8-Bed Stone Périgord Estate with Two Gîtes, Pool & 6 Hectares in Dordogne



Aquitaine, Dordogne, Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, France, Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais (France)
8 Bedrooms · 5 Bathrooms · 318m² Floor area
€574,750
House
Parking
8 Bedrooms
5 Bathrooms
318m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a Tuesday morning and the only sound is the cuckoo somewhere deep in the oak woods behind the meadow. No traffic. No neighbours visible. Just the smell of damp grass, a light mist burning off the valley below, and the knowledge that you have six hectares of Périgord countryside entirely to yourself. That is the daily reality of this place — a 318-square-metre stone estate at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on the edge of a tiny hamlet near Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais, and it is the kind of property that makes people stop scrolling.
The main house is authentically Périgord — golden limestone walls, exposed oak beams on the upper floor, and a sense of solidity that only three centuries of craftsmanship can produce. The ground floor flows generously: a 45-square-metre open living and dining room fills with southern light through most of the day, connecting directly to a 13-square-metre kitchen that opens onto the same space, making it genuinely social. There is also a private ground-floor bedroom with its own dressing room and ensuite shower — ideal for guests who prefer not to climb stairs, or for the owners themselves. A dedicated 30-square-metre office sits apart from the living areas, which matters if you work remotely or plan to manage the gîte business from the property. Upstairs, two further bedrooms — 23 and 15 square metres respectively — have the kind of exposed ceiling beams that interior designers try to recreate and never quite nail.
Now, the part that sets this property apart from the typical Dordogne holiday home: it comes with two fully functional gîtes. The smaller one sleeps four across 62 square metres, with its own living room, two bedrooms, and a secluded garden that gives guests genuine privacy. The larger gîte is a substantial 102-square-metre unit sleeping up to eight, with a kitchen, living room, three bedrooms across two floors, two bathrooms, a laundry room, and a covered terrace. Together, these two income-producing units have a rental history that the Dordogne market makes easy to sustain — the region draws over a million visitors each year, and summer weeks in quality rural gîtes book fast, often at €1,200 to €2,000 per week for the larger unit alone. Run both at modest occupancy and the carrying costs of the estate become very manageable.
Outside, the 6-hectare grounds give you meadows, woodland, a vegetable garden, parking, a wooden shelter currently used for animals (the previous owners kept a donkey and sheep — the structure is there if you want to continue that tradition), and a swimming pool. The bread oven beside the main house is fully intact and functional. There is something genuinely satisfying about firing it up on a Saturday evening, loading it with wood cut from your own land, and producing the kind of loaf that only a stone oven at real temperature can achieve. It becomes a ritual. Guests love it. It is the sort of detail that earns you five-star reviews.
The location strikes a practical balance that many rural Dordogne properties miss. Lalinde is 10 kilometres away — a proper market town on the Dordogne river with weekly markets, a supermarket, pharmacies, restaurants, and a medieval grid of streets that still functions as a real community rather than a tourist stage set. Le Buisson-de-Cadouin is equally close and has a railway station, connecting you to Périgueux and Bordeaux without needing a car. Bergerac, with its international airport receiving direct flights from London Stansted, Bristol, Edinburgh, and several other UK and European cities, is only 30 kilometres away — roughly 35 minutes on the D660. That airport connection is the reason so many British and Northern European second-home owners have settled this corner of the Dordogne rather than the more remote parts of the Lot.
Culturally, this stretch of the Périgord Noir and Pourpre corridor is extraordinary. The Abbey of Cadouin — a UNESCO-listed Cistercian abbey dating to 1115 — is almost on your doorstep, its cloister one of the most photographed in southwest France. The prehistoric caves of Les Eyzies and Font-de-Gaume are under an hour away. Sarlat-la-Canéda, the region's showpiece medieval town and the location of arguably the best Saturday market in France — truffles, foie gras, walnuts, Périgord strawberries — is about 40 kilometres northeast. The Dordogne river itself runs through Lalinde, offering canoe hire, fishing, and riverside cycling along the Voie Verte greenway. In July and August, the Bergerac wine appellation's harvest festivals and open-cellar weekends draw food and wine travellers from across Europe.
Winters here are mild by northern European standards — January temperatures rarely drop below 3-4°C, and the countryside stays green. Spring comes early, with the walnut trees in bud by March and the markets filling with white asparagus from April. Summer is warm and dry, averaging 28-30°C in July, which makes the pool essential and the long evenings on the covered terrace genuinely wonderful. Autumn is arguably the season the locals love most: golden light on the vineyards, cèpe mushrooms in the forest that you can actually pick yourself, and the truffle season beginning in November.
For international buyers, France's legal framework for property purchase is well-established and relatively straightforward. EU and non-EU citizens can purchase without restriction. The notaire process provides strong buyer protections, and the annual property tax here — €1,820 — is modest for a property of this scale. The partially furnished sale reduces immediate outlay on fitting out the space. Energy performance is rated E, which is honest for a traditional stone property of this age, and energy costs are estimated between €3,680 and €5,054 annually — not unusual for 318 square metres in the southwest.
Key features at a glance:
- 318 sqm total living space across main house and two gîtes
- 8 bedrooms and 5 shower rooms across the full estate
- Two income-generating gîtes (4-person and 8-person capacity)
- 6 hectares (60,000 sqm) of meadows, woodland, and gardens
- Private swimming pool
- Traditional bread oven in working condition
- Exposed oak beams and original stone construction throughout
- Ground-floor bedroom with ensuite and dressing room in main house
- 30 sqm dedicated office space
- Covered paved terrace on large gîte
- Wooden outbuilding and animal shelter
- Vegetable garden and parking
- 10 km to Lalinde and Le Buisson-de-Cadouin (train station)
- 30 km to Bergerac International Airport
- Sold partially furnished
Properties with this combination — main residence, dual rental income, land, pool, and drive-to-airport convenience — rarely come to market in this condition at this price point in the Dordogne. The €574,750 asking price puts you well inside a market where equivalent estates without the gîte infrastructure regularly exceed €700,000. Get in touch with the team at Homestra to arrange a private viewing or to request the full documentation package, including rental income history and the recent energy audit completed in June 2025.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 8
- Size
- 318m²
- Price per m²
- €1,807
- Garden size
- 60000m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- Yes
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 5
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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