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

Environment ✧ vineyard valley, hills with good hikes close; 1h coast

Services ✧ shop, bakery, pizza, resto and cocktail-bar/resto, minimart; town 15mins drive/30 bus

Access ✧ station 15mins drive/30mins bus: 5h30 Paris changing or night train, Barcelona 3h direct; airport 20mins drive/bus

Area ✧ would be able to function as a mini-hub as there's lots of expats, and probably a few local professionals amongst the many villages

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climate is barely passable off peak yet lovely in summer and decent otherwise, but has frequent winds most of the year (the Cers from the west)
✦ bus every 2h into town, but last back 6pm; town is decent especially in season, moderately lively, and attractivew with its remarkable fort hanging over it, plus canal and riverfront

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despite being essentially a dead village with no square/centre, there's a very good resto, and on the road a nice cocktail-bar/resto, plus the bakery, minimart and good pizziera, so not entirely necessary to leave however the town offers far nicer surroundings for popping out
✦ as an alternative the bigger canalside village of Trebes also has cafes and restos and is bikable in 30 along a pleasant bit of canal too

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both the town and the ruins at Lastours are 30mins bike
✦ some easy strolls from the door partly along vineyard lanes or tracks to the hills in 30mins; biking and a swimming spot plus good trails are under 15mins, and canal 20mins
✦ a good selection of villages and hills in 20–40mins
✦ good day trips to mountains stopping off at Limoux on way
✦ Castres also a daytrip stopping in Mazamet or the hills, same for Revel
✦ Toulouse is 45mins by train thus with a dropoff is good for a daytrip, Narbonne 30mins

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tennis court
✦ green space along the river, also nicer greenspace a stone's throw above the football fields
✦ mountain 50mins bike/20mins drive

Property ✧ apparently a modern mostly open-plan commercial building thus easy to repurpose, though not clear how without a visit
✦ entirely unprepossessingm however murals, redeveloped roof terraces and some larger windows for vistas would make much more appealing

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entirely free standing
✦ immediately usable 1st (top) floor 100m2 apartment (with terrace)
✦ 270m2 ground floor, 40m2 of which has a raised ceiling
✦ 140m2 basement but likely significantly larger possibly with another part level below, though appears to be perched above ground level

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good views out over the river plain, though more windows may be required

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3 sections of flat roof that could be made in terraces and orangerie for at least 110m2 of outdoor spaces:
✦ 20m2 (north-west)
✦ 20m2 (highest, west, already a terrace)
✦ 40m2 (south-west) which would be for orangerie
✦ (2 neighbours could be willing to sell adjoining garden space)
✦ 50m2 of drive at the north probably providing access to basement, but which could be given further terrace above, thus reclaiming the space and extending the roof terrace into a multi-level garden having both sunny, indoor and shaded areas
✦ 25m2 basement corner appears to be open and covered so could be walled in for new room or turned into covered garden albeit north-west
✦ 15m2 streetside, partly covered for parking
✦ backs onto a small irrigation canal that runs past the entire west/back of the property though may be part covered, on the other side of this is a track and steps for access should be possible; the neigbouring property is probably a small old mill

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appears to have a 10m2 goods lift that would probably be turned into a staircase