A farmhouse & barn for sale in Yonne (89), a Burgundy smallholding or a barn to convert with a few hectares: between the Chablis vineyards, the cereal plain and the Puisaye area, this department has kept a rich farm building stock inherited from wine-growing and cereal-farming traditions. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Yonne published on ma-propriete.fr: a Burgundy farmhouse with an enclosed courtyard, a stone barn to convert, a winegrower's house with a cellar, a farmhouse with farmland.
Below you will find the actual prices of the Yonne rural market, an overview of where to look, from the Chablis vineyards to the Puisaye area, and the points to check before buying a former farm building. Proximity to Paris and the A6 motorway noticeably affects prices depending on the area. 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 Yonne (89)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Yonne (89) stood at €135,000 in 2025, with an average price of €142,676 and a median price of €1,395/m² of living space (1,831 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €72,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €230,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 103 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,536 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is below the regional median (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: €157,000) and well below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €125,500 to €135,000, i.e. +7.6%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +2.3%.
| 2025 indicator | Yonne | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €135,000 | €157,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €142,676 | €168,680 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €72,000 | €74,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €230,000 | €279,670 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,395/m² | €1,525/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 103 m² | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,536 m² | 2,805 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 1,831 | 11,450 | 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 Yonne (89) 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) | €115,000 | €1,176/m² | +3.7% | 1,039 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €147,500 | €1,477/m² | +0.0% | 6,218 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €120,000 | €1,250/m² | +3.4% | 4,897 |
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 Yonne farmhouse is often organised around an enclosed courtyard, built of local limestone, with a cowshed, a hay barn and a vaulted cellar where a wine-growing activity was once attached. In the Othe area, to the west, some old barns show timber frame work, close to the Champagne half-timbering found nearby. There is no Burgundy equivalent of the mas; here the terms used are farmhouse, winegrower's house or tenant farm.
These often generously sized barns convert into a home or into gîtes, subject to local planning zoning. The attached hectares of cereal farmland or pasture suit livestock farming, horses, or permaculture projects on the smaller plots of the Puisaye. Some farms still have an old wine press, a trace of wine-growing that has since disappeared outside the well-known slopes.
The Chablis vineyards and surrounding area, between Tonnerre and Noyers-sur-Serein, offer sought-after farm buildings, mixing farmhouses and stone winegrowers' houses. The Puisaye, around Saint-Fargeau and Toucy, still has plentiful and affordable rural housing, among ponds and forests. Towards Avallon and the Morvan, farmhouses become more rustic, in hillier terrain. Towards Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye and Bléneau, to the west, rural properties remain equally plentiful and inexpensive.
Near Auxerre and along the Yonne valley, renovated farmhouses trade at higher prices, helped by proximity to the A6 motorway and Paris. Around Sens and Joigny, to the north, quick access to the Paris region also keeps prices higher than in the Puisaye.
Check the permitted use of the building under the local plan: a barn in an agricultural zone can only be converted into a home if it is listed as eligible for a change of use. Check the tile or slate roof depending on the area, the timber frame, the drainage, often not connected to mains in rural areas, and any asbestos-cement sheeting on farm sheds. Also ask whether any old wine-growing outbuildings require a specific insurance assessment.
If farmland or vines are included, ask about any current farm lease and the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation of a stone barn precisely, as it is often higher than initial estimates, particularly when a vaulted cellar needs drying out, reinforcing and proper ventilation.
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