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#367 🥈88% €110k • historic • town • 480m² satellite for optimisations • 10–18👥 • old building in impressive medieval town • offmarket
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Villefranche, Aveyron — near Figeac (Rodez, Cahors, Albi) Google map
☃️2–8–14°☀️3☁️7 • 🍂12–21°☀️7☁️4
Environment: steep wooded river valleys and agricultural
Services: all
Access: station 10mins walk; 1h45 Toulouse (last 7pm) +45mins airport, +3h30 Barcelona; 7h Paris (last 2pm) or night train
Regional
Topographic
Cadastral
Area ✧ due to being partly protected, shops moving out, and the costs of bringing buildings up to standard, >35% are empty
✦ the town despite being just 12k people, is the largest for miles around, also hosting a large and lively weekly market in its impressive medieval entirely colonnaded market square
✦ a new square/greenspace is being created a stone's throw from the door behind the cathedral and covered market (rarely used)
✦ for the summers a swimming spot is being created 20mins walk away, plus a closer guignette on the river bank
✦ a good number of restaurants (inc bento) and a few cafes including one fancy
✦ minimart close, multiple supermarkets 20mins walk/bus, organic by bus
✦ assocaitive cafe around the corner that also runs cooking classes
✦ not bad for a rural town
has one big open park 15mins walk; a few mins away is a looped walking circuit for up to 2h along the river banks and lanes, in either direction with 2 shorter loops or there-backs on the trails for up to 45mins; 20mins bike to tennis (2 covered courts somewhere…)
✦ a couple of biking circuits start 10mins away and extend to Najac and St Martin 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 rarer daytrips with diversions to break the journey
✦ Gaillac at 1h train is however more reasonable
access is good from Toulouse airport, but labourious from anywhere else
✦ night train is either longer via Toulouse, or with a 6am short change
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✦ the town despite being just 12k people, is the largest for miles around, also hosting a large and lively weekly market in its impressive medieval entirely colonnaded market square
✦ a new square/greenspace is being created a stone's throw from the door behind the cathedral and covered market (rarely used)
✦ for the summers a swimming spot is being created 20mins walk away, plus a closer guignette on the river bank
✦ a good number of restaurants (inc bento) and a few cafes including one fancy
✦ minimart close, multiple supermarkets 20mins walk/bus, organic by bus
✦ assocaitive cafe around the corner that also runs cooking classes
✦ not bad for a rural town
has one big open park 15mins walk; a few mins away is a looped walking circuit for up to 2h along the river banks and lanes, in either direction with 2 shorter loops or there-backs on the trails for up to 45mins; 20mins bike to tennis (2 covered courts somewhere…)
✦ a couple of biking circuits start 10mins away and extend to Najac and St Martin 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 rarer daytrips with diversions to break the journey
✦ Gaillac at 1h train is however more reasonable
access is good from Toulouse airport, but labourious from anywhere else
✦ night train is either longer via Toulouse, or with a 6am short change
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Property ✧ see #328 and #278 both at 90 for 400m2+ this one is only better because it has lots of windows and unencumbered by load bearing partitions thus probably easier to refit, or #288 at 55k which is a bit bigger still but rare windows; however see #315 for same price but twice the size but less interesting/natural area
fairly imposing traditional building on the lower half of a (pedestrianised) street lnot far from the colonnaded square
✦ very imposing spiral stone staircase
✦ has 13 chimneys so many of these would be removed
125m2 footprint, of which 85m2 usable excluding the staircase with 4 floors, plus attic
✦ some windows and two garage entrances north onto street, but most windows east, however the west side has some widnows into a light well of the neighbour, and the attic has 1 west dormer (over the lightwell), 2 to the east, and 1 window in the north gable
✦ due to a low number of windows replanning could be tricky, nontheless it has 17 rooms and many will have windows thus not bad
about half of windows in acceptable condition, probably immediately usable (for works) with nominal effort
choice of roof terrace is debateable, A. the 2nd building's roof needs work anyway so simplest option would be to add a juliet balcony on the south of the main 2nd floor to have good outlook, whilst converting the 2nd building's roof to a 50m2 terrace (no view) and having a metal staircase from the kitchen down for outdoor eating, with probably a small glasshouse covering stairs down; B. the main attic if converted would have exceptional views but would only be on one side likely the west-south for afternon/sunset and seems wasteful removing decent roofing plus loosing 3 pods; C. prob not worth the effort/cost though offering extra 3–4 ensuites, would be raising the 2nd building with a 3rd floor having roof terrace matching the 2nd main floor thus direct access from kitchen
the facade really needs stripping of cement and repointing but not major
fairly imposing traditional building on the lower half of a (pedestrianised) street lnot far from the colonnaded square
✦ very imposing spiral stone staircase
✦ has 13 chimneys so many of these would be removed
125m2 footprint, of which 85m2 usable excluding the staircase with 4 floors, plus attic
✦ some windows and two garage entrances north onto street, but most windows east, however the west side has some widnows into a light well of the neighbour, and the attic has 1 west dormer (over the lightwell), 2 to the east, and 1 window in the north gable
✦ due to a low number of windows replanning could be tricky, nontheless it has 17 rooms and many will have windows thus not bad
about half of windows in acceptable condition, probably immediately usable (for works) with nominal effort
choice of roof terrace is debateable, A. the 2nd building's roof needs work anyway so simplest option would be to add a juliet balcony on the south of the main 2nd floor to have good outlook, whilst converting the 2nd building's roof to a 50m2 terrace (no view) and having a metal staircase from the kitchen down for outdoor eating, with probably a small glasshouse covering stairs down; B. the main attic if converted would have exceptional views but would only be on one side likely the west-south for afternon/sunset and seems wasteful removing decent roofing plus loosing 3 pods; C. prob not worth the effort/cost though offering extra 3–4 ensuites, would be raising the 2nd building with a 3rd floor having roof terrace matching the 2nd main floor thus direct access from kitchen
the facade really needs stripping of cement and repointing but not major
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