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#401 🏅83% €117k • historic • village • 450–650m² of minihub for optimisation • village house set amongst impressive nature but isolated • dedicated units part-time only
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St. Pons, southern France — near Mazamet, (Beziers, Castres)
☃️4–10–16°☀️2☁️4 • 🍂14–24°☀️3☁️3
environment
natural park, craggy valley, hikes at door; greenway
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accessbus Beziers 1h10, bus Montpellier 2h30; Barcelona ~4h, Paris ~6h
area
✧ rather isolated area but quite impressive and amazing in good weather (Apr–Oct) thus would effectively have a long down season
✦ the less than ideal winter climate would be offset by a large orangerie, sauna, and big fires
✦ very few overcast days, but almost no completely clear days, except summer
✦ regardless this might be worth considering as the property itself could be nice, nontheless my feeling is that other areas are better for the same price
2 supermarkets
✦ various cafes, organic shops and restos in surrounding villages though quiet in winter(!)
isolated but serviced village, just about acceptable for 1h20 daytrips to Carcassonne and the sea; nearest towns are pretty boring so this location has to really be considered self-contained and outdoor focussed
✦ the 76km Passa Païs greenway runs past the village and is an easy and very pleasant route for exploring and visiting a couple of pretty villages with cafes, plus one can go along the valley by bus exceptional spots for wildswimming and amazing hikes, plus kayaking 25mins drive
✦ the less than ideal winter climate would be offset by a south facing conservatory and big fires however #137 is better in this respect as a good town is closeby, whereas here one is effectively trapped in the hills
nearest towns (Mazamet, Bedarieux) are small and boring and barely worth the 45min drive/bus so this location has to really be considered self-contained and outdoor focussed
✦ from the larger village, busses go to both Castres and Beziers which are nice but at just over 1h driving/bus would be rare trips, also Narbonne
✦ the coast is 1h10 so is plausible as a very day out
✦ tennis a stone's throw, and 10mins bike on the greenway
✦ horse riding 20mins drive
multiple hikes possible from the door, including 6h up the path of 1,000 steps and back, but possible to reduce with a dropoff
✦ the 76km Passa Païs greenway runs past the village and is an easy and very pleasant route for both strolls, or exploring a couple of pretty villages, plus one can go along the valley by bus exceptional spots for wildswimming and amazing hikes, around craggy massifs, streams, waterfalls, and lakes, plus river kayaking 25mins drive
✦ there's two lakes at 30mins in the hills and 40mins in the plains both with sailing/sup
✦ adventurous mountain biking with hard and significant climbs to start and easy returns
given the climate would operate a 4-4-4 season with 40% extra time in winter and ~25% less in summer
✦ work is required to demolish the warehouses, and there's lots of badly made openings and random supports that would need to be tidied up; top floor is half missing both boards and some joists; there's lots of dubious block walls been added but easy to remove; otherwise mostly solid; all windows obviously need replacing; only a quick visit made, upper floors not inspected
✦ fibre not planned until ~2023 but 550m to VDSL2 exchange (~50/10) and good 4G for bonding; 16Mbps SDSL is also available but too expensive at €400/mo, 4–8Mbps at €130–200/mo might be worthwhile as a stable connection boost for video calls
access is actually possible from 3 directions:
✦ south from Beziers provides connections for Barcelona (~2h30 with short train change; or direct bus), Paris (~5h15, but last 11:45), and its own tiny airport amongst others such as Carcassonne, Perpignan
✧ 1h10 bus, at 4:30,5:30,6:30pm
✧ changing via Bedarieux 2h30 busses, at 3:40pm
✧ changing via Lamalou 2h15 busses, at 5:20pm
✦ from Toulouse, 2h30 last 5:30pm changing to bus in Castres (no wait, 1h) or Mazamet (1h wait, 40mins)
✦ east from Montpellier, 3h30 (40min tram and 2h45 bus; last 4pm), bad for connections but plausible with morning flights to its airport or Marseille, or morning trains from Paris
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✦ the less than ideal winter climate would be offset by a large orangerie, sauna, and big fires
✦ very few overcast days, but almost no completely clear days, except summer
✦ regardless this might be worth considering as the property itself could be nice, nontheless my feeling is that other areas are better for the same price
2 supermarkets
✦ various cafes, organic shops and restos in surrounding villages though quiet in winter(!)
isolated but serviced village, just about acceptable for 1h20 daytrips to Carcassonne and the sea; nearest towns are pretty boring so this location has to really be considered self-contained and outdoor focussed
✦ the 76km Passa Païs greenway runs past the village and is an easy and very pleasant route for exploring and visiting a couple of pretty villages with cafes, plus one can go along the valley by bus exceptional spots for wildswimming and amazing hikes, plus kayaking 25mins drive
✦ the less than ideal winter climate would be offset by a south facing conservatory and big fires however #137 is better in this respect as a good town is closeby, whereas here one is effectively trapped in the hills
nearest towns (Mazamet, Bedarieux) are small and boring and barely worth the 45min drive/bus so this location has to really be considered self-contained and outdoor focussed
✦ from the larger village, busses go to both Castres and Beziers which are nice but at just over 1h driving/bus would be rare trips, also Narbonne
✦ the coast is 1h10 so is plausible as a very day out
✦ tennis a stone's throw, and 10mins bike on the greenway
✦ horse riding 20mins drive
multiple hikes possible from the door, including 6h up the path of 1,000 steps and back, but possible to reduce with a dropoff
✦ the 76km Passa Païs greenway runs past the village and is an easy and very pleasant route for both strolls, or exploring a couple of pretty villages, plus one can go along the valley by bus exceptional spots for wildswimming and amazing hikes, around craggy massifs, streams, waterfalls, and lakes, plus river kayaking 25mins drive
✦ there's two lakes at 30mins in the hills and 40mins in the plains both with sailing/sup
✦ adventurous mountain biking with hard and significant climbs to start and easy returns
given the climate would operate a 4-4-4 season with 40% extra time in winter and ~25% less in summer
✦ work is required to demolish the warehouses, and there's lots of badly made openings and random supports that would need to be tidied up; top floor is half missing both boards and some joists; there's lots of dubious block walls been added but easy to remove; otherwise mostly solid; all windows obviously need replacing; only a quick visit made, upper floors not inspected
✦ fibre not planned until ~2023 but 550m to VDSL2 exchange (~50/10) and good 4G for bonding; 16Mbps SDSL is also available but too expensive at €400/mo, 4–8Mbps at €130–200/mo might be worthwhile as a stable connection boost for video calls
access is actually possible from 3 directions:
✦ south from Beziers provides connections for Barcelona (~2h30 with short train change; or direct bus), Paris (~5h15, but last 11:45), and its own tiny airport amongst others such as Carcassonne, Perpignan
✧ 1h10 bus, at 4:30,5:30,6:30pm
✧ changing via Bedarieux 2h30 busses, at 3:40pm
✧ changing via Lamalou 2h15 busses, at 5:20pm
✦ from Toulouse, 2h30 last 5:30pm changing to bus in Castres (no wait, 1h) or Mazamet (1h wait, 40mins)
✦ east from Montpellier, 3h30 (40min tram and 2h45 bus; last 4pm), bad for connections but plausible with morning flights to its airport or Marseille, or morning trains from Paris
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property
✧ faces north at the church on the main street
✦ parcel is split in 2 with one single narrow parcel being just 1 window thus seems likely it is included
✦ has one ground floor shop rented if by the insurance company, could be hard to move for many years but is only a small section, and once moved this could function as a minihub with public coworking although the reclaimed entry passage woudl be most likely
✦ 1st floor is a mezzanine floor which is just standing height with smaller windows thus fine for rooms/cells
✦ there's a cave with tiny windows at the rear, probably standing height
✦ attic has tiny vents thus also suitable for capsules, but possibly some otehr multiple purpose space such as indoor yoga
130m2 footprint
✦ 150m2 south facing courtyard, this would have an orangerie added for off season greenery and semi-outdoor space
has a large arched vehicle access to the courtyard which would be sealed and reclaimed as space
parcel 516713, and probably 515,724
✦ parcel is split in 2 with one single narrow parcel being just 1 window thus seems likely it is included
✦ has one ground floor shop rented if by the insurance company, could be hard to move for many years but is only a small section, and once moved this could function as a minihub with public coworking although the reclaimed entry passage woudl be most likely
✦ 1st floor is a mezzanine floor which is just standing height with smaller windows thus fine for rooms/cells
✦ there's a cave with tiny windows at the rear, probably standing height
✦ attic has tiny vents thus also suitable for capsules, but possibly some otehr multiple purpose space such as indoor yoga
130m2 footprint
✦ 150m2 south facing courtyard, this would have an orangerie added for off season greenery and semi-outdoor space
has a large arched vehicle access to the courtyard which would be sealed and reclaimed as space
parcel 516713, and probably 515,724
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