La Salette
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#351 🥇91% CANDIDATE • €99/159k • modern • town • 600–1200m² mini-hub • 17–25👥 • ideal balance of size, effort, facilities and surroundings
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Bedarieux, Haut Languedoc — near Beziers, Agde, Sete, (Narbonne, Montpellier)
☃️4–10–18°☀️5☁️3 • 🍂14–24°☀️5☁️3
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Environment ✧ river valley and scrub hills, occasional vineyards, escarpments with good hikes; 45mins beach
Services ✧ all
Access ✧ station 15mins walk: 35mins Beziers (mainline), 5h Paris, Barcelona 3h; Montpellier 1h45 (tram+bus)
Dedicated units likely for part-time use only.
Area ✧ 
✦ only a few local villages are interesting (~30mins) thus outings are mainly for nature or at slightly greater distance to quite a good selection of towns, and unlike other larger properties the coast is easily reachable for daytips in just 45mins to Valras/Vias (also kitesurfing)
✦ the town itself is decidedly unimpressive, has passable riverfront with some gardens, but no notable public square nor cafes, and the only pedestrianised area is down at heel
✦ is only notable for its unique disused 37-arch tall railway viaduct
✦ has a couple of good restos, a fancy grocery, sushi, 2 organic shops, weekly organic market, corner shops, good weekly market, and 2 supermarkets so absolutely fine so supplies etc
✦ for towns Beziers (35mins drive/train; decent, pretty, can be combined with beach), Pezenas (30mins drive; small pretty, lively market), Clermont (25mins drive/bus; meh), Agde/Sete/Narbonne/Montpellier (1h drive, some also by train) thus good diversity for regular outings
✦ for nature there's a good selection if not quite as much as the Cevennes/Ardeche: 15mins good hikes, 30mins small gorges/lake (sup/sailing)/forests/plateau, 50mins big gorges
tennis and choice of gyms 10mins walk
✦ for hikes and bikes, there's a few circuits, hikes start 10mins along lane (rock climbing not much further), or 20mins across town for several long loops along the river, but better really requires a drive, whilst biking has 230km of marked circuits from door and can be extended by train
✦ via ferrata 10mins drive, and lots of climbing spots
✦ kayaking, fantastic hikes and river swimming by bus
✦ greenway 10 mins bike, for 1h to the gorges/kayaking
via Beziers there's very few trains with the last just 6:20pm meaning Paris departures have to be before midday, but fridays there's an 8:45pm bus (taking 1h)
✦ via Montpellier is a hassle chnaging between tram and long bus, the last bus is 6:30pm so latest Paris depature is the same but arriving earlier
✦ Barcelona is just 3h inbound, and 4h out
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✦ only a few local villages are interesting (~30mins) thus outings are mainly for nature or at slightly greater distance to quite a good selection of towns, and unlike other larger properties the coast is easily reachable for daytips in just 45mins to Valras/Vias (also kitesurfing)
✦ the town itself is decidedly unimpressive, has passable riverfront with some gardens, but no notable public square nor cafes, and the only pedestrianised area is down at heel
✦ is only notable for its unique disused 37-arch tall railway viaduct
✦ has a couple of good restos, a fancy grocery, sushi, 2 organic shops, weekly organic market, corner shops, good weekly market, and 2 supermarkets so absolutely fine so supplies etc
✦ for towns Beziers (35mins drive/train; decent, pretty, can be combined with beach), Pezenas (30mins drive; small pretty, lively market), Clermont (25mins drive/bus; meh), Agde/Sete/Narbonne/Montpellier (1h drive, some also by train) thus good diversity for regular outings
✦ for nature there's a good selection if not quite as much as the Cevennes/Ardeche: 15mins good hikes, 30mins small gorges/lake (sup/sailing)/forests/plateau, 50mins big gorges
tennis and choice of gyms 10mins walk
✦ for hikes and bikes, there's a few circuits, hikes start 10mins along lane (rock climbing not much further), or 20mins across town for several long loops along the river, but better really requires a drive, whilst biking has 230km of marked circuits from door and can be extended by train
✦ via ferrata 10mins drive, and lots of climbing spots
✦ kayaking, fantastic hikes and river swimming by bus
✦ greenway 10 mins bike, for 1h to the gorges/kayaking
via Beziers there's very few trains with the last just 6:20pm meaning Paris departures have to be before midday, but fridays there's an 8:45pm bus (taking 1h)
✦ via Montpellier is a hassle chnaging between tram and long bus, the last bus is 6:30pm so latest Paris depature is the same but arriving earlier
✦ Barcelona is just 3h inbound, and 4h out
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Property ✧ just up the road where I've been based for quite a while
✦ at the front of a 15,000m2 plot with multiple buildings previously a handicap school (since rebuilt up the hill) on an outcrop immediately above the town with view across the valley
✦ is being divided into lots, this as a candidate would be for lots D,E,F 159k 568m2 (in photo; 1st ad) and would prob accept 135k, there's also another adjacent lot that's cheaper and would double the capacity and offer better dedicated units
well angled, avoiding full-face south exposure so offering summer protection, yet still well exposed in winter, with spaces getting sun all day from sunrise (all on north-east, best in summer) to sunset (all on south-west, best in winter), with units equally divided between both sides
✦ approx 520m2 of south-west land having big old trees (tarmac would be removed), a pool could be built below the trees
✦ modern construction and open layout would be easy refit
buildings are solid and operational with good roofs, passable windows and shutters thus replacement of these could be deferred, floors are tile and whilst ugly would suffice in many areas (e.g. kitchen/dining)
✦ refit would essentially only be removing a few walls, building new ones, adding new plumbing and electrics; none is significant plus is a smaller property versus others offering such facilities
✦ would be easily expanded with extension, possibly half orangerie
a quick plan gives 16 private rooms plus a dorm and 27 dedicated work places, see the report
some units will be available for dedicated purchase at a discount (facilitates initial funding) and full fitout
works could start with about €300k of shares have comitments from co-owners; ~€180k of capital corresponds to deferrable requirements and works such as minivan, garden, extension, and indeed replacing windows
property tax would be circa €6k/year (at worst about €600/unit/year or ~€70/month of the monthly contributions)
✦ at the front of a 15,000m2 plot with multiple buildings previously a handicap school (since rebuilt up the hill) on an outcrop immediately above the town with view across the valley
✦ is being divided into lots, this as a candidate would be for lots D,E,F 159k 568m2 (in photo; 1st ad) and would prob accept 135k, there's also another adjacent lot that's cheaper and would double the capacity and offer better dedicated units
even if with multiple lots is not really comparable to larger properties for dedicated units, with the exception of #155 in the Cevennes which has similarly good balance and is twice the size, more work yet better surroundings
well angled, avoiding full-face south exposure so offering summer protection, yet still well exposed in winter, with spaces getting sun all day from sunrise (all on north-east, best in summer) to sunset (all on south-west, best in winter), with units equally divided between both sides
✦ approx 520m2 of south-west land having big old trees (tarmac would be removed), a pool could be built below the trees
✦ modern construction and open layout would be easy refit
buildings are solid and operational with good roofs, passable windows and shutters thus replacement of these could be deferred, floors are tile and whilst ugly would suffice in many areas (e.g. kitchen/dining)
✦ refit would essentially only be removing a few walls, building new ones, adding new plumbing and electrics; none is significant plus is a smaller property versus others offering such facilities
✦ would be easily expanded with extension, possibly half orangerie
a quick plan gives 16 private rooms plus a dorm and 27 dedicated work places, see the report
some units will be available for dedicated purchase at a discount (facilitates initial funding) and full fitout
works could start with about €300k of shares have comitments from co-owners; ~€180k of capital corresponds to deferrable requirements and works such as minivan, garden, extension, and indeed replacing windows
property tax would be circa €6k/year (at worst about €600/unit/year or ~€70/month of the monthly contributions)
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