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

area ✧ village garden and green with pebble beach on river both 5 mins walk, tennis courts
✦ village is uninteresting but has some restos
✦ pretty village with restos 10mins bike; a slightly nicer little town is 20mins (Lodeve), and better one 35mins (Clermont l'Herault)
✦ good countryside all about, 10mins bike to river swimming, 10mins drive to a via ferrata, 30mins to impressive gorges and rock pools; 35mins to Lac de Salagou for sailing, kayak, SUP
✦ simple hikes from door with 1-2h circuits reaching 800m (400m climb) or 1000m (3h30 one-way 650m climb); 20mins along lanes to great hikes up onto an outcrop
✦ 45mins drive to Gorges de l'Herault

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in summer is waaay too hot and going out is not especially pleasant, however the lake and shaded parts of rivers are still good as long as the water lasts

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proper towns a bit far at 45mins for Beziers/Pezenas, currently only two trains outbound (7am and 2:45pm giving 3h return) and one inbound at 6:20pm thus trains are rather unhelpful
✦ a minibus would be required
✦ 20min occasional bus to bedarieux with a 2h return
✦ only 3 trains daily(!) Beziers 1h with afternoon 3h return else all day (8–6!)

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great for inbound from Barcelona only one departure but one change to the door departing 3pm; also possible with Flix bus after midnight for late flights, then the first train
✦ from Paris at 7h also only one departure(!) at midday and 2 changes thus bad, there are however additional trains/buses and then a connecting bus from the small town (15mins; 8:20am and 1:30pm with 4 afternoon returns), plus to Montpellier

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inbound only Paris depart midday arriving 7pm
✦ more complicated for Barcelona despite being closer due to the only direct train arriving after the last has left but doable with morning departure
✦ in the summer there's a 3pm train from Barcelona

property detail ↗︎

property ✧ for sale since at least 2023; auctioned Jul 17 '26 opened 25k closed at 47500 (I stopped bidding at 45k so could have gone higher, buildings like this typically go for over 60k on the market but this one is a bit unusual thus presumably didn't get interest)

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unusually elevated with decent views; ground floor has an unusual height of 3.9m(!!) currently hidden above a false cieling, and the 1st floor slab is a full 100m2 with no supports nor beams thus floors can be fully replanned
✦ the height would be used for mezzanine units and pods; would need some new lintels but could be narrow
✦ the basement has 3 formed concrete beams with central supporting pillars, the beams are just 185cm from the ground but ~30cm deep thus could be reduced albeit a lot of cutting, probably easier to slightly rlower the floor, maybe retaining a bench footing; only has south windows and these have no view

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100m2 per floor
✦ 12m deep, 8m wide
✦ no stairs between levels, ramp to basement, long outdoor steps to 1st due to 4m rise
  ✧ south could have 5x 2.6m rooms optional doors onto strip of garden
  ✧ north would have 6x 2m rooms but actually some would be dorm
✦ 1st floor would have 2 premium rooms with west windows
✦ 1.4m section of land on north edge, could have ramp down to basement
✦ 45m2 south section of land approx 3.3m deep onto which steps up are built, and slope down, however could be levelled, also solving that it opens directly onto neighbour's back terrace, instead would be raised above with access from stair well
✦ stair well would be built under terrace framework prob with single pane glass walls thus also an orangerie of sorts, and giving access to garden-terrace, but would have to cut into terrace somewhere for access to 1st floor, else extend out
✦ the current steps would be removed
✦ Auction Jul 16th, visits Lundi 13 Juillet 14–17
✦ ground floor has absurdly tall slab, could have 25m2 covered terrace (not sunroom) e.g. for
✦ 1st floor has 30m2 terrace with view but 15m2 currently roofed

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basement: open plan with nominal dividers and some plants; kitchen-dining, casual workspace (6 seats), lively lounge with sofa (10 seats; for films but interrupted by cooking)
✦ ground: 7 mezzanine rooms, 6 pods, 2 shared bathrooms
✦ 1st: 2 premium rooms; focus workspace (7–9 seats); library-lounge with views (sofas for 14, plus 2 chaise), may be used for films (~8 seats); sunroom with banquette off lounge; callroom off terrace (with view as backdrop)