A gîte for sale in Creuse targets guests who come for nature, fishing, walking and craft heritage, in a land of granite, hedgerows and fast streams with space and quiet to spare. Aubusson and Felletin keep alive the tapestry tradition recognised by UNESCO; Lake Vassivière and the Millevaches plateau offer swimming, sailing and forests; the Creuse valley around Crozant and Fresselines inspired Monet and his contemporaries.
Properties here are large stone houses with outbuildings, a pool and room for several units on one or more hectares, as well as farms to convert into a group of gîtes. The page is for buyers of a house with gîte, for those planning to create a rural gîte and for owners thinking of selling. Set up an email alert (in French) and browse gîtes for sale in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
As of 25 September 2026, 2 listings in Creuse are published on ma-propriete.fr, with asking prices from €299,000 to €764,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Creuse was €91,800 (average €97,479), or €930/m² of living space, for 103 m² on an average plot of 5,691 m², based on 1,054 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €41,000 and one in ten above €164,820. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €73,000 to €91,600 (+25.5%); over the last year the change is +7.8%. For comparison: €170,000 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Creuse | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €91,800 | €170,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €97,479 | €188,636 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €41,000 | €83,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €164,820 | €315,785 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €930/m² | €1,657/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 103 m² | 110 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 5,691 m² | 4,005 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 1,054 | 26,126 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €76,000 (peri-urban countryside) to €84,000 (deep countryside). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline | €83,000 | €930/m² | +59.1% | 115 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €78,000 | €808/m² | +21.4% | 1,413 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €76,000 | €810/m² | +7.4% | 101 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €84,000 | €882/m² | +24.0% | 5,016 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the regional (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) benchmark is a median of €629,400 over 2021-2025, with an average of €814,400, a P10–P90 range of €395,000 to €1,517,600 and 1,704 €/m² of living space, over 1,105 sales. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2025) | 171 | €615,000 | €805,900 | €400,000 – €1,480,000 | 1,692 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2021-2025) | 1,105 | €629,400 | €814,400 | €395,000 – €1,517,600 | 1,704 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Creuse and prestige property prices in Creuse (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Creuse has the lowest prices in the region: a median of €91,800 for a country house in 2025, or €930/m², on an average plot of 5,691 m². Even in tourist inland communes the median is €78,000 over 2020-2025. Prices are catching up, though: +21.4% in those communes between 2021 and 2025 and +24.0% in remote rural areas. A large gîte property stays well below the regional prestige median of €629,400: your budget buys more space and land here, at the cost of a shorter season.
The south, around Aubusson, Felletin and the Limousin uplands, has Lake Vassivière and the Millevaches en Limousin regional nature park: it is the most visited area, with harsher winters. The north, between the Creuse valley, Crozant, Boussac and the edge of the Berry, offers gorges, medieval ruins and painting heritage. The centre, around Guéret and its wooded hills, combines forests, ponds and town services. In the west, La Souterraine, near the A20 motorway, is the easiest to reach, with a station on the Paris–Limoges line. The N145 crosses the department east to west, and Limoges airport has European flights.
Creuse houses are built of granite rubble, often with large barns and cowsheds. Converting them means costing the roof, insulation and heating; see our guide to converting a barn into a gîte (in French). The granite bedrock exposes much of the department to radon, so plan a test and good ventilation. Outside villages, the private septic system, inspected by the local SPANC service, must match the number of beds. Check internet and mobile coverage too, now essential for bookings. Each unit is a meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let), and energy performance rules are being phased in. The national online registration service provided for by the law of 19 November 2024 is not yet in place and is due to open in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Low purchase prices leave room for works and several units, but guests have to be found: the season centres on summer and school holidays, and bookings come through platforms, labels and word of mouth. Our white paper on creating a rural gîte (in French) helps structure the project.
It depends on weeks let, the standard of accommodation and costs, especially heating large volumes. Ask for actual takings if the business is trading, then use our holiday rental simulator (in French).
Once a price is agreed, you sign a compromis de vente, then the final deed before a notaire, the public officer handling property sales. Check the mandatory surveys, including the risk report, the septic inspection and each unit's registration. If a customer base and website are included, part of the price may be a fonds de commerce (business goodwill).
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