Looking for a country house for sale in Finistère (29)? Between the Brest roadstead, the bay of Douarnenez and inland Brittany, the department offers a typical Breton building style: granitelongères under slate roofs, fishermen's pentys, thatched cottages of the Bigouden country, old farmhouses to renovate with land. This page brings together the country houses for sale in Finistère published on ma-propriete.fr by private sellers, estate agents and notaries.
To help you decide, we present the actual prices of country houses in Finistère, the areas worth knowing from Quimper to Morlaix, and the criteria that determine the value of a house in the countryside. Our complete guide to buying a country house in France completes these benchmarks, from surveying an old building to financing.
How much does a country house cost in Finistère (29)? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Finistère (29) stood at €215,000 in 2025, with an average price of €225,485 and a median price of €2,072/m² of living space (3,530 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). The price range is wide: 10% of houses sold for less than €118,655 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €350,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house here offers 108 m² of living space on an average plot of 2,708 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
This market is close to the regional median (Brittany: €210,000) and above the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the median price has risen from €167,000 to €215,000, i.e. +28.7%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +2.4%.
| 2025 indicator | Finistère | Brittany | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €215,000 | €210,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €225,485 | €223,474 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €118,655 | €110,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €350,000 | €355,291 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,072/m² | €2,027/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 107 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 2,708 m² | 3,041 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 3,530 | 13,579 | 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 Finistère (29) 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 | €243,500 | €2,407/m² | +13.0% | 4,259 |
| Residential coastline | €219,000 | €2,110/m² | +13.6% | 7,796 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €112,500 | €1,184/m² | +14.3% | 209 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €195,600 | €1,873/m² | +16.7% | 6,973 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €152,000 | €1,500/m² | +13.9% | 4,999 |
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 Finistère country house is above all the longère, built in granite, low and elongated, often oriented to shelter from the wind, under a slate roof. The penty, a small fisherman's or peasant's house, is found along the coast and in the Bigouden country, where a few traditional thatched cottages still remain. Further inland, you also find notables' manor-style houses and old Léon or Cornouaille farmhouses to convert. The oldest penn-ty cottages, with their short two-sided roof and single living room, stand apart from later longères, extended over generations with an added cattle shed or storeroom. Rarer schist appears here and there around Châteaulin, giving façades a darker tone than the granite found elsewhere in the department, itself often quarried and cut locally by hand.
The land that comes with them often includes a garden, an apple orchard, sometimes a well or a spring, and stone outbuildings (barn, bread oven). Many properties sit in a hamlet, guaranteeing peace without full isolation. The stone banks separating fields, known locally as talus, shape the Finistère hedgerow landscape and often carry a hedge, useful against the prevailing winds that sweep the department year-round, especially near the exposed coastline where trees tend to grow bent and low.
Around Brest and its roadstead, as well as Quimper and the Bigouden country (Pont-l'Abbé, Combrit), the country house close to the coast remains the most sought-after, driven by holiday homes and sea views. The Douarnenez area and the Cap Sizun combine cliffs with a preserved hinterland. Towards Morlaix and its bay, granite buildings sit within a hillier landscape. The Landerneau area and the Élorn valley, between Brest and Morlaix, offer a middle ground between rural calm and quick access to the Brest urban area. Towards Landivisiau and the Léon area, farmland sits alongside newer building stock, less sought-after but often more affordable for a first purchase, particularly for buyers not tied to the coast.
Central Finistère, around Carhaix-Plouguer, Châteauneuf-du-Faou and Huelgoat, offers the most affordable prices for a granite longère with a large plot, ideal for a move to the countryside or a rural gîte project away from coastal pressure. No high-speed line reaches Brest or Quimper directly, but TGV services reach both towns via Rennes, a journey worth factoring in for buyers coming from the Paris region, alongside the two regional airports at Brest and Quimper serving both cities year-round.
Three factors dominate: proximity to the coast and sea views, the condition of the old granite building (roof, damp, insulation and energy rating, often a weak point on uninsulated longères) and the size of the plot. A renovated longère near the coast and a farmhouse to renovate in central Finistère can show a marked price gap for a similar size. The quality of the sea view, the absence of overlooking neighbours and closeness to a harbour or beach rank among the criteria that push prices up most along the coast, more so than the size of the house itself or its overall living space.
Also check the private drainage system, fibre-optic coverage for remote working, and the local plan rules if you plan to convert a barn into living space. Finistère's granite subsoil exposes some areas to radon, worth managing with good ventilation, while coastal communities also need to factor in coastline erosion and coastal flood risk zoning that can restrict future building work.
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