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#315 🥈84% €76k • typical • village • 900m² mini-hub • village houses above canal in plains
OKAY 🔨 effort
GOOD 🚌 transport
GOOD ✈️ access
GOOD 🛒 shops
GOOD 🏙 towns
OKAY 🧗 activities
GOOD ☀️ climate
OKAY ⛰️ nature
GOOD 🌷 garden
GOOD 🏠 building
GOOD ⛲️ hood
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Le Mas d'Agenais, Garonne — near Marmande, Tonneins, Villeneuve, (Bergerac, Bordeaux)
☃️3–10–16°☀️4☁️4 • 🍂15–26°☀️3☁️2
☃️3–10–16°☀️4☁️4 • 🍂15–26°☀️3☁️2
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Environment ✧ agricultural river plain, pine woods
Services ✧ all; bigger towns 15/25mins train (last 10pm)
Access ✧ bus to station 25mins (wait 15mins), +45mins Bordeaux, +1h30 Toulouse, +3h Paris; Bergerac airport
Dedicated units likely for part-time use only.
Area ✧ (Bordeaux would be just over 1h with a dropoff but too long by transit, this might be considered attractive however really properties closer to such big cities would be preferable, and in the case or Bordeaux would then also make the dune beaches plausible for days out)
✦ nature is decidedly unimpressive, but the property is really good value for its size, and would be a decent minihub but needing a strong focus on community events, talks and on-property activity
✦ given its size it could easily host one or more residency spaces with a rotating practitioner or artist, and probably also an open-access cafe-coworking space, and to move things up a notch perhaps at least weekly a visiting chef and meals
✦ this thus represents a location those looking to chill and appreciate relaxed surroundings, cafe, markets and good food, rather than be adventurous
though the surrounding woodlands aren't bad for strolls undulating up to 50m, there's just two paths out of the village along the canal fine for strolls, doing a long circuit, or for biking access to the woods
✦ lots and lots of towns and villages but few activities beyond easy hiking/kayaking, swimming, horse riding and of course cultural/landmarks
✦ most outings would involve driving, or at least a drop off to town thus trimming some time
✦ 20mins drive Marmande, 10mins Tonnenins (30mins bike)
✦ hourly (but requiring advance booking) minibus to both Tonneins and Marmande giving good indepenence, else just 10mins to the closest station
✦ nice flat grassy wooded open area for games or picnics but partly used for parking in summer
✦ nice old roofed open market hall with a good bistrot; cornershop, supermarket (with depot pain), bad bakery; small weekly market; canalside pizza/snacks, tennis; good bakery thus 30mins bike/10mins drive
✦ kayaking on canal in summer possible, and on the river the town
15mins drive Casteljaloux for nice pine woods and swimming lake, and for biking, too far otherwise
✦ Eymet and Nerac 40mins drive
✦ Villeneuve-sur-Lot 50mins
✦ surfing trips to the famous Biscarrosse would be very plausible at 2h drive/train, likely staying a night or two
Bordeaux airport is 1h drive, and transit isn't too bad (30mins bus, 45mins train, 25mins bus, but totals about 2h30), Toulouse totals a bit more
✦ Bergerac and its airport are 1h (1h20 bus from Marmande)
✦ last busses 6pm, station 20mins drive or 10mins to Tonneins
✦ last train departs Bordeaux 9:30pm, Toulouse 7:20pm
✦ 30mins drive to Agen future high speed station, 45mins to town
✦ trains from Paris are changing but this is still better than using the future TGV station
✦ nature is decidedly unimpressive, but the property is really good value for its size, and would be a decent minihub but needing a strong focus on community events, talks and on-property activity
✦ given its size it could easily host one or more residency spaces with a rotating practitioner or artist, and probably also an open-access cafe-coworking space, and to move things up a notch perhaps at least weekly a visiting chef and meals
✦ this thus represents a location those looking to chill and appreciate relaxed surroundings, cafe, markets and good food, rather than be adventurous
though the surrounding woodlands aren't bad for strolls undulating up to 50m, there's just two paths out of the village along the canal fine for strolls, doing a long circuit, or for biking access to the woods
✦ lots and lots of towns and villages but few activities beyond easy hiking/kayaking, swimming, horse riding and of course cultural/landmarks
✦ most outings would involve driving, or at least a drop off to town thus trimming some time
✦ 20mins drive Marmande, 10mins Tonnenins (30mins bike)
✦ hourly (but requiring advance booking) minibus to both Tonneins and Marmande giving good indepenence, else just 10mins to the closest station
✦ nice flat grassy wooded open area for games or picnics but partly used for parking in summer
✦ nice old roofed open market hall with a good bistrot; cornershop, supermarket (with depot pain), bad bakery; small weekly market; canalside pizza/snacks, tennis; good bakery thus 30mins bike/10mins drive
✦ kayaking on canal in summer possible, and on the river the town
15mins drive Casteljaloux for nice pine woods and swimming lake, and for biking, too far otherwise
✦ Eymet and Nerac 40mins drive
✦ Villeneuve-sur-Lot 50mins
✦ surfing trips to the famous Biscarrosse would be very plausible at 2h drive/train, likely staying a night or two
Bordeaux airport is 1h drive, and transit isn't too bad (30mins bus, 45mins train, 25mins bus, but totals about 2h30), Toulouse totals a bit more
✦ Bergerac and its airport are 1h (1h20 bus from Marmande)
✦ last busses 6pm, station 20mins drive or 10mins to Tonneins
✦ last train departs Bordeaux 9:30pm, Toulouse 7:20pm
✦ 30mins drive to Agen future high speed station, 45mins to town
✦ trains from Paris are changing but this is still better than using the future TGV station
Property ✧ compare with #322
✦ parcel 388 with proposed split as seperate sales:
✦ 45k <65k 350m2 80m2 roof needs relaying and chimney removing/rebuilding
✦ 55k <85k 400m2
✦ remainder of roof seems okay
partly usable with minmal effort but full fitout would be more significant and add costs if both buildings plus improvements, but could be done over time; if only partly undertaken until demand is proven, or if only one half, then represents a satellite with upgrade potential to a mini-hub which is nicely hedging bets, but as a satellite it might not be sufficiently appealing
lovely large 190m2 open ground floor space, plus another 85m2
✦ tiled and wood floors
✦ 3 buildings side by side, 800m2 combined plot, hotchpotch of annexes
✧ north 100m2 has a 30m2 2-floor rear extension, plus a 30m2 annex; 100*3 +30*2 +30 = 390
✧ middle 120m2 has 2 floors plus a tall attic but small windows, a 35m2 rear extension which regrettably blocks 1st floor windows and makes 2nd floor small but could be removed and turned into a south facing 1st floor roof terrace getting sunset; 120*3 +35 = 395
✧ south 50m2 (included with the 120m2) has 3 floors with no rear = 150
✦ all have north-east windows that get morning sun
210m2 garden with a conifer tree and full south exposure
✦ exceedingly few overcast days thus always some sun and ability to sit outdoors but an orangerie will improve the winter termperature, would be built
✦ 30m2 courtyard behind north building but conecting to garden
✦ parcel 388 with proposed split as seperate sales:
✦ 45k <65k 350m2 80m2 roof needs relaying and chimney removing/rebuilding
✦ 55k <85k 400m2
✦ remainder of roof seems okay
partly usable with minmal effort but full fitout would be more significant and add costs if both buildings plus improvements, but could be done over time; if only partly undertaken until demand is proven, or if only one half, then represents a satellite with upgrade potential to a mini-hub which is nicely hedging bets, but as a satellite it might not be sufficiently appealing
lovely large 190m2 open ground floor space, plus another 85m2
✦ tiled and wood floors
✦ 3 buildings side by side, 800m2 combined plot, hotchpotch of annexes
✧ north 100m2 has a 30m2 2-floor rear extension, plus a 30m2 annex; 100*3 +30*2 +30 = 390
✧ middle 120m2 has 2 floors plus a tall attic but small windows, a 35m2 rear extension which regrettably blocks 1st floor windows and makes 2nd floor small but could be removed and turned into a south facing 1st floor roof terrace getting sunset; 120*3 +35 = 395
✧ south 50m2 (included with the 120m2) has 3 floors with no rear = 150
✦ all have north-east windows that get morning sun
210m2 garden with a conifer tree and full south exposure
✦ exceedingly few overcast days thus always some sun and ability to sit outdoors but an orangerie will improve the winter termperature, would be built
✦ 30m2 courtyard behind north building but conecting to garden
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