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#418 🥇93% €56k • typical • village • 350–520m² of satellite for fitout • townhouse in good area • dedicated units part-time only
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Montrejeau, southern France — near Tarbes, (Toulouse)
☃️3–10–19°☀️3☁️4 • 🍂13–24°☀️3☁️3 ↥400m
environment
rolling agricultural between base of mountains and plains; walks along river and hill trails
servicesall on doorstep
accessstation 10mins walk: Toulouse 1h05 (last 8:30pm), Paris 6h30 (last 3pm) or overnight; airports by transit: Tarbes 1h15, Toulouse 1h45
area
✧ plus points:
✧ south facing garden above river
✧ mainline station at door
✧ no need for vehicle! (though better with)
✧ on edge of a tiny town with all facilties
✧ not far to more towns, and the city
✧ mountains by train(+ gondola) or bus
✧ good size
✧ potential addition of 2–3 indepenent studio units
✧ new roof
✧ few load bearing walls for optimal layout
the town has a good weekly market with covered hall (actually 2! but one is just used for parking, and an annual world music festival), organic veg producer 30mins walk/10 bike
✦ small supermarket 5mins walk, bigger 30mins walk, even bigger and organic 15mins bike
✦ good gym 5mins
✦ 20mins walk/5mins bike to (unusually!) covered tennis, golf course (also another at Luchon), and swimming lake with resto/bar where walks start
✦ kayaking and horse riding close
9-seat minibus can be rented €45/day, 15mins bike away / 10mins bus; still better value to buy one, i.e. used just once a week it's still half the cost
✦ train up to mountain and thermal town is just €2 return thus almost better than minibus even if owned
more towns:
✧ Luchon 45mins train (last 7:30pm), small but moderately touristic due to its ski station with gondola and thermal spa; good restos, market hall, even an organic fish farm; would be a very regular outing
✧ Tarbes 40mins train (last 7:45pm), regional centre with a big botanical public garden, pleasant palm tree lined streets, 2 huge indoor markets
✧ Toulouse 1h05 train (last 8:30pm), the city of red stone; ironically the train ticket is €40 thus minibus is far far better value and takes same time but with option of detours
✧ Lourdes 1h (train), Bagneres 1h (drive), some tiny towns at 30mins down in the plains for variety, and lots of villages
✧ St Gaudens (10mins train) is the only moderate one (12k pop) between here and Toulouse but not notable, has gastro market hall and restos (Lebanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian,…)
✦ the last train is not very late so going out for the evening is impossible however not likely to be important and indeed occasional boisterous events would be hosted at the property itself as it is plenty big enough; latest flight at Toulouse would have to land no later than 7pm, a bit earlier for Tarbes (seasonal services to Lisbon, Malta, Palermo, etc.)
the local station and bus serve stops for hiking and biking
✦ decent but moderately tame biking in woods and along river from door, and fairly gentle hikes, but with a dropoff can include through woods, along little irrigation canals, or 20mins to impressive outcrops (also by bus but much longer hike) and… peaks nearby 1200–1700m and can be reached by bus, or a 30min drive to start from higher
✦ also good serious multi-day hiking possible as there's lots of refuges
✦ hikes for major peaks 40mins train or drive starting from 1200m climbing to lakes and 2500m+
tiny spot for climbing next to river just 15mins bike, many others not far, adventure park with via ferrata 25mins drive (or bus), 2 better 45mins drive; huge indoor climbing centre next to the station in Tarbes (19m wall) another coliving (next valley, slightly deeper in the mountains) 40mins drive so occasional combined activities could be organised
✦ during the summer there's a place 5mins walk that hosts DJ sets in their garden
3 ski stations also good for biking/hiking
✧ larger with gondola to 1700m and lifts reaching 2200m
✧ smaller 30mins drive reaches 1800m, for airboard, nordic ski, snowshoe walks, biking, mountain scooter, etc
✧ tiny 45mins drive/shuttle (from station!) at 1600m also reaching 1800m
✦ the small ones are not often open due to inadequate snowfall
climate has good stable number of sunny days all year but obviously colder with less greenery in winter, only one month would have any significant risk of snow due the low altitude; with winter still reaching 18° it would remain quite pleasant but would favour work-focus rather than outdoor activity
✦ there's showers on half the days all year round but all still get sun — for those comparing to England: 4° warmer, heavier showers (almost twice as much), yet less than half the grey days with more sun
✦ the down season of Dec–Mar is fairly long though could have a premium for skiing and would remain pretty decent with good facilites such as conservatory, wood fires, sauna, …
flights to Toulouse are best option
✦ access is fine from Paris with last 3pm departure for 6h30 (option of 10pm night train)
✦ 5h from Barcelona but only departing 9am so requring an overnight stay, else only coaches (late departure possible for 6h overnight+train)
property detail ↗︎
✧ south facing garden above river
✧ mainline station at door
✧ no need for vehicle! (though better with)
✧ on edge of a tiny town with all facilties
✧ not far to more towns, and the city
✧ mountains by train(+ gondola) or bus
✧ good size
✧ potential addition of 2–3 indepenent studio units
✧ new roof
✧ few load bearing walls for optimal layout
the town has a good weekly market with covered hall (actually 2! but one is just used for parking, and an annual world music festival), organic veg producer 30mins walk/10 bike
✦ small supermarket 5mins walk, bigger 30mins walk, even bigger and organic 15mins bike
✦ good gym 5mins
✦ 20mins walk/5mins bike to (unusually!) covered tennis, golf course (also another at Luchon), and swimming lake with resto/bar where walks start
✦ kayaking and horse riding close
9-seat minibus can be rented €45/day, 15mins bike away / 10mins bus; still better value to buy one, i.e. used just once a week it's still half the cost
✦ train up to mountain and thermal town is just €2 return thus almost better than minibus even if owned
more towns:
✧ Luchon 45mins train (last 7:30pm), small but moderately touristic due to its ski station with gondola and thermal spa; good restos, market hall, even an organic fish farm; would be a very regular outing
✧ Tarbes 40mins train (last 7:45pm), regional centre with a big botanical public garden, pleasant palm tree lined streets, 2 huge indoor markets
✧ Toulouse 1h05 train (last 8:30pm), the city of red stone; ironically the train ticket is €40 thus minibus is far far better value and takes same time but with option of detours
✧ Lourdes 1h (train), Bagneres 1h (drive), some tiny towns at 30mins down in the plains for variety, and lots of villages
✧ St Gaudens (10mins train) is the only moderate one (12k pop) between here and Toulouse but not notable, has gastro market hall and restos (Lebanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian,…)
✦ the last train is not very late so going out for the evening is impossible however not likely to be important and indeed occasional boisterous events would be hosted at the property itself as it is plenty big enough; latest flight at Toulouse would have to land no later than 7pm, a bit earlier for Tarbes (seasonal services to Lisbon, Malta, Palermo, etc.)
the local station and bus serve stops for hiking and biking
✦ decent but moderately tame biking in woods and along river from door, and fairly gentle hikes, but with a dropoff can include through woods, along little irrigation canals, or 20mins to impressive outcrops (also by bus but much longer hike) and… peaks nearby 1200–1700m and can be reached by bus, or a 30min drive to start from higher
✦ also good serious multi-day hiking possible as there's lots of refuges
✦ hikes for major peaks 40mins train or drive starting from 1200m climbing to lakes and 2500m+
tiny spot for climbing next to river just 15mins bike, many others not far, adventure park with via ferrata 25mins drive (or bus), 2 better 45mins drive; huge indoor climbing centre next to the station in Tarbes (19m wall) another coliving (next valley, slightly deeper in the mountains) 40mins drive so occasional combined activities could be organised
✦ during the summer there's a place 5mins walk that hosts DJ sets in their garden
3 ski stations also good for biking/hiking
✧ larger with gondola to 1700m and lifts reaching 2200m
✧ smaller 30mins drive reaches 1800m, for airboard, nordic ski, snowshoe walks, biking, mountain scooter, etc
✧ tiny 45mins drive/shuttle (from station!) at 1600m also reaching 1800m
✦ the small ones are not often open due to inadequate snowfall
climate has good stable number of sunny days all year but obviously colder with less greenery in winter, only one month would have any significant risk of snow due the low altitude; with winter still reaching 18° it would remain quite pleasant but would favour work-focus rather than outdoor activity
✦ there's showers on half the days all year round but all still get sun — for those comparing to England: 4° warmer, heavier showers (almost twice as much), yet less than half the grey days with more sun
✦ the down season of Dec–Mar is fairly long though could have a premium for skiing and would remain pretty decent with good facilites such as conservatory, wood fires, sauna, …
flights to Toulouse are best option
✦ access is fine from Paris with last 3pm departure for 6h30 (option of 10pm night train)
✦ 5h from Barcelona but only departing 9am so requring an overnight stay, else only coaches (late departure possible for 6h overnight+train)
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