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Hotel St. Martin
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#239 🥇92%   €250k • typical • town • 950m² hub • part of old complex in great location
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Lourdes, central Pyrenees — near Tarbes, Pau, (Toulouse)
☃️2–10–17°☀️3☁️4 • 🍂14–26°☀️4☁️3 ↥400m
OKAY  🔨 effort
GREAT  🚌 transport
GOOD  ✈️ access
GREAT  🛒 shops
GREAT  🏙 towns
GREAT  🧗 activities
OKAY  ☀️ climate
GOOD  ⛰️ nature
GOOD  🌷 garden
GOOD  🏠 building
OKAY  ⛲️ hood
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Environment ✧ rolling agricultural between base of mountains and plains; varied good trails

Services ✧ all; bigger towns 15/25mins train (last 10pm)

Access ✧ station at door: 5h Paris direct; airport 15mins

Dedicated units for full-time residence.

Area ✧ the town is a well established pilgrimage site (3rd amongst catholics worldwide, 3 million visitors pre-pandemic, most foreign), thus lots of hotels (135+) with the town's population just 10k, and eateries, albeit catering to less particular older visitors
✦ is thus well connected with a direct trains from Paris (TGV and sleeper); the Toulouse–Barcelona route (3h) should also reopen with a moderate 2h connection putting it at the same duration as Paris (with a change)
✦ the airport is served year-round to Malta (nomads), Stansted, Dublin, Milan; with seasonal to Palermo (nomads), and Krakow, amongst others, with Lisbon (loadsa nomads!) likely to be added; Toulouse airport is 3h by transit
✦ nice town of Tarbes is 15mins train (last 9:15pm), great small city of Pau is 25mins (last 10:30pm!)
not immediately obviously a good workation property due to being in town, however it has the benefits of convenient facilities whilst also being very nicely positioned for more towns and nature alike, though from the door nature a bit limited (par for most properties even often in villages), yet with a short drive, or bus there's nice variety, however the better outings mainly require driving
having been solely focussed on pilgrimage, with the forecast now that as pilgrims age (and die) there will be significantly less visitors, thus the town must change and adapt; it has introduced a mid term plan (€100m; 38m from the state) to regenerate itself and diversify thus presents a good time to invest here (thoughly probably hotel prices will continue to fall); the plans include improving its squares and some riverbank (underway), expanding pedestrian zones, better supporting outdoor sports and wider culture, plus for some novelty something to do with supporting the wool industry
decent public garden and also a bit of grassy riverbank
✦ indoor market; a good number of cafes and restaurants (including several foreign)
✦ hikes 20mins (10mins bike) along a lane (for a 1h30 circuit climbing the adjacant hilltop, or a quicker 30mins stroll along pilgrim steps)
✦ funicular 20mins walk/bus with hikes from summit (500m ascent) and small bikepark (host to the world cup 3 times)
✦ the next train stop adds variety for return from one-way bikes (or gentle 3h wooded hike)
✦ many trails around on edge of large natural park, both easy along valleys and up into the mountains; marked biking trails with multiple loops varying from easy woods to open hills and mountainous (430km from town, 1100km total)
✦ tennis courts and hamman/sauna/indoor pool close
✦ lake very close (15mins bike/bus) with SUP; also kayaking close
✦ several climbing spots within walking distance; exceptional giant indoor climbing centre in Tarbes; 30mins to a via ferrata
✦ 20km paved greenway to mountains, good for rollerblading, 1h easy bike
✦ bus 45mins to lovely town of Bagneres-de-Bigorre; driving into mountains 40mins-1h for the Pic du Midi (skiing) and cirque de Gavarnie
✦ 30mins to cross-country ski and station with skilifts (and another bikepark), 40mins to major station (and another bikepark)
✦ thus reasonable selection of activities possible by public transport, and more interesting ones requring driving
a bit nippy in the winter but still some good warm sunny days, actual clear sunny days are low but as there's many only partly overcast days it is still appealing, with more survivable greenery than other drier regions
Property ✧ very tatty, prob still a good deal given its capacity including for dedicated (and view), albeit requiring immediate work to become usable
✦ was direct sale roiginally at 270k and very unusually the price went up to 320k, the owner continued work essentially stripping it ready for refitting, though hardly 50k of work so maybe a negotiation tactic; could argue for the small highly unsaleable courtyard building to be included; now relisted at a much more reasonable price having dropped
part of a large rambling ~1800m2 complex of 4 buildings thus good potential to expand; the main hotel building (this, pictured) is a bit pricey, however a good starting point
st martin (hotel): 950m2
✦ (parcel 48; largest and most interesting building)
100m2 roof terrace
✦ basement: 40
✦ ground: 30+60+30+80
✦ 1st: 40+55+35+15
✦ 2nd 15+35+100
✦ 3rd: 100+35
✦ 4th: 100+40
✦ penthouse: 35
✦ the flat paved roof would function very nicely with greenery/pergola as outdoor space having views of the peaks and fort, partly over surrounding roofs, there's several raised sections that could be made into covered lookouts/follies; the penthouse rooms would make a good conservatory/orangerie or could be extended as such
✦ 6 windows across east, 1 couple small ones to south but only having sun on top floor and some light on 3rd floor, limited on 2nd; north and west windows into enclosed back of neighbouring hotel (except ground and 1st)
✦ 1st, 2nd and 4th floors have long narrow balconies
montaigu (courtyard house): 320m2; was advertised at 40k
✦ (parcel 46; 4 floor house squashed (few windows!) between the main building and a neigbouring, with a light well at the rear interconnecting with primevere)
80m2 roof terrace (surrounded but good exposure and connecting to the top floor of st martin)
✦ courtyard: 40m2 (very little)
✦ ground 55m2
✦ 1st: 55m2
✦ 2nd: 60m2
✦ 3rd: 60m2
primevere (top): 550m2
✦ SOLD / being redeveloped
✦ (parcel 53)
✦ 2nd: 110m2
✦ 1st: 110m2
✦ ground: 110 45+20 (garage + annexe)
✦ basement 25+90
✦ terrace: 45m2 (could easily add another 45m2 room with high roof terrace); no view of fort
✦ potential to change the 15m2 roof over a ground extension to 20m2 over the basement as a south facing terrace with solarium below
✦ could probably get parcel 52 included as otherwise no street access without enlarging a window, would then have double the terrace at 90m2
villa: 260m2
✦ (parcels 51+52 with 2 floors and garage); quite possibly where the owner lives
✦ attic with 3 south gables: 40m2
✦ 1st: 60m2
✦ ground: 60m2
✦ basement: 100m2+
✦ plus terraces
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