Between the open Beauce plain and the Perche hills, a gîte for sale in Eure-et-Loir trades first on its closeness to Paris: this is weekend and short-break country for Parisians. Chartres cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site, the château and aqueduct at Maintenon, the castle of Châteaudun, Proust's Illiers-Combray, the manor houses of the Perche regional nature park and the Eure and Loir valleys are the main draws, with Percheron horses, walking and farmers' markets on the side.
Typical properties are Perche longères (long, low farmhouses) with one or two separate units, Beauce courtyard farms whose barns can take a group gîte, and character houses in the valleys. The page is for buyers after a house with gîte, those taking over a going concern or creating a gîte from scratch, and owners planning to sell. Set up an email alert (in French) to hear about new properties.
As of 25 September 2026, there are no gîtes for sale in Eure-et-Loir listed on ma-propriete.fr. Across the Centre-Val de Loire region, 24 listings show a median asking price of €697,658, ranging from €211,000 to €2,490,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Eure-et-Loir was €178,000 (average €184,180), or €1,769/m² of living space, for 105 m² on an average plot of 1,973 m², based on 2,009 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €105,000 and one in ten above €275,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €166,000 to €178,000 (+7.2%); over the last year the change is +2.3%. For comparison: €150,000 in Centre-Val de Loire and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Eure-et-Loir | Centre-Val de Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €178,000 | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €184,180 | €157,230 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €105,000 | €75,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €275,000 | €251,580 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,769/m² | €1,519/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 105 m² | 103 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,973 m² | 2,999 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 2,009 | 10,907 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €141,000 (deep countryside) to €197,000 (peri-urban 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 inland (hinterland, mountains) | €152,550 | €1,502/m² | +34.6% | 206 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €197,000 | €1,934/m² | -0.3% | 8,008 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €141,000 | €1,487/m² | +4.1% | 4,522 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €650,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €719,600, a P10–P90 range of €400,000 to €1,108,800 and 1,634 €/m² of living space, over 59 sales. These homes average 391 m² of living space on 17,942 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eure-et-Loir (2021-2025) | 59 | €650,000* | €719,600 | €400,000 – €1,108,800 | 1,634 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2025) | 52 | €591,500* | €676,000 | €400,000 – €1,098,900 | 1,570 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2021-2025) | 314 | €588,900 | €669,600 | €400,000 – €1,048,700 | 1,639 |
| 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 Eure-et-Loir and prestige property prices in Eure-et-Loir (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Eure-et-Loir stands out in the region: the median country house sold for €178,000 in 2025, above the regional €150,000, lifted by peri-urban countryside around Chartres, Dreux and the Paris region (€197,000 over 2020-2025). The few tourist inland communes rose by 34.6% between 2021 and 2025, on a small number of sales. A gîte property is closer to the large-home market, where the department median is €650,000 over 2021-2025, an indicative figure. Budget for a gîte complex well above the price of a simple house.
The Perche in the west, around Nogent-le-Rotrou, is the most sought-after setting: hedged farmland, forests, manor houses and old villages within the regional nature park. The Loir valley from Bonneval to Châteaudun and the Eure valley from Chartres to Maintenon and Anet combine rivers, mills and heritage. In the north, the Drouais and Thymerais around Dreux are closest to Paris. The Beauce, an open cereal plain, draws fewer holiday-makers but offers large farmhouses at gentler prices. The A11 motorway runs from Paris to Chartres and Le Mans, the A10 crosses the east and the N12 serves Dreux; Chartres, Dreux and Nogent-le-Rotrou have trains to Paris-Montparnasse.
Perche houses combine limestone rubble, rust-coloured sandstone and flat clay tiles; Beauce courtyard farms have vast barns. These volumes can hold several units, but budget for roofing, insulation and utilities, and sometimes a change-of-use permit from the mairie (town hall). Our article on buying versus creating a gîte (in French) and our white paper on setting up a rural gîte (in French) help you decide. Clay soils are prone to shrink-swell movement, and the Eure and Loir valley floors to flooding. Outside villages, the private septic system is inspected by the local SPANC service. Each unit is a registered meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let), and since the law of 19 November 2024 local councils have more powers. The national online registration service provided for by that law is not yet in place; it is due to open in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Start from the median country house, €178,000 in 2025, with one sale in ten above €275,000. A property with one or more gîtes, outbuildings and a large plot moves towards the €650,000 median for large homes in the department. Estimate purchase costs with our notary fee calculator (in French).
Weekend demand from the Paris region continues through the year, especially in the Perche and around Chartres, but stays are shorter and changeovers more frequent. Group gîtes target family gatherings and company away-days. Ask for the booking history and compare it with real running costs.
The usual French process applies: a compromis de vente (preliminary contract), then the final deed before a notaire, with mandatory surveys and a septic inspection. Check the unit's registration and rating and, if a customer base or website is transferred, the part treated as a fonds de commerce (business goodwill). See our article on gîte formalities (in French).
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