Hotel Au Royal
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for a Hub House co-operative coliving project
#344 🥇97% EXAMPLE • €385k • typical • town • 800m² mini-hub • famous medieval fort, balanced criteria, immediately usable
GREAT 🔨 effort
GREAT 🚌 transport
GREAT ✈️ access
GOOD 🛒 shops
GREAT 🏙 towns
GOOD 🧗 activities
OKAY ☀️ climate
GOOD ⛰️ nature
GOOD 🌷 garden
GOOD 🏠 building
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town centre, Carcassonne — near Narbonne, Toulouse
☃️4–10–18°☀️3☁️5 • 🍂14–24°☀️4☁️3
☃️4–10–18°☀️3☁️5 • 🍂14–24°☀️4☁️3
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Environment ✧ vineyard valley, hills with good hikes close; 1h coast
Services ✧ all
Access ✧ station 5mins walk: Toulouse 45mins, Barcelona 3h direct, 5h30 Paris changing or night train; airport 10mins bus
Dedicated units likely for part-time use only.
Area ✧ would be able to function as a mini-hub, whilst there's a couple of coworkings they're really just collectivised private offices so a more dynamic space for local freelancers and all the expats should be appealing, especially with more events
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); the off-season would thus be 4 months
Barcelona direct due to be reinstated soon
✦ well connected all-year airport for Stansted/Manchester, seasonal to Porto, Sardinia, Dublin, Tangiers; many others close (Toulouse, Beziers, Nimes, Perpignan, Marseille, Barcelona)
town is decent especially in season, moderately lively, and extremely photogenic with its remarkable fort hanging over it, plus nice square, canal and riverfront
✦ canalside village of Trebes by bus or bike
✦ small towns of Castelnaudry 20mins train (last 9pm), Limoux 30mins train (€1) also having bus service (train eventually, ) running up to Quillan (but 1h30)
✦ Narbonne 30mins train (last 10pm), larger Beziers (45mins train)
✦ quaint Mirepoix by bus or 45mins drive, also Revel another market town
✦ Toulouse as a big interesting city is well within reach at 45mins train (last 8:30pm)
✦ various interesting smaller villages
lake with beach volleyball courts and SUP (in season, but could have own), 30mins bike
✦ some good escarpments are biking distance, or a short dropoff for hikes
✦ forests in the hills to north 40mins drive also possible by bus
✦ adventuous countryside is a good 1h drive, but when the train returns this will somewhat improve for hiking and biking
✦ horse riding 15mins bike
✦ tennis courts at riverfront 10mins walk
✦ several strolls possible along the canal and river in both directions, also good for jogging, paths kinda start on the other side of the fort which is 30mins walk, but get interrupted by sections of lanes; better if dropped off at the lake or taking the train
✦ biking is good with several long rides albeit also somewhat broken up, more variety taking the train
aside — I lived here for a few years doing a renovation, having chosen the town for its connections, tourism (which mainly affects the fort, much less the town) and plans for public space renovation which has made it a fair bit more attractive; the main problem is the 4 shopping centres on the outskirts (one just built!) and thus loss of shops in town, however this is finally becoming a priority as in many towns, although does not represent much tangibly as it's also flighting ecommerce, but the town does have an adequate number, and notably because of the tourism, some actual cafes that don't follow a typical french format; there are still multiple large buildings empty and in need of renovations, and plans are afoot to demolish some decrepit little buildings to open up public space //Jacob
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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); the off-season would thus be 4 months
Barcelona direct due to be reinstated soon
✦ well connected all-year airport for Stansted/Manchester, seasonal to Porto, Sardinia, Dublin, Tangiers; many others close (Toulouse, Beziers, Nimes, Perpignan, Marseille, Barcelona)
town is decent especially in season, moderately lively, and extremely photogenic with its remarkable fort hanging over it, plus nice square, canal and riverfront
✦ canalside village of Trebes by bus or bike
✦ small towns of Castelnaudry 20mins train (last 9pm), Limoux 30mins train (€1) also having bus service (train eventually, ) running up to Quillan (but 1h30)
✦ Narbonne 30mins train (last 10pm), larger Beziers (45mins train)
✦ quaint Mirepoix by bus or 45mins drive, also Revel another market town
✦ Toulouse as a big interesting city is well within reach at 45mins train (last 8:30pm)
✦ various interesting smaller villages
lake with beach volleyball courts and SUP (in season, but could have own), 30mins bike
✦ some good escarpments are biking distance, or a short dropoff for hikes
✦ forests in the hills to north 40mins drive also possible by bus
✦ adventuous countryside is a good 1h drive, but when the train returns this will somewhat improve for hiking and biking
✦ horse riding 15mins bike
✦ tennis courts at riverfront 10mins walk
✦ several strolls possible along the canal and river in both directions, also good for jogging, paths kinda start on the other side of the fort which is 30mins walk, but get interrupted by sections of lanes; better if dropped off at the lake or taking the train
✦ biking is good with several long rides albeit also somewhat broken up, more variety taking the train
aside — I lived here for a few years doing a renovation, having chosen the town for its connections, tourism (which mainly affects the fort, much less the town) and plans for public space renovation which has made it a fair bit more attractive; the main problem is the 4 shopping centres on the outskirts (one just built!) and thus loss of shops in town, however this is finally becoming a priority as in many towns, although does not represent much tangibly as it's also flighting ecommerce, but the town does have an adequate number, and notably because of the tourism, some actual cafes that don't follow a typical french format; there are still multiple large buildings empty and in need of renovations, and plans are afoot to demolish some decrepit little buildings to open up public space //Jacob
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Property ✧ reduced from 425k and probably much higher
✦ price is for property (murs commerciaux) and business (fonds de commerce) which has been run into the ground with bad reviews; not disassociable thus business value is nominal (<50k)
✦ outstanding visible location if operating as a mini-hub
✦ great condition, new facade, decent windows plus roller blinds, but interior may need rework
✦ would prob accept 360k as direct sale, would be a steal
there will be construction on both sides for at least a year and may not start for a while, though this would offer plenty of time to refit and operate nominally to grow demand
✦ to the north a developer will build a hotel/coliving(?!) with 138 units so probably not going above existing roof heights (permission granted 7/23), and to the south 19 apartments likely also a low building
19 bedrooms all ensuite and many in a usable layout but needing full refit and modernisation, yet immediately usable, with new common spaces rooms would probably be reduced to 12 plus some pods, though could be increased but would require new partition walls
140m2*5 footprint, basement opens to garden with no windows at front
✦ 45m2*2 separate annexe at back
✦ 150m2 rear (quiet) garden
✦ 50m2 front (busy) narrow terrace onto avenue south/west exposure, set back from cars by wide pavement and trees
✦ east-west facing
✦ would create a 35m2 south facing orangerie connecting the basement to the annexe
✦ the annexe could potentially be 2 small independant 1-bed apartments, plus a bike shed
could add juliet balconies for some premium rooms/units
✦ a small roof terrace (~15m2) would be exceptional having views of the fort but may get blocked by the new building if at the rear and may not be allowed at the front
main disadvantage of this town is that the tax would be very high and this would have to be covered during the years of nominal operation during the neighbouring construction
✦ price is for property (murs commerciaux) and business (fonds de commerce) which has been run into the ground with bad reviews; not disassociable thus business value is nominal (<50k)
✦ outstanding visible location if operating as a mini-hub
✦ great condition, new facade, decent windows plus roller blinds, but interior may need rework
✦ would prob accept 360k as direct sale, would be a steal
there will be construction on both sides for at least a year and may not start for a while, though this would offer plenty of time to refit and operate nominally to grow demand
✦ to the north a developer will build a hotel/coliving(?!) with 138 units so probably not going above existing roof heights (permission granted 7/23), and to the south 19 apartments likely also a low building
19 bedrooms all ensuite and many in a usable layout but needing full refit and modernisation, yet immediately usable, with new common spaces rooms would probably be reduced to 12 plus some pods, though could be increased but would require new partition walls
140m2*5 footprint, basement opens to garden with no windows at front
✦ 45m2*2 separate annexe at back
✦ 150m2 rear (quiet) garden
✦ 50m2 front (busy) narrow terrace onto avenue south/west exposure, set back from cars by wide pavement and trees
✦ east-west facing
✦ would create a 35m2 south facing orangerie connecting the basement to the annexe
✦ the annexe could potentially be 2 small independant 1-bed apartments, plus a bike shed
could add juliet balconies for some premium rooms/units
✦ a small roof terrace (~15m2) would be exceptional having views of the fort but may get blocked by the new building if at the rear and may not be allowed at the front
main disadvantage of this town is that the tax would be very high and this would have to be covered during the years of nominal operation during the neighbouring construction
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