Development Features:

Development Description:

The residential complex 'Marina del Sol' in Aigues Mortes consists of 51 villas with a garage or an external parking space and a beautiful garden, near by the waterfront. Perfectly situated between Nimes and Montpellier, this development is only 30 kilometres from these major urban centres.

Known as the Venice of France, Aigues-Mortes with its ancient streets and medieval village centre, exemplifies "the Southern way of life". Stroll through its typical Provencal market and its narrow streets lined with boutiques and art galleries. Stop for a drink on the terrace of one of the many cafes that surround the Place Saint Louis.

Quality Features:

Main Features:

• Waterfront 5 star luxury residence
• Only off plan marina residence available in South of France
• Moorings for boats up to 10m long
• Optional Guaranteed Rental 4.5% to 5% up to 9 years

• Foundations:
• In accordance with the ground investigation and structure report, strip foundations or column footings installed on raft or piles

• Walls:
• 20 cm thick hollow concrete blockwork or reinforced concrete walls, with solid blockwork and shuttered concrete party walls, including all associated reinforcement, stiffeners, beams and reinforced chain bond

• Floors:
• Pavement laid on soling and compacted ungraded hardcore for the ground floors (or filler block floors depending on the technical design)
• Full slabs or filler block and joist intermediate floors

• Roof:
• Conventional construction, timber structure or trusses (fungicide and insecticide treated)
• Romantiles, as per architect's choice, including ventilating, eaves and ridge tiles
• Multi-layer weatherproofing on zones without timber frame and over the living areas
• The accessible flat roofs will receive fine gravel paving (50x50) laid on bearing pads
• Glass wool or polyurethane foam insulation laid in roof spaces for the waterproofed parts, thickness dimensioned as per thermal study

• External Walls:
• Single coat of render on the blockwork walls or sealing render on concrete walls. Colour chosen by architect as per architectural layout sketch

• External Joinery:
• Joinery items will be white PVC or timber, inward-opening windows, one or two leaves as per drawings
• The frames will be fitted with double-glazed sound-proofed units according to thermal study and will include the statutory air vents
• Windows will receive timber or PVC hinged shutters, louvred or full depending on façade
• The ground floor frames without shutters will be protected by iron bars

• Partitions:
• Dividing 50 mm partitions type 'placopan' or similar, water-repellent type in the water sensitive areas (showers and bath-tubs)
• External walls insulated by polystyrene and plasterboard complex, thickness in conformity with the thermal study
• Ceilings of the top floors under timber roof structure, in plasterboard on metal frame, decompacted glass wool roll insulation, thickness according to thermal study

• Entrance Door:
• Solid insulating door with metal or timber door frame
• Equipped with peripheral soundproofing seal, a door viewer, an interior cover strip, a brass door knob (chosen by architect), a 5-point lock, a Serial-type Bricard cylinder lock, jimmy-proof hinge pins

• Garage Door:
• Up-and-over metal canopy doors, 'cassette' type facing with key locking

• Internal doors:
• Post-formed internal doors, (except direct door to garage which can be isoplane with incorporated thermal insulation)
• Brass hardware

• Cupboards:
• Consisting of sliding or inward-opening leaves according to dimension, white 'ceruse' colour

• Wall cupboard fittings:
• For the entrance wall cupboards, one shelf with hanging bar
• For the other wall cupboards wider than 0.80, a wardrobe part and shelf part (2/3 and 1/3 respectively)
• No shelving is proposed under the stairs or in the dressing rooms and storerooms

• Kitchen:
• Sink element, 1 sink, 1 drip tray, white glazed earthenware, mixer tap, installed on white melamine board element with 1 or 2 doors

• Main bathroom:
• Acrylic white bath-tub, Genova standard from Roca or similar, 1.60 or 1.70 m long according to drawing,mixer tap and hand-held spray
• Laminboard element, to receive washbasin (type Fontana from Roca), maple or dark oak coloured, 40mm thick panels for frame, with shelf of same colour
• Mirror over top

• Bathroom:
• Glazed stoneware shower tray, 70x70 or 80x80 according to drawing, and wash basin on white stoneware pedestal or white washbasin recessed in two-door laminboard element
• Mirror and cornice lighting above the washbasin

• WC:
• 1 WC bowl on each floor, type Victoria from Roca (apart from office floor), with white ceramic low-level flush tank, double seat and lid set
• Flush tank equipped with silencer mechanism and 3/6-litre water saving dual push button
• Wash basin with cold water feed in the ground floor WCs as per drawings
• Chrome-plated mixing tap for all the appliances except hand basin cold water tap
• Branch tails for supply and discharge from washing machines (two per apartment)
• Hose tap on ground floor terrace of residences with garden
• Domestic hot water provided by an electric immersion heater water tank. Capacity: 2-room - 150 Litres, 3-room - 200 Litres, 4-room - 250 Litres, 5-room - 300 Litres

• Heating:
• Electric convector heater, type Atlantic or similar, programming by zone
• Towel drier in bathroom, Riva model with horizontal tubes or similar
• Radiant panel heater(s) in the livingroom

• Electricity:
• Recessed installation in conformity with new standard NFC15.100
• Alcyon type equipment from Alombard or equivalent
• Watertight socket outlet for an the ground floor terraces on living room side as well as a wall-mounted light fixture with single point lighting
• Wall-mounted light fixture close to the entrance and on 'Solarium' type terrace as per drawings
• The garages communicating with the residences will have a single light point and a socket outlet

• TV cabling:
• 1 TV/FM/SAT socket in livingroom and TV/FM socket for each bedroom
• Full dish installation, demodulators and amplifiers, wiring reception for 6 land-based channels and Canal Satellite and TPS TV packages

• Telephone:
• 1 telephone outlet in each main room (living room, bedrooms) including kitchen

• Ventilation:
• Controlled mechanical ventilation ensures constant renewal of air
• Extract air outlet into roof space and vents in roof
• Fresh air intakes in external walls or joinery items, suction intakes in the wet rooms

• Floor Linings:
• All floors of the living areas will be 40x40 glazed tiles laid on sound installation with matching skirting. Diagonal installation for livingroom, entrance and open kitchen
• Non-waterproofed terraces finished with Ingelif glazed tiles (dimension 20x20 or 30x30) with matching skirting as per architect's choice
• The garden terraces will be in Ingelif tiling or 10x10 concrete paving laid on bed of sand (as per architect's choice)
• Note: on the waterproofed terrace roofs, the finish will consist of fine grain gravel paving laid on bearing pads

• Kitchen Ceramics:
• 20x20 faience tiling to 0.60 m height on the wall behind sink and one or two 0.60 long returns as per drawings

• Bathroom Ceramics:
• Main bathroom, 20x25 or 25x36 faience tiling with full height colour filet, all around the bathroom
• Other bathrooms or wet room, 2 metres high faience tiling above the shower or bathtub

• Paintwork:
• Ceilings: Matt white paint for livingrooms, entrances, kitchens and bathrooms
• White spray applied paint on ceilings of all other rooms
• Walls: Smooth eggshell-gloss paint for living room, entrance, kitchen, bathroom and wet room
• Floated dash-type finish in all other rooms
• Hardware: Oil-based paint (colour chosen by architect) on rust inhibiting or galvanized protection
• Certain elements maybe left as galvanised

• Woodwork:
• Two coats oil-based paint applied on interior doors and woodwork

• Stairs:
• Interior staircases in timber or masonry with terrazzo finish according to structure design and choice of the architect
• Will consist of steps, risers and skirting laid to slot into position

• External Installations:
• Access:
• The vehicle accesses on the two paths communicating with the houses are reserved to residents thanks to barriers positioned at the street entrance, and operated by remote control

• Letter boxes:
• Grouped at the entrance to each street, outdoor quality, meeting current standards

• Parking areas:
• The external parking spaces will be marked out and numbered using special ground paint

• Numbering:
• Numbering by engraved plate placed on entrance door or wall of each house

• Roads:
• Carriageway and parking spaces receive coat of bituminous mix

• Dustbin room:
• Located at the entrance to the residence, incorporated in the architecture of the program

• Common landscaped areas:
• Layout, furnishings and plants to architect's choice using Mediterranean shrubs and trees
• Watering will be carried out from outlets distributed on the development or by drip irrigation

• Gardens for private use (according to drawing):
• After preparation of the garden, the plots will be turfed
• Special areas of trees or shrubs will be placed in certain gardens in accordance with the landscaping drawings established by the architect
• Installation of an automatic watering system
• Installation of low fences between garden is envisaged

• Inspection:
• The construction of this program is monitored by an certified control agency whose role it is to check conformity with the construction rules regarding the soundness of the works, safety of persons, compliance with acoustic and thermal standards in force

Site Features:

Activities:

Visit the 13th Century fortified town of Aigues-Mortes. The square in the centre offers cafes, bars, shops & restaurants.
Train and bus access to all towns and villages in area
Hire mountain bikes, canal boats to explore the area
Weekly markets
Fantastic restaurants with local specialities
5km to Port Camargue with superb beaches and 5km of sand dunes
Aquarium, Sea Museum, 3 waterparks, bull fighting
Watersports include windsurfing, sailing, kayaks, jet skis, scuba diving

Area Information:

This complex includes accommodation for a security guard, vehicle access protected by an infra-red remote controlled barriers.

Type: 51 units comprising of 2, 3 and 4 bed villas.

Prices per m²: Euros 3000-3500 per m² including parking
Mooring Euros 43,000-59,800 (47 year contract) + annual fees of Euros 1200-1500

Payment Terms:
5% deposit now, 25% due December 2005

Completion: June 2007

Location:

This marina development is ideally located at the heart of the seaside village of Port du Roy in Aigues-Mortes, a 13th Century medieval city in Languedoc. 35km to Montpellier airport and Montpellier city centre, the capital of Languedoc-Rousillon. Walking distance to shops & amenities & 8km to sandy beaches.