7 Garrigue

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

Area ✧ isolated but lots of great hikes and biking around the escarpments running both sides of the valley; can reach 1300m from the door, and more possible (notably around St Paul) by bus
✦ a few decent villages, next has supermarket, bakery, weekly market 10mins drive/bus (with 40min turnaround)/30mins bike
✦ the tiny town of Quillan is 30mins drive/35mins bus (1h turnaround) with some restaurants and cafes (including a Tibetan) but otherwise quiet and not notable except for the summer
✦ Perpignan is 1h drive or 1h10 bus (last 6pm) so would be an occasional outing and the beach is the same
✦ bus service is good and just €1
✦ most outings would be driving
✦ the train line will reopen to Quillan at some point thus making Carcassonne a possible long daytrip with the car dropoff
✦ small town of Prades is also 1h for variation and possible long days out around Canigou/secret hotsprings etc

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tennis court
✦ ruined Cathar castles
✦ via ferrata (with zip and abseil, plus another mixed) 10mins
✦ 20mins canyoning, kayaking, rafting
✦ famous aquaduct/gorges 20mins drive
✦ horse riding bit far at 50mins
✦ natural labyrinthe 40mins

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access from Paris itself (for the French market) is ok and able to arrive by 1:30pm off the first 6:45am train, else 10:45am arriving for 5:30pm, or last 11:45 but with 3 changes; from London the 6 or 7am train would work
✦ from Barcelona the 4:30pm arriving 7:30pm (there's morning trains but 2h wait for the bus)
✦ Perpignan airport does serve a few destinations, and Girona is also popular but BCN by far the best but only if landing before around 2:30pm or staying overnight
✦ the best for later connections is the Paris nightrain, either via Toulouse from €60 or direct at weekends but expensive

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does get a bit of snow snow in winter but sun is pretty decent with a fairly even split of sunny/mixed/overcast
✦ in the summer there's a fair amount of cloud which is desireable but rarely overcast

property detail ↗︎

Property ✧ compare with #390 in the middle of the Pyrenees, more towns but similarly isolated and harder to reach, slightly less impressive surroundings yet good peaks closer

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35m2 roof terrace(!) plus shared 465m2 garden

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probably has an unusual and convoluted arrangement with the adjoining neighbour, thus unlikely to sell, even given low demand around here; at least one of the buildings overlaps onto another parcel, thus the shared courtyard, they are however also sharing the large garden; likely getting old and either a relative of the original builder or built it themselves, thus probably would be a perfectly amiable arrangement

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has east south and west exposure, full view to east none to south and partial to north and west
✦ potentially tricky to optimise layout due to 3 buildings but not imposible
✦ might easily accept 75k; 70k would be a good deal; previously advertised as private sale at 150k!
✦ usable but far from optimal, currently 5 bedrooms (1 wouldn't be usable as has roof terrace access)

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- ground garage front becomes casual coworking, middle dining, and back kitchen
✦ - ground garage door replaced with glass door and remaining width window would give adequate light combined with skylights at back
  ✧ ground would have a doorway to courtyard for eating out
✦ rooms:
✦ 2 standard mezzanine ensuites (2x6) [south of east 1st]
✦ 1 large mezzanine ensuite (4x5) [north of east first as one large french window]
✦ 6 monk rooms (2x2.5) [east 1st and 2nd]
✦ probably some pods

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✦ 2 parcels (61,792) plus shared courtyard and garden / division?
✦ access currently from shared courtyard (would be changed to via garage)
✦ the east and west buildings are predominantly modern blockwork
✦ west:
  ✧ 3.7m wide
  ✧ ground 65m2 garage (prob mis-measured as 50m2) but opening/door has no view; is low (2.4m?); has a cieling opening into roof terrace only covered with metal
  ✧ garage has an tiny irrigation canal running along the bottom of west wall slightly below floor level, this would have to become a feature and be part covered over but part with toughened glass
  ✧ 1st 37m2, 10m deep and could be extended forwards 7m2 balcony (no view); would give 4x ensuite micro mezzanine units
  ✧ 1st has roof terrace above caves so could open part ( as glass roof for light, and the terrace could become a 15m2 orangerie (south+west exposed)
✦ east: actually wider than marked built extending into shared courtyard(!)
  ✧ 3m wide for 10m deep with 3 windows
  ✧ 2m wide for 2.8m deep
  ✧ 35m2 *2
  ✧ 35m2 roof terrace(!) south-east explosed overlooking river
  ✧ with a tight hall of 0.8 could have 3 rooms at 3.2x2
✦ these 2 sections would house 6 basic rooms plus 2 bathrooms (at centre to widen passage)
✦ north: 4x11m 40m2
  ✧ 1st opens to roof terrace with west bay windows
  ✧ 2nd opens at south onto long roof terrace, would be a lounge/library; north is only 3m wide with one window would be rooms however only one window per floor and appears to have stairs thus rooms would need skylights
  ✧ north/rear wall is very thick and appears only to have tiny bathrooms and large stair windows; is also only 3m wide as roof actually covers a corner of neighbour
✦ shared with neighbour:
  ✧ 70m2 courtyard (used for neighbour parking)
  ✧ 465m2 garden
  ✧ 20m2 sheds
✦ (neighbour certainly getting old and likely to appreciate making the garden nice again)
✦ a plot apparently unused to the north with 150m2 of garage (40m2 of asbestos-cement roof) and 100m2 of garden