,000 to €193,000, i.e. +10.3%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +6.3%.
| 2025 indicator | Tarn | Occitanie | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €193,000 | €210,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €194,538 | €220,462 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €97,000 | €107,500 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €290,000 | €347,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,799/m² | €1,987/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 113 m² | 111 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 4,540 m² | 4,162 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 1,018 | 14,163 | 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 Tarn (81) 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) | €130,000 | €1,319/m² | +8.2% | 686 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €200,000 | €1,849/m² | +2.8% | 4,402 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €177,500 | €1,667/m² | +0.5% | 1,921 |
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.
Around Albi and Gaillac, the farmhouse is typically built in local brick, sometimes with a characteristic dovecote and an attached barn; the term mas is commonly used there for a wine estate with its farm buildings. Towards the Monts de Lacaune and the Montagne Noire, the farm changes character: schist or granite walls, slate roofs, and a more modest cowshed and shed suited to extensive livestock farming.
These buildings can be converted into a home or gîtes, subject to planning zoning, with particular care needed for dovecotes, which are often noted as local heritage features. The surrounding land, from a few hectares of vines to pasture depending on the area, suits winegrowing, horses or a permaculture project.
The Gaillac area, around Gaillac, Rabastens and Lisle-sur-Tarn, holds most of the wine-growing mas and brick farms. Around Lavaur and the Tarn side of the Lauragais, plain courtyard farms remain plentiful. In the Monts de Lacaune, around Brassac, mid-mountain farms are scarcer but generally more affordable.
Near Albi and along the Tarn valley, renovated properties are scarcer and more expensive. Towards the Sidobre, around Vabre and Castres, and on the foothills of the Montagne Noire near Mazamet, granite farms reach levels clearly above average in the most sought-after areas.
Check the change of use of the building: in an agricultural zone of the local plan, a barn or dovecote only becomes habitable if it is identified for that purpose, a rule strictly applied in the protected Gaillac wine-growing areas. Check the roof (canal tile, slate in the mountains, sometimes asbestos-cement on sheds), the timber frame and the drainage.
If vineyard or farmland is attached, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer, which also applies to Gaillac AOC vine plots. Restoring a dovecote or a stone barn, sometimes a protected heritage feature, can require a substantial budget.
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