Hotel de la Montagne
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#176 🏅77% €19k • typical • village • 450–495m² of minihub for rennovations • 10–16👥 • decent but tatty town house in deeply rural plateau
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Eymoutiers, central France — near Limoges
☃️2–8–16°☀️6☁️16 • 🍂11–22°☀️6☁️14 ↥400m
environment
rolling wooded river valley and lakes, light agricultural
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accessstation at door: 50mins Limoges (last 9pm fri; airport +20mins), Paris 4h30, Bordeaux 3h30 (last 5:30pm)
area
✧ climate is rather dreary (quite English) does however have several back widnows with south exposure and some sheltered garden that could become an orangerie, plus wood fires
✦ fairly well served and moderately lively town with a large art gallery — would nontheless close min 2 months Jan–Feb (except teams) though as there's 19° days reopening maybe mid-March
✦ local organic shop, good weekly market, supermarket 15mins walk
✦ right opposite a large public park along a pleasant bit of river with kayaking; 10mins walk to tennis courts
✦ also next to the abbey buildings so a very pleasant setting, and the building has some windows overlooking the park
✦ one pretty small town 25min train, another 30mins drive so nice but not significant
✦ city of Limoges at 50mins by train is acceptable distance for a day out with last back moderately late (8:30 daily, 9:15 fri)
✦ only one simple walk starting 20mins along lane; more hikes train 15–30mins up into the national park (800m); good biking; mulchy in winter(!)
✦ horse riding 15mins walk; hilltracks, lake with boating and better riding 15mins drive (bus in summer)
✦ street the house is at the bottom of is being renovated with greenery
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✦ fairly well served and moderately lively town with a large art gallery — would nontheless close min 2 months Jan–Feb (except teams) though as there's 19° days reopening maybe mid-March
✦ local organic shop, good weekly market, supermarket 15mins walk
✦ right opposite a large public park along a pleasant bit of river with kayaking; 10mins walk to tennis courts
✦ also next to the abbey buildings so a very pleasant setting, and the building has some windows overlooking the park
✦ one pretty small town 25min train, another 30mins drive so nice but not significant
✦ city of Limoges at 50mins by train is acceptable distance for a day out with last back moderately late (8:30 daily, 9:15 fri)
✦ only one simple walk starting 20mins along lane; more hikes train 15–30mins up into the national park (800m); good biking; mulchy in winter(!)
✦ horse riding 15mins walk; hilltracks, lake with boating and better riding 15mins drive (bus in summer)
✦ street the house is at the bottom of is being renovated with greenery
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property
✧ returned to market after failed sale? been on market ages, sale last attempted at 29k; see old ad for more details
✦ in a poor state and needs stripping but structurally sound including roof
✦ immediately requires windows and doors to seal properly thus not inconsiderable cost though some could be deferred as front windows as just about ok, so minimal livability during works could be achaeived without unreasonable effort
✦ main building 100m2 on 3 floors, with attic; across 12.5m on north, 10.5 on south; depth: 7.2m on west, 10.5 on east
✦ 20m2 annexe on 2 floors from 1st, plus attic; 3.5m x 6m; very poor condition
✦ stairs are middle, right back of east side from north, left front from south, aligned with front door
✦ 4 pods, 10 rooms
✦ 25m2 courtyard
✦ 60m2 garden/terrace
much needs to be created to maximise space, however could easily do part by part providing missing windows and doors are fitted
✦ the coworking would have capacity for drop-ins as a hub with locals whom come once or twice a week, but not full-time, it would not have capacity for events
✦ the cost of the works is probably not favourable versus a more expensive property in better condition even though this is larger
- ground: [no sun but 2 large shopfront windows] coworking, storage, cinema/lounge (multipurpose: relaxed work during day, cinema/talks/games eve); probably also has a small vaulted cave as extra space (below courtyard or annexe); if coworking is on west it would be focussed with lounge in the entrance/east half, else reversed the coworking would be lively, and the lounge could be quieter, either way when the lounge is used for films/talks the coworking would not be used thus better to connect
✧ 1st: kitchen/dining (4 north windows), larder; currently has 30m2 courtyard which would become extension so loosing internal light, for laundry, shared showers, 4 full-height pods (wide light well, would also provide ventillation); this low the annexe and upper neighbour actually block south sun (except indirect around midday), so further restricting light isn't a huge loss and the north street windows are fairly big for the occasional use of kitchen/dining
✧ 2nd: min 5 rooms, layout unclear, some would open into 25m2 orangerie/conservatory (above extension) as library/lounge; providing floors line up annexe might be winter lounge through to garden, with an additional 20m2 extension into garden as garden-kitchen and workbar
✧ attic: 4 room, possibly ensuite, else shared showers; probably an extra in annexe attic but access is questionable and may require outside steps, and roof may require rebuilding in which case a 20m2 roof terrace could be added with partial views and all-day sun
the ground and 1st floor could be swapped (not the pods/bathrooms extension), then the lounge would then have a partial view of park greenery, but would also be below bedrooms whilst having it at ground allows it to be occasionally noisy
fully enclosed garden catching morning sun all year, and midday outside winter, access is probably through 2nd floor annexe; the west end backs onto neighbour where they will have a window
the roof is old slate and seems acceptable except for the ridge flashing; though ultimately would need relaying (with insulated metal, so easy)
✦ ground floor clearly has an important beam that needs additional support, however likely no problem adding two new beams or some permanent columns rather than replacing
✦ lots of lathe walls and cielings, but these would be ripped out to change the layout and thus easy to put plasterboard in their place
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✦ in a poor state and needs stripping but structurally sound including roof
✦ immediately requires windows and doors to seal properly thus not inconsiderable cost though some could be deferred as front windows as just about ok, so minimal livability during works could be achaeived without unreasonable effort
✦ main building 100m2 on 3 floors, with attic; across 12.5m on north, 10.5 on south; depth: 7.2m on west, 10.5 on east
✦ 20m2 annexe on 2 floors from 1st, plus attic; 3.5m x 6m; very poor condition
✦ stairs are middle, right back of east side from north, left front from south, aligned with front door
✦ 4 pods, 10 rooms
✦ 25m2 courtyard
✦ 60m2 garden/terrace
much needs to be created to maximise space, however could easily do part by part providing missing windows and doors are fitted
✦ the coworking would have capacity for drop-ins as a hub with locals whom come once or twice a week, but not full-time, it would not have capacity for events
✦ the cost of the works is probably not favourable versus a more expensive property in better condition even though this is larger
- ground: [no sun but 2 large shopfront windows] coworking, storage, cinema/lounge (multipurpose: relaxed work during day, cinema/talks/games eve); probably also has a small vaulted cave as extra space (below courtyard or annexe); if coworking is on west it would be focussed with lounge in the entrance/east half, else reversed the coworking would be lively, and the lounge could be quieter, either way when the lounge is used for films/talks the coworking would not be used thus better to connect
✧ 1st: kitchen/dining (4 north windows), larder; currently has 30m2 courtyard which would become extension so loosing internal light, for laundry, shared showers, 4 full-height pods (wide light well, would also provide ventillation); this low the annexe and upper neighbour actually block south sun (except indirect around midday), so further restricting light isn't a huge loss and the north street windows are fairly big for the occasional use of kitchen/dining
✧ 2nd: min 5 rooms, layout unclear, some would open into 25m2 orangerie/conservatory (above extension) as library/lounge; providing floors line up annexe might be winter lounge through to garden, with an additional 20m2 extension into garden as garden-kitchen and workbar
✧ attic: 4 room, possibly ensuite, else shared showers; probably an extra in annexe attic but access is questionable and may require outside steps, and roof may require rebuilding in which case a 20m2 roof terrace could be added with partial views and all-day sun
the ground and 1st floor could be swapped (not the pods/bathrooms extension), then the lounge would then have a partial view of park greenery, but would also be below bedrooms whilst having it at ground allows it to be occasionally noisy
fully enclosed garden catching morning sun all year, and midday outside winter, access is probably through 2nd floor annexe; the west end backs onto neighbour where they will have a window
the roof is old slate and seems acceptable except for the ridge flashing; though ultimately would need relaying (with insulated metal, so easy)
✦ ground floor clearly has an important beam that needs additional support, however likely no problem adding two new beams or some permanent columns rather than replacing
✦ lots of lathe walls and cielings, but these would be ripped out to change the layout and thus easy to put plasterboard in their place
✦ parcel 327
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