A farmhouse for sale in Hauts-de-France, a Picardy farm building complex in brick and flint, or a large Nord farm waiting to be restored: shaped by large-scale cereal and sugar-beet farming, the region has kept an imposing rural stock, often built around a closed square courtyard. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Hauts-de-France listed on ma-propriete.fr: brick farm buildings, timber-frame barns from the Boulonnais, bocage farms from the Avesnois, and outbuildings with sheds and adjoining land.
Below you will find the actual prices of the rural market across the region's five departments, an overview of where the choice is widest, from the Thiérache to the Boulonnais, and the points to watch on this often massive rural stock. For a gîte 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 Hauts-de-France? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Hauts-de-France stood at €175,000 in 2025, with an average price of €183,979 and a median price of €1,686/m² of living space (11,950 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). 10% of houses sold for less than €90,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €290,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house offers 108 m² of living space on an average plot of 1,942 m², i.e. around 0.2 ha.
The region is below the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the regional median price has risen from €164,000 to €175,000, i.e. +6.7%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +2.9%.
| 2025 indicator | Hauts-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €175,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €183,979 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €290,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,686/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 1,942 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 11,950 | 150,313 |
Differences between departments are significant: the median ranges from €139,000 in Aisne (02) to €200,000 in Oise (60). The table below compares 2025 prices and their change since 2020.
| Department | Median price 2025 | Average price 2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2020-2025 | Sales 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisne (02) | €139,000 | €142,076 | €1,356/m² | +6.9% | 2,139 |
| Nord (59) | €192,000 | €202,949 | €1,729/m² | +6.7% | 2,388 |
| Oise (60) | €200,000 | €206,280 | €2,034/m² | +0.0% | 2,530 |
| Pas-de-Calais (62) | €186,000 | €195,185 | €1,747/m² | +12.7% | 2,578 |
| Somme (80) | €159,000 | €166,279 | €1,565/m² | +9.7% | 2,315 |
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 Hauts-de-France 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 | €215,000 | €2,324/m² | +14.1% | 990 |
| Residential coastline | €190,000 | €1,980/m² | +14.5% | 547 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €155,000 | €1,580/m² | +12.0% | 337 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €187,000 | €1,792/m² | +2.2% | 47,512 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €140,500 | €1,380/m² | +7.6% | 22,233 |
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.
The Picardy and Nord farmhouse stands out for its scale: a courtyard enclosed on all four sides, with the dwelling, cowshed, stables, threshing barn and one or more sheds, all in brick, sometimes combined with flint in Picardy or chalk in the Aisne. In the wetter bocage of the Avesnois and Thiérache, smaller dairy farms are built in brick and timber frame. There is no mas in Hauts-de-France; the word is not part of the local farm-building vocabulary.
These large barns, sometimes several hundred square metres, lend themselves to conversion into housing or gîtes, subject to local planning zoning and a change of use. The adjoining hectares of farmland or pasture, especially in the bocage of the Avesnois, suit keeping horses or starting a permaculture project.
In the Aisne, the Laon area, the Thiérache around Vervins and Hirson, and the Soissons area offer a wide choice of farm buildings and barns to renovate. In the Nord, the Avesnois, around Avesnes-sur-Helpe and Fourmies, and the Cambrésis still hold an accessible rural stock. In the Somme, the Vimeu, the Ponthieu around Abbeville and the Santerre plain offer flatland farms; in the Pas-de-Calais, the Ternois and Montreuillois, behind the Boulonnais coast, keep affordable farm buildings.
Areas close to the Oise, between Beauvais, Compiègne and the Oise valley, benefit from proximity to Paris and stay above the regional average, as does the Boulonnais coast around Boulogne-sur-Mer. By contrast, the Thiérache, the Avesnois and the Picardy Vimeu offer noticeably more affordable farm buildings.
Check the permitted use of the buildings against the local plan: in an agricultural zone A, a barn or shed can only become housing if it is expressly identified as eligible for a change of use. Examine the roof (mechanical tile, slate, or asbestos-cement sheets common on more recent farm sheds), the timber frame of the large threshing barns, and the drainage, rarely up to standard on an isolated farm.
If farmland is included, ask about any current farm lease, common in this large-scale farming region, and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Finally, cost the renovation precisely: on these large buildings, renovation often exceeds the purchase price.
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