Thermes
property details
for a Hub House co-operative coliving project

Environment ✧ scrub hills, forested mountains and rocky canyons; hikes from door

Services ✧ cornershop, restos/cafes, supermarket 20mins walk

Access ✧ bus at door; station 10mins drive, Perpignan 1h30 transit (last 7:30pm); +Barcelona 1h30 / Paris 5h

Notes ✧ quite elevated but nice amount of sun in winter
✦ good hikes including ravines and waterfalls (possibyl wild swimming) plus straight to the peak of the famous Canigou (2700m)
✦ has moderate thermal curist tourism year-round (mostly old folks of course)
✦ 15mins bike 10mins bus to fortified village with better restos and the station with the mountain train
✦ both sand and rocky beaches at argeles and collioure quite doable for daytrips in 45mins drive
✦ challenging biking but also easy downstream along old railway and around lower hills
✦ nice tennis 10mins walk next to river; horse riding 10mins bike; small natural lake for SUP 25mins drive
✦ somewhat scarce water and the river is not usable; wild swimming spot just 10mins walk but small; good canyoning
✦ secret hot springs and suspended canyon hike 30mins drive
✦ skiing 1h drive
✦ the local town of Prades is nice with a good market, 20mins bus (last 8:45pm)
✦ the station is 15mins bike thus one can take the train up a bit for impressive trails

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Perpignan is the only big town in striking distance and is moderately lively, it is however a bit far for outings by transit (1h30) but at 50mins drive is not too bad
✦ hourly bus in 1h €1, last 7:30pm; the airport also has an hourly bus taking 35mins from the station
✦ 40mins drive city/station/airport but this would only be offered for arrivals after the last bus, when groups arrive or when coordinated with trips to town as the station and bus are perfectly convenient
✦ train is super for Barcelona and good for changes to the UK and northern europe through Paris
✦ airport serves Agadir all year (nomad connections) though its Lisbon route was recently removed but may return for winters; London-Stansted seasonally; Barcelona provides the best interchange with train taking 1h30; Girona also has a well served airport

Property ✧ 23/3/24 dropped significantly from 130k
✦ pretty building but unimpressive village
✦ no garden but there's both a winter garden/arboretum a stone's throw, and a very nice big public park across the stream
✦ all east windows are large but loose sun a bit before midday, 1st floor has a full length balcony, 2nd outset juliet balconcies with top window, 3rd juliet but standard door height
✦ should be possible to make a south-west solarium on the other side with big windows and more juliet balconies

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"gros travaux" implies more than a refit, however it looks ok with the roof ok, though there's is something growing on one corner of the roof likely just the gutter, and no sign of beams being an issue, however the walls appear to need stripping due to damp, and there appear to be multiple leaks (plumbing?); otherwise likely mainly referring to the fact that all windows need replacing and electrics etc brought up to standard (if for the rental market); partly usable nonetheless
✦ possibly the mayor's office has declared the balcony a risk as it looks potentially dangerous thus resulting in an order to repair and making it less attractive , or the owner is just fed up with no one buying it

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4 floors of 85m2, plus small attic possibly suitable for mezzanines
✦ some cellars of some sort
✦ tax is BAD at 5k/year (same as Beziers!) but could be reduced by reclassifying
✦ the property next door was also for sale and doesn't appear to have sold (several hotels here have been on the market including a massive old one just up the road for a pittance)