Gare
property details
for a Hub House co-operative coliving project

Area ✧ station town at the junction of 4 lines, adjoined below the tiny perched hilltop medieval village of Capdenac
✦ good access and for exploring out, far better than neigbouring villages despite those having almost ready to use buildings for the same price, but limited variety and indeed the major disadvantage is

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- 5mins to Figeac (pretty little town; last back at 11:30pm for nights out which is unheard of in rural areas!)
  ✧ 5mins to Aubin/Cransac (for strolls, small lake, markets, some hikes)
  ✧ 25mins Villefranche (impressive medieval colonnaded town)
  ✧ 35min Gramat/Rocamadour (hiking/biking)
  ✧ 40mins Najac (hiking/biking)
  ✧ 1h Rodez (good town)
  ✧ 2h10 Toulouse (city, major airport)

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only 1 one-way hike 25mins along lane thus all outings would require train/drive
✦ the old line to Cahors will reopen as a greenway (downhill all the way, so a pickup would make it a good day out) otherwise is 1h drive but a good outing
✦ 5mins walk to very nice park and riverside so garden need not be large
✦ tennis pitches next to river
✦ heated pool

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could definately function as a minihub
✦ due to being at the junction of multiple rail lines, this is a much better position than neigbouring villages, or even Villefranche itself

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climate is steady with regular showers and sun year round thus very green, low daytime average in winter but with nice orangery and the decent amount of sun it would still offer a pleasant enough retreat, with a good firepit and fireplace with comfy well let interiors, a sauna should be possible too and the green would accommodate yoga on nice days
✦ this location would be a mix of inward with nice spaces and convenience, and daytrips requiring a bigger commitment and engagement, plus additional smaller but nominally interesting adhoc weekly outings to villages, markets and for small hikes
✦ old mining area that also happens to have a thermal station
✦ access is actually good but long; multiple departures from Paris last at 5:30pm (arriving 11:30pm), plus the 10:45pm night train, thus making all connections through Paris workable without overnighting; from the south it's not bad from Toulouse at 2h30 (+45mins for the airport) with last at 7pm, with the Barcelona 3h service likely being reintroduced; Brive airport is quite good (1h20 train with a quick taxi) and has year-round flights to Porto

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over 600ha of old mining lands including a massive open pit mine now having a lake, surrounded with (accacia) woods
✦ for simply popping out there's two town a very reasonable distance, the lovely Figeac is great for outings alone or groups, and the equally nice Villefranche-de-Rouergue just a bit further
✦ several locations for kayaking close by by bike, plus possible SUP but all seasonal though one association so arrangements may be possible
✦ under 30mins to ruins at Peyrusse (drive), Conques (drive), Belcastel medieval village and castle (drive), plus various other castles, abbeys, etc
✦ caving/canyoning/climbing around 30mins
✦ there's one neighbouring station that offers some slightly longer routes looping back for biking variety but not hiking
✦ better hiking is quite far at 50mins drive such as along the steep sides of the upper Lot valley
✦ several good day trips are possible at around an hour:
✦ Najac (drive, or 1h30–2h train/bus), combined with Villefranche and the river, or other sights on the way, and good for hikes
✦ Belcastel medieval village whilst not an outing itself, as a drop off can be combined with an all day hike to Villefranche along the small upper Aveyron valley, also possible as a half day bike starting by train in Rodez (pickup at the other end or long train)
✦ Saint-Cirq and the old river haulage route (drive) for nice walks with a stop in Villefranche or via some castles and the upper river cliffs, with hikes/biking in the wooded hills around it, kayaking, via ferrata and other activties in summer
✦ Rocamadour is 1h10 by direct train, again with the late return, but a long walk from the station thus better with shared taxi (5mins), yet can also be combined with a 3h hike or biking from the previous station along the valley
✦ town has a streetart festival which has now reached as far as buildings next door

property detail ↗︎

Property ✧ many many similarly cheap yet ready to use properties in Aubin/Cransac
✦ solid old concrete warehouse shell with no infra but decent roof
✦ sold mar 24 for 80k; down multiple times recently from 75k and prior from over 100k thus likely lowest though might accept 50k
✦ has some views from top floor
✦ floors have good heights (~3.5m to slab); 2nd has apex instead
✦ needs full fitout including all windows, ground openings can simply be knocked through, upper have non-usable windows
✦ 3 floors of 220m2
✦ unembcumbered so windows on all sides
✦ 410m2 plot, +200m2 if including the parcel on the south which has had a building demolished
✦ at least a 150m2 front courtyard (but could add small south-facing orangerie) or better extend the ground floor with a roof terrace
✦ 1100m2 plot behind that could be split for min 450m2 garden but is concreted, most likely to be sold for construction as retains value better than abandoned buildings