A farmhouse for sale in Pays de la Loire, an Anjou farmhouse in tuffeau limestone or a bocage Vendée smallholding: built on mixed farming and orchards, the region has kept a varied agricultural heritage between the Loire and the Atlantic coast. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Pays de la Loire listed on ma-propriete.fr: Anjou farm buildings in white tuffeau, timber-frame Vendée smallholdings, Mayenne granite barns, and Sarthe farmhouses with outbuildings and 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 Vendée bocage to the Loire valley, and the points to watch on this traditional stock. For a gîte project, our white paper on setting up a rural gîte will help you assess whether it stacks up.
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 Pays de la Loire? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Pays de la Loire stood at €190,000 in 2025, with an average price of €199,126 and a median price of €1,875/m² of living space (14,604 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). 10% of houses sold for less than €100,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €308,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house offers 106 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,947 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
The region is close to the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the regional median price has risen from €168,000 to €190,000, i.e. +13.1%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +2.7%.
| 2025 indicator | Pays de la Loire | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €190,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €199,126 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €308,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,875/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,947 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 14,604 | 150,313 |
Differences between departments are significant: the median ranges from €145,000 in Mayenne (53) to €230,000 in Loire-Atlantique (44). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loire-Atlantique (44) | €230,000 | €238,421 | €2,302/m² | +9.5% | 3,119 |
| Maine-et-Loire (49) | €195,000 | €202,021 | €1,863/m² | +14.0% | 2,971 |
| Mayenne (53) | €145,000 | €149,484 | €1,395/m² | +20.8% | 1,662 |
| Sarthe (72) | €150,000 | €153,025 | €1,512/m² | +13.6% | 2,742 |
| Vendée (85) | €210,000 | €218,042 | €2,127/m² | +16.7% | 4,110 |
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 Pays de la Loire 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 | €280,000 | €3,056/m² | +8.6% | 4,523 |
| Residential coastline | €225,000 | €2,327/m² | +4.6% | 2,965 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €168,700 | €1,765/m² | -6.6% | 485 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €200,000 | €1,947/m² | +6.2% | 43,910 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €157,000 | €1,542/m² | +10.0% | 36,098 |
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 Maine-et-Loire, the Anjou farmhouse stands out for its white tuffeau limestone walls, sometimes troglodyte on a hillside, with an adjoining cowshed and barn. In the Vendée, the bocage smallholding combines stone and render, arranged around a hedge-enclosed courtyard. In the Mayenne and northern Sarthe, buildings are built in granite or schist under slate, in dense bocage countryside. There is no mas in Pays de la Loire; the word has no local meaning here.
These often generously sized barns and farm buildings convert into homes or gîtes, subject to local planning zoning and a change of use. The hectares of bocage pasture or farmland, particularly in the Vendée and Mayenne, suit keeping horses or a permaculture project.
In Maine-et-Loire, the Saumur area around Saumur and the Layon hillsides offer tuffeau farmhouses at varying prices. In the Vendée, the bocage around Pouzauges, Chantonnay and Les Herbiers has the widest choice of smallholdings to renovate. In the Mayenne, the area around Mayenne and Château-Gontier, and the northern Sarthe near Sillé-le-Guillaume, remain accessible. In the Loire-Atlantique, the Châteaubriant area and the area south of the Loire round out the choice.
Areas close to Nantes, the Vendée coast around Les Sables-d'Olonne and the touristy Loire valley remain well above the regional average. By contrast, the Mayenne, the northern Sarthe and the inland Vendée bocage offer far more affordable farm buildings and smallholdings.
Check the permitted use of the buildings against the local plan: in an agricultural zone A, a barn or cowshed can only become housing if it is expressly identified as eligible for a change of use. Examine the roof (Anjou or Mayenne slate, tile in the Vendée, but also asbestos-cement sheets on sheds), the timber frame and the drainage, always worth checking on an old farm.
If farmland comes with the property, ask about any current farm lease and about the pre-emption right of the Safer, active throughout the region. Finally, cost the renovation precisely: on Anjou tuffeau as on Mayenne granite, restoration often exceeds the purchase price.
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