Jouaux/Pons
property details
for a Hub House co-operative coliving project

Environment ✧ agricultural and wooded rolling river valley

Services ✧ deli/teamroom, bakery, 3 retos, gym, supermarkets 10mins walk

Access ✧ station 25mins walk/10mins bus/scoot: 45mins Agen (last 8:30pm), Bordeaux/Toulouse 2h15, 5h Paris, 6h30 Barcelona; Bergerac airport 1h drive

Area ✧ the area is pretty tame but attracts tourists so could simply be a very relaxed satellite, with good common spaces plus garden probably with views over the river
✦ main attraction is that it would be very relaxed with regular access to interesting towns and villages but no adventurous activities nor nature

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village is essentially dead but well served and presentable with a nice public chateau garden
✦ is on a just renovated road, the bottom of which has the greenway and an associative music venue/cafe/bar; so could become a little more lively with new shops
✦ 10mins bike to tennis, SUP, kayaking but seasonal and very placid, and horse riding
✦ river swimming possible
✦ next village 30mins walk along a greenway with station, more cafes and shops, one of the largest weekly outdoor markerts, and a hall favouring local sourcing / farm-to-table
✦ nearest town (Villeneuve-sur-Lot) is good but a bit far at 40mins by bus (last 7:20pm), 30mins drive is however fine for group outings driving and the bus thus for individual escapes
✦ Agen at 45mins is another decent and larger town, but requires the walk to teh staion/dropoff or more likely bike+park/scoot thus 1h so likely rare, driving no faster
✦ Cahors and Bergerac are good daytrip drives at 1h, there's also a bus to Cahors and serving several of teh villages along the river taking 1h10 from 20mins walk away or a 5min dropoff
✦ rail line will connect to new TGV station (2030) bringing Paris and Bordeaux 30mins closer
✦ no walks except along greenway, there-back, with minor options for variations around a hill
✦ biking starts 10mins along the greenway with several decent circuits but max elevation difference is only 100m
✦ both can be improved by train, and in the case of biking for long circuits; the next train stop to the south give a 3h hike to the town with one leg by bus, 2h with a pickup or there-back of any duration

Property ✧ roof is good and building is sound, tatty needing full refit though may be part usable very quickly with no risks, having low effort and cost to bring up to initially usable state
✦ been for sale for years; the owner's ad hasn't been updated to the lower agent's price

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(was?) actually 2 building parcels (670+garden 135 and 671+garden 672) but the first (left/west) was sold Sept'23 for 27k, thus it's possible is no longer included in which case bad value, else was owned by someone else and has been amalagamated but not been able to proceed with works; the owners ads have however been updated since and still mention the full size but the most recent agent ad does not

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some windows are double glazed
✦ 1st floor and attic have good wooden floors
✦ ~110m2 per floor *3; ~14m x 8m
✦ ground has big shop front windows, backing into hill where it actually gains extra space and a tiny courtyard with well
✦ 1st has 4 french windows onto full length balcony, and opens onto garden at rear thus excellent for common spaces; could easily extend for +50m2, likely as orangerie and possibly part two-floor for a nice dorm with views
✦ attic has excellent height with windows, suitable for possibly 10 small mezzanine units
✦ front is south onto a quiet road into the centre (there's a bypass)
✦ 450m2 of steep terraced (x3 each 80m2) narrow (12m) garden but south facing with trees; one ad says as having 1100m2 of garden in which case extra parcel (877) but seems unlikely
✦ no walks on doorstep except greenway; hikes 15mins train/drive
✦ super cheap tax would be €1700/year after renovation