5-Bed Stone Farmhouse with Pool, Gîtes & Valley Views Near Lauzerte – Tarn-et-Garonne



Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lauzerte, France, Lauzerte (France)
5 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 349m² Floor area
€480,000
House
Parking
5 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
349m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
On a clear morning in high summer, you can stand on the balcony of this farmhouse with a coffee going cold in your hand and watch the mist burn off the Quercy Blanc valley below. The fields turn from silver to gold. A church bell somewhere in the direction of Lauzerte counts out eight strokes. Nothing else moves. That's the daily opening act here — and it never gets old.
This is a proper stone farmhouse complex in the Tarn-et-Garonne, the kind of property that took generations to build and a great deal of luck to find in this condition. Set in a quiet hamlet just minutes from two of the region's most characterful bastide towns, the estate spans a generous 349 square metres of living space across a main farmhouse, two guest cottages, a stone-vaulted cellar, a substantial barn, a separate study with shower room, and a secluded swimming pool surrounded by mature gardens. Five bedrooms, three bathrooms, move-in ready, and priced at €480,000. The maths are compelling. The lifestyle is better.
The farmhouse itself does what good old stone buildings do — it keeps you cool in July and warm in January without much effort. Walls half a metre thick have their advantages. Inside, original terracotta floors run through the ground floor, overhead beams show their age in the best possible way, and the wood-burning stove in the living room is not decorative — it earns its keep from November through March. The kitchen has been updated for real use: long lunches, big pots of cassoulet, Sunday afternoons that stretch until the light goes. French doors open onto the balcony, which faces due south across the valley. That view is the property's most persuasive argument for ownership.
The practical bones of the place have been thoroughly addressed. Double glazing throughout, a heat pump system for year-round climate control, solar panels, solar-heated water, and updated insulation mean your running costs stay reasonable even in the depths of winter or the peak of August heat. The wine cellar — stone-vaulted, cool, atmospheric — sits beneath the main house and is exactly the kind of room that makes guests go quiet when you first show it to them. Stock it accordingly.
The two guest cottages change the equation for international buyers significantly. One is already fitted with its own heat pump, making it genuinely comfortable year-round. Both are tastefully finished and fully independent, which means you have real options: house extended family, accommodate friends who always seem to visit in August, or run a legitimate gîte or B&B operation to generate rental income while you're not in residence. This corner of Tarn-et-Garonne draws a steady stream of walkers on the GR65 pilgrimage route — the Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle passes through Lauzerte — and cycling tourists exploring the Canal de Garonne. The demand for quality rural accommodation in the area is genuine and consistent.
The separate study with its own shower room is a quieter opportunity. Right now it functions as a home office — useful if you're working remotely from France, which an increasing number of second-home owners do. But the plumbing is already in place, the space is independent, and converting it into a third rental unit would be straightforward. The main stone barn handles vehicle storage for the whole property, with an additional open cart barn alongside for extra space.
Outside, the gardens have had time to establish themselves properly. Lavender borders, old fruit trees, and well-placed terracing give the grounds a sense of permanence rather than recent landscaping. The covered terrace off the main house seats a crowd — this is where long dinners happen, the table full, candles burning down, nobody in a hurry to move. The swimming pool sits in its own sheltered corner, private enough that you forget the rest of the property exists when you're in it.
Now, about Lauzerte. It's a classified village — one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France — and it sits on a hilltop above the Barguelonne valley with the kind of medieval street plan that takes visitors twenty minutes to navigate and owners years to stop finding new corners in. The Wednesday morning market brings producers from across the Quercy: duck confit, violet garlic from Lautrec, armagnac from local distilleries, cheese that smells like the barn it came from. The summer night markets run from July through August, tables set up in the square, everyone staying until midnight.
Montcuq is twelve minutes by car and offers its own rhythm — a slightly younger crowd, good restaurants along the main square, the Saturday market that locals actually shop at rather than perform for tourists. Between the two towns you have everything a secondary residence needs: a doctor, two pharmacies, hardware shops, decent internet at the cafés, and a fromagerie that will ruin your appetite for supermarket cheese permanently.
The wider region is not short on things to do. Cahors is forty minutes north, home to the Lot Valley's celebrated Malbec vineyards — the appellation produces some of the most serious red wine in France and the cave co-ops welcome visitors without ceremony. Puy-l'Évêque, Luzech, and the cliffside village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (a short drive east along the river) are all within range for day trips. The Dordogne begins just north of Cahors if you want market days in Sarlat or a canoe on the Vézère. Toulouse — with its international airport, high-speed rail connections, and proper city energy — is under an hour's drive south on the A62.
Fly into Toulouse-Blagnac from most major European hubs, including London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam, and Brussels. Bergerac Airport, which handles several Ryanair and Flybe routes from the UK, is roughly ninety minutes by road. The property sits close enough to civilization to be convenient and far enough from it to be genuinely quiet.
For international buyers, France's non-resident ownership structure is well-established and uncomplicated by European standards. The country has tax treaties with most EU member states and the UK, and SCI (Société Civile Immobilière) structures are widely used by foreign owners for estate planning purposes. A notaire handles the purchase process, and fees typically run at around 7-8% of the purchase price on older properties — factor that into your budget from the start.
Key features at a glance:
- 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms across a main farmhouse and two independent guest cottages
- 349 sq m total living space in good, move-in ready condition, priced at €480,000
- Stone-vaulted wine cellar beneath the main house
- Heat pump climate control in the main house and one cottage, solar panels, solar hot water, new insulation
- Original terracotta floors, exposed beams, and stone walls throughout the main farmhouse
- Balcony with open valley views to the south
- Secluded swimming pool with terrace seating and established garden surroundings
- Large covered outdoor dining terrace
- Separate study with shower room — potential third rental unit
- Substantial stone barn plus additional open cart barn for parking and storage
- Two income-generating gîtes or B&B cottages with independent access
- Walking distance from GR65 Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle routing
- Minutes from Lauzerte (Plus Beaux Villages de France) and Montcuq
- Under one hour from Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport
This property is being sold reluctantly by a family who made it a home over many years. That matters — the gardens, the cellar, the careful upgrades, the way the terrace furniture is positioned to catch the last of the evening sun — these are the decisions of people who loved the place, not developers optimizing for resale. The result is a property that arrives with character already baked in, ready for its next chapter.
If you're serious about owning a second home in southwest France — one that works as a private retreat, a rental business, or some combination of both — this is worth your time to investigate properly. Contact Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full information pack. Properties like this one, in this condition, at this price point, don't stay available long in the Quercy Blanc.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 5
- Size
- 349m²
- Price per m²
- €1,375
- Garden size
- 16054m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- Yes
- Has Basement
- Yes
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 3
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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