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

Environment ✧ wooded agricultural river valley, river walks, nature reserves 20mins drive

Services ✧ everything 5mins

Access ✧ station next door: Poitiers 20mins, Tours 45mins airport 1h, Paris 1h45, Bordeaux 2h; Poitiers airport 30mins drive

Area ✧ very suitable for public coworking (none existing)
✦ town is pretty and is investing in a reinvogorated riverfront, public wifi, gardens, local markets, indoor market, theatres, sports facilities, etc
✦ located amongst pretty buildings and next to the station, albeit on a road, however many rooms would open onto a large sheltered 650m2 south-facing courtyard/garden
✦ 140m2 of roof and floor needs restoring as has collapsed (under tarpaulins for five years then blown away), the rest seems ok even having a couple of modern skylights; this section could have mezzanine rooms as the attics would not be rebuilt
✦ easily 15 ensuite rooms and 4 studios with 500m2 of common spaces
✦ cost would be around €2.75/mo reducing if more rooms can be added and with subsidies for some of the works (upto 55%, e.g. for the roof)
✦ 3 parcels, 246, 579 and 567
✦ the main building with 4 turrets has a 240m2 footprint for 480m2 with a small extension
✦ the small independent house has a 50m2 footprint for 100m2
✦ the adjacent building has a 380m2 footprint, accommodating two floors but potentially lacking a 1st floor as was a garage, it has also been extended with a further 330m2 but this would be best demolished to give a 650m2 courtyard/garden
✦ the south-west facing wall onto the neighbour has no windows
✦ not suitably natural to be very attractive from Paris, but good for access to it
✦ coast (La Rochelle) is 2h train/drive