3-Bed Stone Farmhouse Near Lauzerte with Pool & Views – Tarn-et-Garonne Holiday Home



Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lauzerte, France, Lauzerte (France)
3 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 230m² Floor area
€515,000
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
230m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
On a still Tuesday morning in late June, the only sound you'll hear from the wisteria-draped terrace is the distant clang of a church bell from Lauzerte's hilltop and, if you're lucky, the unhurried creak of a tractor moving through a sunflower field far below. This is the pace of life in the Quercy Blanc — slow, deliberate, and quietly addictive. The stone farmhouse sitting just a short walk from one of France's officially designated Most Beautiful Villages doesn't shout for attention. It doesn't need to.
Built around 1880 as a working duck farm — the kind of history you can actually feel in the thick limestone walls and worn original staircase — the property has been brought into the present with real care. The renovation is thorough without being sterile. Exposed stone walls meet a properly fitted kitchen with integrated appliances. Original ceiling beams frame the living room where a wood-burning stove inside a substantial fireplace becomes the social anchor on October evenings when the Tarn-et-Garonne hillsides shift from green to rust and amber. Tiled floors run underfoot with the kind of patina that only comes with a century of use. Three bedrooms, three bathrooms — including a master suite with its own dressing room and en-suite — give the house room to breathe without sprawling unnecessarily. A large attic sits above it all, unconverted and full of potential, the kind of space that could become a fourth bedroom, a studio, or a reading room depending on who moves in.
At 230 square metres, the interior is generous. But in high summer, you'll spend most of your time outside.
The pool terrace is serious. A high-quality swimming pool with an electric cover and a proper wooden deck isn't an afterthought here — it's positioned to catch the long afternoon light that pours across the valley. Behind it, a traditional pétanque court sits ready for post-lunch tournaments of the competitive variety. The metal terrace smothered in wisteria makes the kind of al fresco dining setting that you'd find in a Gascony travel feature — except this one is yours. One hectare of landscaped gardens surrounds everything, mature trees providing shade without blocking those sweeping views toward Lauzerte's medieval roofline. Several barns and outbuildings add flexibility: workshop space, serious storage, a wine cellar in waiting, or the bones of a guest cottage for longer-term ambitions.
Lauzerte itself is worth understanding properly, because it's not a sleepy backwater dressed up for tourism. Yes, it's on the GR65 — the main Camino de Santiago route through southwest France — which brings a steady stream of pilgrims through town from spring through autumn, and with them a lively café culture and a surprising density of good restaurants for a village this size. The Wednesday market on the Place des Cornières under the medieval arcades is the kind of weekly ritual you'll find yourself building your calendar around. Local producers sell duck confit, foie gras from the Quercy farms, Chasselas grapes from just over the Lot border, and honey from hives that work the lavender fields up on the limestone plateaux. The Brasserie du Quercy does a duck magret that would make a Gascon grandmère nod approvingly.
Culturally, the village punches well above its population. The summer festival season runs from June through August and includes the Festival du Rire, open-air cinema nights, and rotating exhibitions in the medieval halls. The artists and craftspeople who have settled here over decades give Lauzerte a creative undercurrent that keeps it feeling alive year-round rather than shuttered outside of high season. Come February, when the almond trees along the valley roads begin to flower and most tourists are still at home, the village is yours in a way that feels like a genuine privilege.
The outdoor life around Lauzerte stretches in every direction. The GR65 itself makes for superb day hiking — you can join the route straight from the village and walk to Moissac, home to the famous Romanesque cloister of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre, in a day. The Canal de Garonne cycle route runs through Moissac too, offering flat, tree-lined cycling along the river for 50-plus kilometres toward Agen or east toward Toulouse. Agen — famous for its pruneaux d'Agen, arguably the finest dried fruit in France — is 45 minutes by car and provides the practical infrastructure: a TGV station with direct trains to Paris in under three hours, larger supermarkets, a hospital, and a proper weekend farmers' market at the Place du Pin.
Toulouse is roughly an hour away, with an international airport that connects directly to London, Dublin, Amsterdam, and most major European hubs. This is the accessibility calculation that makes the Tarn-et-Garonne increasingly attractive to international buyers: far enough from the city to feel genuinely rural, close enough to make long weekends from London or Brussels entirely viable.
The property market in this corner of the Quercy Blanc has remained steady and relatively resilient. Stone houses of this quality — genuinely renovated, pool included, on a hectare with views to a classified village — tend to attract a specific kind of buyer: people who want something real. Rental income potential is solid, particularly from late April through October, driven by Camino pilgrims, cycling tourists on the canal route, and families seeking a southwest France base for gastronomic touring. The property is presented in excellent condition and is move-in ready, meaning a new owner can focus on enjoying it rather than managing a building site.
For international buyers, France's legal framework for property ownership is well-established and transparent. EU and non-EU buyers face no restrictions on purchasing. The notaire system provides a structured, government-supervised conveyancing process, and English-speaking notaires operate throughout the Tarn-et-Garonne. Ongoing costs — taxe foncière, property maintenance, pool upkeep — are reasonable relative to comparable properties in Provence or the Dordogne, where prices have climbed sharply. This part of southwest France remains genuinely undervalued for what it delivers.
Key features at a glance:
- 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms including master suite with dressing room and en-suite
- 230 square metres of interior space with large unconverted attic
- Former duck farm dating to circa 1880, renovated with original features intact
- High-quality swimming pool with electric cover and wooden deck
- Wisteria-covered metal terrace and traditional pétanque court
- Approximately one hectare of landscaped gardens with mature trees
- Sweeping views toward Lauzerte, officially listed among France's Most Beautiful Villages
- Wood-burning stove in a statement fireplace; exposed stone walls and original beams
- Fitted kitchen with integrated appliances; tiled floors throughout
- Oil-fired central heating for year-round comfort
- Several barns and outbuildings with development or storage potential
- Quiet lane location, short walk to Lauzerte village centre
- One hour from Toulouse international airport
- On the GR65 Camino de Santiago route
- Priced at €515,000 in excellent, move-in ready condition
If you've been tracking the southwest France second home market for a while, you know that properties with this combination — the authentic bones, the genuine renovation, the pool, the views, and the walking distance to a classified village — don't sit around. The Quercy Blanc draws a smaller crowd than the Dordogne or Lot Valley, but the buyers who find it tend to come back, again and again, until they stop leaving.
Get in touch with the Homestra team today to arrange a viewing or to request the full property details. This is the kind of house that makes a lot more sense once you're standing on that terrace with a glass of local Cahors in hand.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 230m²
- Price per m²
- €2,239
- Garden size
- 11170m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 3
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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