ma-propriete-touristique.fr, your specialist in buying and selling tourism property in every region of France, presents a wide range of tourism properties for sale by private owners or property professionals. In addition to the gîtes and holiday rentals we present on this page, you will also find guest houses, campsites, hotels, inns, reception facilities, unusual accommodation and farm buildings (and barns and mas) that will enable you to develop a holiday rental business.
On our website, you will find properties that already offer holiday accommodation, as well as properties that offer interesting potential for developing this new activity. Beautiful, old, charming stone residence with several hectares of parkland, magnificent recent property with swimming pool located close to tourist sites... all types of residence are possible for developing a holiday accommodation project.
Thanks to our highly advanced search tool, you can select the gîtes you want to take over according to location, surface area or purchase price. If you don't find the gîte for sale that matches your criteria, you can create an alert to be automatically informed of new tourist properties for sale that are published on our portal.
ma-propriete.fr/touristique is the ideal site for advertising the sale of your rural gîte, whatever its geographical location in France. Advertising your gîte for 6 months means you benefit from the high visibility of our portal and are contacted by many prospective buyers of tourism property.
You can modify your listing at any time and publish it in 1 or 2 categories or sub-categories on our portal. You will have access to your ad's visibility statistics and will receive contact forms directly to your email inbox. Whether you are an owner operating one or more gîtes, or a property professional, our portal will meet your needs to ensure the successful sale of your tourism property.
The term "gîte rural" is not an official designation, and in fact falls into the category of furnished holiday accommodation. It is usually a furnished house with a garden that is offered for holiday rental, so that the tenant can feel at home. But it can also be a furnished flat. Rentals can be for a few days or several weeks.
There are also group gîtes (with enough rooms to accommodate more than 15 people), stopover gîtes, equestrian gîtes, etc.
Rentals can be made directly between the owner and the holidaymaker or through an intermediary (estate agency, Gîtes de France, Airbnb, Booking, Le bon coin vacances, Abritel, etc.), who will be paid a percentage of the rental price.
More and more often, cleaning and linen services are included and provided by specialist concierge companies.
Buying a gîte or a hamlet of gîtes will enable you to make an investment in your property while developing a tourist business. By buying one or more gîtes already in operation, you will have the advantage of being able to draw on existing profitability to finance your project. You can expect to earn seasonal rental income very quickly from holidaymakers already registered at the time of purchase. You may also be able to buy the existing furniture in each of the properties, so you'll be up and running straight away.
On the other hand, buying a house with an existing seasonal rental activity will be an obstacle to undertaking major works very quickly and developing the existing tourist offer.
Buying a traditional property to develop a holiday rental business takes longer and can be more difficult to convince the banks to finance your project. This is because the prospects for rental income are always uncertain, which can scare off lending institutions. On the other hand, you will have total freedom to adapt the property to your own taste and make it an ideal holiday destination.
Rental income from gîtes is usually taxed in the micro BIC category. Taxable income is calculated on the basis of 50% of rental income (or 29% in the case of classified furnished tourist accommodation).
It is also possible to opt for a real profit system (or even corporation tax), which requires full accounting records and allows you to deduct depreciation calculated on the value of the accommodation and furniture.
Please note that above a threshold of €23,000 in rental income, your income will be subject to social security contributions. You may also qualify for the professional furnished-rental scheme if the income from furnished rental exceeds the other income received by the tax household.
Don't forget: you will also need to register your holiday lettings business with the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés (Trade and Companies Register) and make a prior declaration to your local town hall (Cerfa form no. 14004).
Whether you already have one or are planning to create one, you can ask for your holiday accommodation to be classified. This is an optional procedure that allows you to obtain a rating based on the level of comfort, facilities and services offered in your holiday accommodation. The classification ranges from 1 to 5 stars and is valid for 5 years. The classification is based on 112 criteria, divided into 3 main sections: facilities, customer services, accessibility and sustainable development. This classification provides uniform information for holidaymakers, whatever the type of furnished accommodation offered. It also means they can benefit from a higher tax allowance on the income they earn from renting out their property.
In order to provide the best possible service to sellers and buyers, we have written a number of articles to help you with your project to buy or sell a gîte or other tourist property:
France is the world's leading tourist destination. Its heritage, climate and landscapes attract tourists from all over the world. That's why a number of articles have been written to help you find or create gîtes that will bring you the best possible income.
