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Jouhet Riverside
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#15 🏅57%  SOLD • €160k • typical • hamlet • 1000m² mini-hub • large building almost usable with good garden bordering a river, but unexciting region, thus rather inward
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central France — near Poitiers, (Limoges)
☃️3–10–15°  🏖27–33°  ☀️8 days  🌧11 days; cloudy
GREAT  🔨 effort
BAD  🚌 transport
DODGY  ✈️ access
DODGY  🛒 shops
OKAY  🏙 towns
DODGY  🧗 activities
DODGY  ☀️ climate
DODGY  ⛰️ nature
GOOD  🌷 garden
GOOD  🏠 building
GOOD  🏘 hood
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Environment ✧ entirely flat agricultural land, limited outdoor options; kayak/horse within 30mins, river is still so can kayak/SUP from grounds; no hills/mountains

Services ✧ only a resto; town 20mins bike

Access ✧ no transit, Paris 3h; local station 10mins, mainline at Poitiers 45min, +1h30h Paris/Bordeaux; few air options (Stansted); drive 1h15 Limoges

Notes ✧ boring countryside, given the lack of natural interest not a good option except being a usable building
✦ there's 15ha of open field bordered by trees which would be great for events and camping
✦ land is divided into many plots and it seems would require negociation as to which are included
✦ ZRR ✅ tax breaks
✦ courtyard faces west but gets south sun, and would be ideal for a conservatory/glass house
✦ two adjoining buildings of 100m2 each, plus a 190m2 barn on the lane but may not be included
✦ VDSL2 300m; fibre is planned to a neighbouring hamlet with LoS for a wirless relay; fibre may also reach by 2025
✦ the wings would easily accommodate 7 ground floor studios with doors onto the courtyard, 9 generous ensuite rooms on the first floors, plus 500m2 of common spaces in the main building
✦ the wings could accommodate mezzanines, thus with new window lintels, some further rooms
✦ low share cost around €2k/mo
✦ 2 wings 5.5 wide llength 5 windows 23m; main 8.5m deep 33m wide; 4 windows top front
✦ long dreary season extending 5-months November–March
Property ✧ two floors three wings lots of riverside land, large swimming pool; next to a small chateau
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