16 Boucherie
property details
for a Hub House co-operative coliving project

Environment ✧ pine and scrub woods, rocky little river valleys; hikes on doorstep

Services ✧ all

Access ✧ bus/station at door: 1h Nimes / 1h30 airport, 2h15 Marseille/Montpellier airport, 5h Paris/Barcelona (2 changes)

Area ✧ this little town is fairly pretty and lively with a good market and some cafes (including a salad bar) etc, multiple good restos, plus sushi and burgers
✦ the main town of Alès used to be rather ugly yet is undergoing rehabilitation notably with a new market hall and square planned for reopening in 2025, it's moderately lively and has tons of shops and restos, even an icerink
✦ in 2028 the railway line will be reopened bringing the main town to 20mins, until then the bus is reasonably good at 30mins (last 6:30pm) however visits should be minimal, mainly for access
✦ onward connections have good choice; Nimes airport is a train then shuttle and normally has year round service to Stansted and Brussels, plus seasonal to Luton and Morocco; many more options including Lisbon from both Marseille and Montpellier
✦ last train from Nimes is at 9:20pm which isn't bad, but last bus 6pm thus late arrivals would require pickup but should be avoidable

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the river at the door isn't good for swimming though fine nearby for a splash, better and kayaking 20mins walk, or bike/bus
✦ 10mins walk to tennis, and a garden with a small natural rockface for climbing
✦ good variety for biking some trails reaching 600m (400m ascent), and including 3h with just a single road crossing
✦ 3 hikes/walks start 10mins along lanes with circuits and strolls possible, one to a ruined fort (being rebuilt by an association), a short drive gives more variety such as these lovely eroded pools 30mins drive (1h15 bike) good gorges with sup/kayak/climbing, and heights around 900m at a pretty village, plus the pont d'arc are 30mins drive
✦ with the train to Besseges there'll be even more paths and trails
✦ for daytrips the nice little towns of Uzes and Andouze are a reasonable 45mins drive with the famous Pont du Gard at 1h
✦ winter climate is pretty good with an entire third of days clear and just a few of snow, though gets bursts of very heavy rain in spring and autumn and this is getting worse, with little rainfall the rest of the year

Property ✧ VISITED 8/5/24
✦ rejected due to being too rambling in multiple parts and requiring roof work, but has 2 small courtyards and a potential roof terrace, and does not include the east section and tower, nor the attic of the north section which woudl be very problematic will be a co-propropriete

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down from 113k
✦ very haphzard and requiring a fair bit of work to optimise, but partly usable and some very nice big rooms
✦ 200m2 parcel with essentially 4 buildings (all 3 floors) jammed together, and spanning between 2 lanes with a somewhat squashed courtyard in between and surrounded by 3-floor houses
  ✧ main/west is 55m2 +attic with windows; 5.2m wide
  ✧ courtyard ~2.5m deep for 20m2 south-east exposed but surrounded by tall walls from all other directions thus shaded
  ✧ north annexe ~25m2 (*3) with a small circular tower 50
  ✧ east annexe on courtyard ~12m2 (*3) with a roof terrace accessible from the tower 35
  ✧ east building spanning onto next lane slightly offset and very narrow (2m) ~15m2 spanning to the next lane behind the tower 45
✦ the east windows of the main building are large, the west smaller
✦ whilst the courtyard is deep, the east annexe next to the tower could have its roof turned into another terrace, and/or part of the north annexe, also the ground of the courtyard could be covered thus becoming a roof terrace, though possibly an intrusion for neighbours