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#272 🥇94%  SOLD? • €90k • typical • village • 500m² mini-hub • actually 220k, 90k as downpayment on private mortgage; expensive but 1k/month over 10 years would be a good deal to get something possibly better, and means more backers joining down the line could support additional properties
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Lamalou, Haut Languedoc — near Beziers, (Montpellier)
☃️4–10–17°☀️4☁️16 • 🍂14–21°☀️6☁️12
GREAT  🔨 effort
GOOD  🚌 transport
OKAY  ✈️ access
GOOD  🛒 shops
OKAY  🏙 towns
GREAT  🧗 activities
GOOD  ☀️ climate
GREAT  ⛰️ nature
GOOD  🌷 garden
GOOD  🏠 building
GOOD  🏘 hood
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Environment ✧ vineyard valley, escarpments with good hikes on doorstep; 1h coast/mountains

Services ✧ supermarket, small weekly indoor market, bakery, restaurants, brunch place

Access ✧ station 30mins drive/45 bus; 5h30 Paris changing, Barcelona 3h changing; airports 2h+ changing

Notes ✧ not a great village, albeit pleasant, due to being a declining thermal station, but offers facilities and fantastic countryside from the door / by bus
✦ other villages are not interesting either, with only Pezenas at 40mins being worth a trip, but others offer a few distractions such as restos/cafes/markets
✦ the little local town of Bedariuex is 10mins bus, several smaller villages such as Olargues at 25mins bus are plasusible outings or points for hikes
✦ for towns, Beziers (decent, pretty, can be combined with beach), Pezenas (pretty, lively market), Clermont (meh) and the remote village of St-Pons are all 35mins drive thus providing some regular outings most likely for markets, including some by bus at 1h for when people need to escape independently
trails start 10mins along lane, with a choice of east or west sides, plus across the river the south thus great choice
✦ nice small park 15mins walk, tennis and archery 5mins, horse riding 30mins walk
✦ small theatre/cinema showing original versions
✦ kayaking, fantastic hikes and river swimming by bus
✦ via ferrata 20mins drive, and lots of climbing spots
✦ greenway 5 mins bike, for 45mins to the gorges/kayaking
✦ trails start 15mins bike, 30mins walk on lane
✦ lake 30mins drive (40mins to the watersports), beach 1h, bigger gorges and more villages 1h
regular direct bus from Montpellier 1h30 last 6:30pm (arriving 8pm) +30mins tram from station (2h total)
✦ 35mins train to Beziers, 15mins drive for pickup, last at 6:20pm
✦ one direct bus from Beziers 5:20pm arriving 6:30pm (out 7am)
could probably operate as a minihub
✦ the nextdoor building is recently converted with 6 studios and apartments for short-rentals if extra capacity was ever needed
Property ✧ worth noting that for probably the same price, there's #147 a functional retirement home 20mins up the valley having 1500m2 and a larger garden just above the river
✦ located in a quiet corner at the very top of the village (15min walk from the centre) opposite a little fountain and some significant buildings (one abandoned)
✦ building is 160m2 inside with 2 floors, the ground was a bar resturant and has a glass front being mostly open inside with a 90m2 roadside terrace
✦ almost 600m2 total outdoor space
✦ at the side is 280m2 of parking, 100m2 of which would be kept, especially if as a minihub, as street parking is possibly a bit limited
✦ building could be extended to the side/south with a roof terrace at rear garden level for up to 90m2 additional, or 180m2 as 3–4 mezzanine cohousing units
✦ the rear has a 50m2 ground level courtyard, and 160m2 1st floor garden currently with a ramp from the parking
✦ 80m2 2 floor wing on one side of the cortyard
✦ 280m2 flat parking would become garden
✦ 800m2 plot behind for a larger garden, unlikely to sell for building but might be expensive
✦ 80m2 shed/wing
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