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#266 🥈86% PICK • €66k • typical • village • 350m² satellite • village building with connections
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Besseges, Cevennes — near Ales, (Nimes)
☃️2–10–18°☀️10☁️10 • 🍂13–24°☀️10☁️10
☃️2–10–18°☀️10☁️10 • 🍂13–24°☀️10☁️10
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Environment ✧ hills amongst windy rocky river valleys, scrubland and woods; hikes on doorstep
Services ✧ supermarket, shops, bars/resto; nicer village 10mins drive/bus; town 40mins drive (train)
Access ✧ station/bus 10mins walk; Nimes 1h15, airport +30mins shuttle; train ~5h Paris/Barcelona (2 changes)
Notes ✧ tennis 10mins walk
✦ several hiking circuits are possible on the hills either side of the river starting 15mins along lanesand climbing 450m; the GR44B passes the door and leads to an impressive chateau in 1h biking; the nearest moderate peak (1300m) is 30mins drive, however can reach a 1000m summit in 2h30 biking entirely offroad climbining gradually with downhill all the way back ;) similarly there's a 2h route to the small town with return by train or along the road
✦ there's a quick bus/10min drive/30min bike to a much nicer village with several weekly markets (including organic), good cafes/retos, plus riding and easy kayak; and another village at 25mins thus 3 villages for nearby outings
✦ whilst the river through the village is ugly, river and swimming spots are closeby both up and down river; a stunning spot 30mins drive for hiking and splashing
✦ the Ardeche river with gorges and other other locations down the Ceze are also 30mins, notably Les Vans, with good gorges and more kayakinging/riding, to 45mins (for the famous Pont d'Arc); there's better mountain landscapes and two very nice small towns (Uzès, Andouze) at 1h for occasional daytrips
the main town (Alès) is not bad thanks to ongoing improvements including a new market hall pending, and will be 40mins by train in future (reopening 2028, 5-times daily 1€; same as driving versus 1h bus currently, last being 6pm)
✦ the lovely city of Nimes will be 1h20 from the door (if there's direct train) which makes it plausible for a daytrip (and often also just 1€)
✦ access is good; Nimes airport is train then shuttle bus with year round service to Stansted, Brussels, plus seasonal to Luton, Dublin and Morocco; many more options including Lisbon from Montpellier and Marseille
village is large with active wood industry, and promotes streetart
✦ there's a pile of old factory buildings, one now housing a bric-a-brac community repurposing space, and a micro-brewery(!)
✦ several hiking circuits are possible on the hills either side of the river starting 15mins along lanesand climbing 450m; the GR44B passes the door and leads to an impressive chateau in 1h biking; the nearest moderate peak (1300m) is 30mins drive, however can reach a 1000m summit in 2h30 biking entirely offroad climbining gradually with downhill all the way back ;) similarly there's a 2h route to the small town with return by train or along the road
✦ there's a quick bus/10min drive/30min bike to a much nicer village with several weekly markets (including organic), good cafes/retos, plus riding and easy kayak; and another village at 25mins thus 3 villages for nearby outings
✦ whilst the river through the village is ugly, river and swimming spots are closeby both up and down river; a stunning spot 30mins drive for hiking and splashing
✦ the Ardeche river with gorges and other other locations down the Ceze are also 30mins, notably Les Vans, with good gorges and more kayakinging/riding, to 45mins (for the famous Pont d'Arc); there's better mountain landscapes and two very nice small towns (Uzès, Andouze) at 1h for occasional daytrips
the main town (Alès) is not bad thanks to ongoing improvements including a new market hall pending, and will be 40mins by train in future (reopening 2028, 5-times daily 1€; same as driving versus 1h bus currently, last being 6pm)
✦ the lovely city of Nimes will be 1h20 from the door (if there's direct train) which makes it plausible for a daytrip (and often also just 1€)
✦ access is good; Nimes airport is train then shuttle bus with year round service to Stansted, Brussels, plus seasonal to Luton, Dublin and Morocco; many more options including Lisbon from Montpellier and Marseille
village is large with active wood industry, and promotes streetart
✦ there's a pile of old factory buildings, one now housing a bric-a-brac community repurposing space, and a micro-brewery(!)
Property ✧ also see #284 which is a stone's throw with big garden and views but twice the price
✦ previously privately advertised at 80k; returned to market after failed sale twice (likely no mortgage)
✦ end house on short row
✦ 2 floors in mostly acceptable condition but requiring plumbing, one having newish double glazed PVC windows and doors, the remainder to be fully finished and possibly with broken windows (though single glazing easily replaced provisionally and even acceptable in winter)
100m2 per floor (plus 15m2 of hall?) plus attic (but no windows, possibly only suitable for mezzanines) plus 50m2 courtyard backs into hill that could be covered over giving 1st floor access to higher 90m2 of garden which with 25m2 roof terrace and 25m2 orangerie would be 115m2 of outdoors
✦ roof needs work but is ok for time being
✦ sides to south onto a somewhat ugly yard used by builder however has side passage and could have a high fence
two building(s) directly opposite onto the main street with gardens, abandoned and also for sale, one was a tiny old cinema thus a very tall ground floor, but roof is ready to collapse
✦ previously privately advertised at 80k; returned to market after failed sale twice (likely no mortgage)
✦ end house on short row
✦ 2 floors in mostly acceptable condition but requiring plumbing, one having newish double glazed PVC windows and doors, the remainder to be fully finished and possibly with broken windows (though single glazing easily replaced provisionally and even acceptable in winter)
100m2 per floor (plus 15m2 of hall?) plus attic (but no windows, possibly only suitable for mezzanines) plus 50m2 courtyard backs into hill that could be covered over giving 1st floor access to higher 90m2 of garden which with 25m2 roof terrace and 25m2 orangerie would be 115m2 of outdoors
✦ roof needs work but is ok for time being
✦ sides to south onto a somewhat ugly yard used by builder however has side passage and could have a high fence
two building(s) directly opposite onto the main street with gardens, abandoned and also for sale, one was a tiny old cinema thus a very tall ground floor, but roof is ready to collapse
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