South of Paris, a gîte for sale in Essonne benefits from countryside that starts soon after the new towns and the Saclay plateau. The Gâtinais français regional nature park, with its sandstone boulders and medicinal herb fields around Milly-la-Forêt, the Juine valley down to Étampes, Dourdan castle and forest and the wide Beauce plateau make an area for walking, cycling and heritage. The Chamarande and Méréville estates, owned by the department, draw garden lovers, while business parks in the north bring weekday business guests.
Properties in this section are mainly rural plots with two houses, large Beauce farms and townhouses with an outbuilding to convert. This page is for buyers after a house with gîte, those creating a gîte in existing buildings or taking over a trading one, and owners preparing to sell. Set up an email alert (in French) for new listings in the 91.
As of 25 September 2026, one listing in Essonne is published on ma-propriete.fr, with an asking price of €535,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Essonne was €284,600 (average €297,767), or €2,741/m² of living space, for 114 m² on an average plot of 1,471 m², based on 433 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €200,000 and one in ten above €410,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €275,000 to €284,600 (+3.5%); over the last year the change is +1.6%. For comparison: €280,000 in Île-de-France and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Essonne | Île-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €284,600 | €280,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €297,767 | €295,207 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €200,000 | €171,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €410,000 | €435,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,741/m² | €2,603/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 114 m² | 116 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,471 m² | 1,590 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 433 | 3,611 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €296,350 (peri-urban countryside) to €296,350 (peri-urban countryside).
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €296,350 | €2,745/m² | -6.1% | 2,551 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €887,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €985,700, a P10–P90 range of €494,000 to €1,610,700 and 2,584 €/m² of living space, over 53 sales. These homes average 353 m² of living space on 5,609 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essonne (2021-2025) | 53 | €887,000* | €985,700 | €494,000 – €1,610,700 | 2,584 |
| Île-de-France (2025) | 90 | €1,445,000* | €1,916,500 | €700,000 – €3,496,500 | 4,247 |
| Île-de-France (2021-2025) | 592 | €1,263,100 | €1,602,600 | €601,200 – €2,988,300 | 3,363 |
| 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 Essonne and prestige property prices in Essonne (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
In Essonne, country houses sold for a median €284,600 in 2025, just above the regional median, with a first decile at €200,000: the gap between small and large houses is narrower than elsewhere in Île-de-France. All the department's rural communes are peri-urban (€296,350 over 2020-2025), so the pull of the city outweighs tourist appeal. A gîte property with several units compares better with large homes, which sold for a median €887,000 over 2021-2025 (indicative, few sales), well below the regional €1,263,100. Essonne thus sits between western Île-de-France and Seine-et-Marne.
The north, around Massy, Évry and Saclay, is heavily built up: houses with gîtes are rare, but demand from companies and research centres is real. The Hurepoix, to the west, follows the Orge, Yvette and Rémarde valleys around Limours and Dourdan, with wooded villages popular with cyclists. In the south-east, the Gâtinais français, from Milly-la-Forêt to the École and Essonne valleys, is the most touristic setting. In the south, the Étampes area and the Beauce offer large farms and lower prices for guests seeking quiet. The A6 and A10 motorways, the N20, the Francilienne ring road, RER lines B, C and D, Massy high-speed station and Orly airport provide access. Job centres fill weekdays; the Gâtinais fills weekends.
Gâtinais sandstone, Hurepoix millstone grit and Beauce limestone: building styles vary by area. Courtyard farms offer large volumes, but barns need structural work, insulation and utilities before guests arrive. Around Étampes, Milly-la-Forêt or Dourdan, the Architecte des Bâtiments de France, the state heritage architect, reviews work near listed monuments. The Orge, Yerres, Essonne, Juine and Seine can flood, and clay shrink-swell affects parts of the department; the compromis de vente, or preliminary contract, includes a risk statement to study closely. Off mains drainage, the septic system, inspected by the SPANC service, must serve the main house and every gîte. Each meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let) is subject to the Le Meur law of 19 November 2024, with energy rules phased in; the national online registration service it provides for is not yet in place and should open in the fourth quarter of 2026. Also look at specific gîte insurance (in French).
Guests include Parisians on weekends, families attending celebrations, Gâtinais walkers and professionals working near Saclay or Évry. This mix evens out the season. Ask for the booking history and test your figures with our holiday let simulator (in French).
A registered, furnished gîte with a client base earns income from day one. A farm to convert costs less to buy but needs works, permits and time to build bookings. Our article on buying or creating a gîte (in French) compares both routes.
Notaire fees (the notaire is the official who handles the sale), furniture, works and, if a client base or website is transferred, a share for the business (fonds de commerce) separate from the building. Our financing plan calculator (in French) helps split deposit and loan.
See also gîtes for sale in Île-de-France and nearby Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines and Val-d'Oise, or all gîtes for sale in France. Selling a gîte? List your property.
