Treize Pierres
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for a Hub House co-operative coliving project
#336 🥈84% €289k • typical • town • 1800m² mini-hub • and 1500s chapel with frescos
OKAY 🔨 effort
GOOD 🚌 transport
OKAY ✈️ access
GOOD 🛒 shops
GOOD 🏙 towns
GOOD 🧗 activities
OKAY ☀️ climate
OKAY ⛰️ nature
OKAY 🌷 garden
GOOD 🏠 building
GREAT ⛲️ hood
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Villefranche, Aveyron — near Figeac, (Cahors, Albi)
☃️2–9–16°☀️6☁️13 • 🍂12–23°☀️7☁️12
☃️2–9–16°☀️6☁️13 • 🍂12–23°☀️7☁️12
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Environment ✧ steep wooded river valleys and agricultural
Services ✧ all
Access ✧ station 25mins walk/bus; 1h45 Toulouse (last 7pm) +45mins airport, 5h30 Barcelona, 7h Paris (last 2pm) or night train
Area ✧ ad was pulled soon after listing, and appears to have had chapel removed presumably to bring into public ownership
due to being partly protected, shops moving out, and the costs of bringing buildings up to standard, >35% are empty
✦ has some quiet riverfront paths but across town so strolls are mostly around the town, then a path going 20mins to the south, and a 25min loop, so some limited options; 10mins bike to tennis (actually 2 covered courts somewhere)
✦ a couple of biking circuits start 10mins away and exetnd to Najac and St Matrin where it possible start or return by train, or skip the more difficult bits (lots of climbing)
✦ no hiking from door, however the train offers some variety with 4 stations (15–40mins) offering options both by bike and foot albeit with the shortest return being 3h45, giving opportunities for more relaxed hikes with lunch stop (returns at 2:30pm and 6pm, but more out)
✦ fairly calm kayaking is possible from the town, or at Najac (Apr-Oct) with SUP as well
✦ 30mins drive to a fairly technical via ferrata above river
small but pretty town of Figeac at 35mins train is a good trip, with an 8pm bus back
✦ several great villages: medieval Caylus 30mins bus, St-Cirq on the lot gorges 45mins drive, as is Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val where there's good biking and hiking for occasional variation
✦ Cahors and Albi are also possible at 1h drive for more rare daytrips with diversions to break the journey
✦ Gaillac at 1h train is however more reasonable
access is fair from Toulouse airport (transit then train), but labourious from anywhere else, Paris will be 5h from 2032 (high speed to Toulouse) thus much improved and possibly bringing a 4pm departure in reach
✦ night train is either long via Toulouse, or with a good short 6am change
due to being partly protected, shops moving out, and the costs of bringing buildings up to standard, >35% are empty
✦ has some quiet riverfront paths but across town so strolls are mostly around the town, then a path going 20mins to the south, and a 25min loop, so some limited options; 10mins bike to tennis (actually 2 covered courts somewhere)
✦ a couple of biking circuits start 10mins away and exetnd to Najac and St Matrin where it possible start or return by train, or skip the more difficult bits (lots of climbing)
✦ no hiking from door, however the train offers some variety with 4 stations (15–40mins) offering options both by bike and foot albeit with the shortest return being 3h45, giving opportunities for more relaxed hikes with lunch stop (returns at 2:30pm and 6pm, but more out)
✦ fairly calm kayaking is possible from the town, or at Najac (Apr-Oct) with SUP as well
✦ 30mins drive to a fairly technical via ferrata above river
small but pretty town of Figeac at 35mins train is a good trip, with an 8pm bus back
✦ several great villages: medieval Caylus 30mins bus, St-Cirq on the lot gorges 45mins drive, as is Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val where there's good biking and hiking for occasional variation
✦ Cahors and Albi are also possible at 1h drive for more rare daytrips with diversions to break the journey
✦ Gaillac at 1h train is however more reasonable
access is fair from Toulouse airport (transit then train), but labourious from anywhere else, Paris will be 5h from 2032 (high speed to Toulouse) thus much improved and possibly bringing a 4pm departure in reach
✦ night train is either long via Toulouse, or with a good short 6am change
Property ✧ building and roof appear in good condition but is no longer up to standards so needs insulation, all windows replacing and electrics updating etc, but for coliving this could be done gradually, and dedicated units would be handled by their owners
includes an exceptional chapel built in the 1500s with interior entirely frescoed in the 1950s (great condition!); offers about 200m2 of main space plus annexes, would probably be made available to the local community for events, and remain open to visitors at certain times, but would be fantastic for our own community events from talks to club nights more than enough space for events in existing buildings but not such appealing value without the chapel, however the main building can be split from the farm thus reducing the cost
✦ is right next to a building with a modern facade that houses several regional organisations including a startup incubator
compare with #271 which is a similar size, is more rural (still has a station) but probably overall not in as good condition needing more work, yet parts are immediately fully usable
✦ both would support would be very similar
✦ could small festivals with camping and vanlifers
✦ family friendly
4 floors plus basements with working lift
✦ over 900m2 on 2 floors in barns plus sheds which doesn't have to be included in the purchase thus could reduce the cost to circa 230k but could be good to acquire later as workspaces, performance space, indoor yoga, etc, or even for cohousing as there are some windows
✦ 2000m2 flat in front of the building, end of which is raised above the lane, 3500m2 adjacent on slopes above the barns mostly with trees
✦ remaining 6000m2 unclear either 5000m2 of more sloping wooded land after the barns, or the less desireable open field below some trees next to the road
tax at 8k/year (currently; same as a 300m2 property in the Pyrenees!), might be kept low with a suitable associative category, but with a good number of dedicated apartments event a higher rate could be reasonably covered
✦ is right next to a building with a modern facade that houses several regional organisations including a startup incubator
compare with #271 which is a similar size, is more rural (still has a station) but probably overall not in as good condition needing more work, yet parts are immediately fully usable
✦ both would support would be very similar
✦ could small festivals with camping and vanlifers
✦ family friendly
4 floors plus basements with working lift
✦ over 900m2 on 2 floors in barns plus sheds which doesn't have to be included in the purchase thus could reduce the cost to circa 230k but could be good to acquire later as workspaces, performance space, indoor yoga, etc, or even for cohousing as there are some windows
✦ 2000m2 flat in front of the building, end of which is raised above the lane, 3500m2 adjacent on slopes above the barns mostly with trees
✦ remaining 6000m2 unclear either 5000m2 of more sloping wooded land after the barns, or the less desireable open field below some trees next to the road
tax at 8k/year (currently; same as a 300m2 property in the Pyrenees!), might be kept low with a suitable associative category, but with a good number of dedicated apartments event a higher rate could be reasonably covered
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