18th-Century Landaise Farmhouse to Renovate Near Dax – 2 Bed, 6000m² Wooded Land



Aquitaine, Landes, Poyanne, France, Poyanne (France)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 76m² Floor area
€119,000
House
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
76m²
No garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand in the kitchen doorway on a September morning and the air already smells like pine resin warming in the sun. The woods on your 6000 square metres start just beyond the old stone wall, and apart from a woodpigeon somewhere up in the canopy, nothing breaks the silence. This is Poyanne — a scattering of farmhouses and lanes in the Landes département where the Atlantic forest rolls on so far it starts to feel like its own country. And sitting at the edge of it all, waiting for someone with vision and a willingness to roll up their sleeves, is a proper 18th-century Landaise farmhouse going for €119,000.
Let's be honest about what this is. It's a renovation project — the kind that demands decisions, budgets, and patience. But it's also the kind of opportunity that comes along rarely in this part of France, where agricultural heritage properties on wooded plots of this size don't stay on the market long. The single-story layout covers 76 sqm: two bedrooms, a living room anchored by a period fireplace that's the real architectural heart of the house, a bathroom, and a kitchen space ready to be fitted out exactly how you want it. The bones are there. What you're buying is the framework for something genuinely personal — not a developer's idea of a holiday home, but yours.
Attached to the main house is a 37 sqm barn. That's not an afterthought. Converted thoughtfully, it could become a guest suite, a studio, a home office, or simply generous storage for bikes and surf gear. Renovation quotes are available on request, so you won't be working blind from day one.
The land itself deserves its own mention. Six thousand square metres of wooded terrain with no overlooking neighbours in any direction, and — this is the detail that makes people stop mid-conversation — a natural spring on the property. Water, shade, privacy, and the soundtrack of wind moving through maritime pines. For a vacation home or a second residence in southwest France, that combination is almost absurdly good value.
Poyanne sits just three minutes from Saint-Geours-d'Auribat, which punches well above its size for a village this quiet: a grocery store, a bakery (the sourdough on Friday mornings is worth the detour alone), a preschool, and a bus stop that keeps the place connected without it feeling suburban. The pace here is genuinely slow in the best sense — market days, Sunday lunches that drift into early evening, neighbours who still wave from tractors.
Dax is your nearest proper town, roughly 20 kilometres away, and it earns its reputation. Famous across France for its thermal spa tradition — the fango mud therapy draws visitors from across Europe every year — Dax also has a real urban life: covered market halls where you'll find Basque charcuterie and local Armagnac side by side, restaurants doing serious southwestern cuisine (think confit de canard, garbure stew, and Landes foie gras that bear no resemblance to the supermarket version), and a genuine town square culture that picks up from April through October. The Fêtes de Dax in August is one of the region's biggest festivals — five days of corridas, concerts, and street life that transforms the town completely.
To the west, the Atlantic coast is under an hour's drive. The beaches around Hossegor and Capbreton are world-class surf breaks, and even if you're not paddling out, the stretch of coast between Bayonne and Mimizan offers cycling paths, dune walks, and seafood shacks where the grilled sardines come out still sizzling. Hossegor in particular has a distinct character — part surf town, part pine-forest retreat — and the pro surf contests held there each autumn attract an international crowd that gives the whole area a brief, electric energy before winter quiets everything down again.
Go east and you're in Armagnac country within 40 minutes, where small family distilleries still let you taste straight from the barrel. South, the Basque Country is an hour away — San Sebastián's pintxos bars and the old town of Bayonne are both entirely reasonable day trips. Pau and the Pyrenees are close enough for a weekend of hiking or skiing in winter at resorts like Gourette or La Pierre Saint-Martin.
The climate in the Landes is genuinely mild. Winters are cool but rarely harsh — the Atlantic keeps temperatures moderate — and summers are long, warm, and reliably dry from June through September. Spring arrives early here, and the forest in April, when the ferns push up through the pine litter and the whole landscape turns green practically overnight, is something that gets under your skin.
For international buyers considering this as a vacation home or second residence in France, the Landes region offers a relatively accessible market compared to the Dordogne or the Côte d'Azur. EU and non-EU buyers alike can purchase property in France with no restrictions on foreign ownership. It's worth engaging a notaire early in the process — they handle the conveyancing and can advise on the specific legal steps, including any considerations around rural properties and land classification. The renovation scope here also opens potential tax advantages under French schemes that incentivise the restoration of older rural buildings; a local tax adviser familiar with Nouvelle-Aquitaine property can walk you through what applies.
Rental income potential is real, too. The Landes draws consistent summer visitors — families, surfers, cyclists, spa-goers — and a well-restored Landaise farmhouse on a wooded plot with privacy and a natural spring would sit comfortably in the premium end of the regional vacation rental market. Properties in this style and setting regularly command strong nightly rates from late June through early September.
Key features at a glance:
- 18th-century single-story Landaise farmhouse, 76 sqm
- Full renovation project with quotes available on request
- 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom
- Period fireplace in the main living room
- Kitchen space ready to be fitted to specification
- Attached 37 sqm barn with conversion potential
- 6000 sqm of wooded land with no overlooking neighbours
- Natural spring on the property
- 3 minutes from Saint-Geours-d'Auribat with grocery store, bakery, preschool
- 20 km from Dax with thermal spas, markets, and dining
- Under 1 hour from Atlantic surf beaches at Hossegor and Capbreton
- Easy access to Basque Country, Pyrenees ski resorts, and Armagnac wine country
- Mild Atlantic climate with long, dry summers
- Strong vacation rental market in the region
- Priced at €119,000 — rare value for land and heritage at this scale
If you've been looking for a project that's actually worth the work — something with real history, real land, and room to become something entirely your own — this farmhouse is worth a serious look. Reach out through Homestra today to request the renovation quotes, arrange a viewing, or simply ask questions about the area. The best projects go to the people who move first.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 76m²
- Price per m²
- €1,566
- Garden size
- 2313m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- renovating
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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