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

Environment ✧ border of wooded agricultural rolling hills and small mountains

Services ✧ all

Access ✧ hourly bus to station 45mins, 1h45 Toulouse (last 7:30pm, +45mins airport), 6h Barcelona, 7h Paris (few; or night)

Dedicated units for full-time residence.

Area ✧ somewhat tired town centre that's car-heavy but has riverfront and some smaller works are being undertaken
✦ next to gym and the aquatic centre with sauna, jacuzzi and hamman; tennis 5mins plus covered
✦ bakery and local foods shops next door
✦ Foix is the only other small town, 40mins drive/1h bus (last 5pm)
✦ hilltop hamlet with tapas cafe/bar 30mins walk/10mins bike
✦ various paths, both riverside and into wooded hills start 10mins away for easy +300m climbs, reaching 1200m in 1h45
✦ from 30mins drive tall waterfalls (80m) and mountain hikes reaching 2200m
✦ horse riding and climbing spots 10mins drive; kayak 20mins drive/35 bus
✦ 10mins bike to 45km/2h30 greenway to Foix; 475km of marked MTB routes
✦ 50mins drive (winter bus) to bikepark and skiing drive/bus (1400–1700m)
✦ very stable climate being set back in hills, good amount of sun and minimal cloud cover all year
✦ nighttrain is only decent to Foix with a pickup (40mins) probably combined with market day and lunch out (Fri thus Thu night travel), or at Pamiers which is bigger (1h) and on Sat (Fri night travel), otherwise either Foix or to Toulouse involves a 2h+ wait for the train/bus

Property ✧ I listed this ages ago, but it appears its renovation into apartments has run into financial difficulty thus returned to market but after a while with still no change is back off market
✦ not sure why it's listed with such a larger size (400m2 discrepency), but looks like somebody simply measured around the building walls then multipled (technically if sold with this measure it'd permit a rebate, but sales require a proper measure to be taken in the first place)
✦ facade and roof in good condition
✦ usable with little effort; most has been used as offices and storage so lacks bathrooms, all windows as usual need replacing and otherwise a complete fitout for use
✦ road serves about a dozen villages so not a significant concern however would be noticable at peak times
✦ main building 160m2 with 3 floors
✦ 2 wings or 25m2 and 35m2, with 2 floors and attic
✦ annexe/barn 85m2, good for 3 cohousing units, and could be extended though easier turned into coworking with dedicated units as apartments; nonetheless there is good opportunity for seperate newbuild cohousing
✦ 120m2 courtyard
✦ 1800m2 of garden: 800m2 is flat next to the road with a small wall that could be built up or bamboo planted, it backs into the hill as parking so the ground needs rehabiliation but is south facing thus would be great for an orangery and pool; the rest is steep rocky hillside with trees mostly unusable, however there's maybe 150m2 of slope about half way up at the end, this could be terraced, similarly another 100m2 above the annexe where hammocks could be hung