Recording studio POP-ART near Vienna for sale

A rare opportunity to combine spacious living in a green setting with a professional recording studio operation.

Property area: 1,500 m² ≈ 16,146 ft²
Living area: approx. 568 m² ≈ 6,114 ft²
Total built-up area: approx. 857 m² ≈ 9,224 ft²

Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 3
WCs: 6

Type: Recording studio, 2 separate residential units, office and storage rooms, sauna, garden with covered family pool.

Kaufpreis: 1.210.000 Euro

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Property Overview

Floorplan

Room Dimensions

Description

Front View / Street View: Small front garden, full-height/width wooden gate with integrated entrance door, large driveway for 2-3 cars, spacious garage with electric roll-up door and shelving.

Recording Studio - 89 m² / 958 ft²: Built in 1987, fully soundproofed with sound-insulating walls, floor, ceiling, doors, windows, and air conditioning with silencers. Floating concrete floor with electric underfloor heating in the control room and recording rooms.

Large Recording Room: Main recording space with two isolated recording booths.

Smaller (Drum) Recording Room: Adjacent isolated smaller recording room, primarily used for drum recording.

Control Room: Equipped with Tannoy 15-inch coaxial speakers and amplifiers. Cable channels in the floor from side to side with permanently installed microphone cables to the recording rooms.

House/Living Accommodation: The property provides 2 separate residential units. The street-facing part was completely renovated in 1981 in traditional country house style, with new brick walls and an arcade. The courtyard-facing living unit was renovated in modern style in 2002 and features a thermal insulation facade.

Apartment 1 - 132 m² / 1421 ft² - traditional country style - 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 2 WCs:
Year built: 1835
Fully renovated: 1981
Gas central heating (Wolf boiler)
Electric underfloor heating
Ground floor with entrance hall, kitchen/dining room, family bathroom/WC, living room with tiled stove
Upper floor with bathroom (sink and WC) and open loft/bedroom/office/study (partially restricted height with two skylights and a window facing the street/tree-lined avenue)
Ideal for guest accommodation, holiday rental, multi-generational living, elderly care, etc.

Apartment 2 - 126 m² / 1356 ft² - 3-4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 WCs:
Year built: 1959
Renovated: 2002
Gas central heating (Windhager boiler)
Separate entrance/staircase
Ground floor with entrance hall, WC, fitted kitchen with dining area, living room with tiled stove, door to heating/storage rooms and workshop
First floor with hallway, main bedroom, 1 single room with sink, 1 double room, 1 family bathroom with 2 washing machines, 1 shower room
1 large room currently used as an office – back staircase leads to the hall
Balcony
2 air conditioning units (only one works - both should be replaced with newer models using modern refrigerant)

Inner Courtyard - connects the house to the hall:
From the main street entrance, you reach a large covered interior area with an arcade for protection from rain and heat. Meter/fuse box.
Access to the cellar
Enclosed inner courtyard, partially lawned in front of the apartments, partially asphalted at the back (near the hall, workshop, outbuildings).
Covered pergola between buildings with garden furniture for outdoor sitting area sheltered from rain/wind.
Private and secure for children and pets.
Utility Room / Gas Heating / Storage / Equipped Workshop / Sauna/Fitness Room

Hall / Commercial Spaces:
Year built: 1959
15m x 15m (49ft x 49ft) Hall with 4.5m - 7m (15ft - 23ft) high sloping ceiling with skylights
2 large windows facing the back garden
A double-wing iron/glass gate for access to the inner courtyard
A large steel sliding gate with an integrated door for access to the large back garden
Driveway for large/tall vehicles from the back hall gate into the hall and inner courtyard
Washrooms with separate men's/women's WCs and cloakroom/storage room
Simple kitchen with sink and electric stove
Distribution box
3 large wooden chests on wheels (storage)
Stage with black theater curtains and dark carpet, drum raiser

2 Additional Storage Rooms:
Great potential for various types of businesses with extensive outbuildings and storage rooms, all accessible from the inner courtyard, which is accessible from both sides of the property via large gates.

Back Garden** - 613 m² / 6598 ft²: Large garden with expansive views over the fields, mainly lawned with hedges along property boundaries
Metal double gate for rear access to the garden and hall
Driveway/ramp into the hall
Insulated pool with a diameter of 5.4 m and transparent dome, shaft for filter and pump, underground sump large enough to pump out the entire pool contents
Garden house – stone wall at the back, wood at the front, with window and door, lighting
Outside the gate, parking for 2 vehicles

Energy Performance Certificate

Tonstudio POP-ART Franzensdorf 63 Energieausweis

The Recording Studio

History

The recording studio was designed and calculated by the company “Akustik Buch” https://www.akustikbuch.at/ . It meets high standards for room acoustics as well as sound and thermal insulation.

After its completion in 1987, it soon became one of the most successful studios in Austria. As the house studio for Marcus Spiegel's GIG Records, it made a name for itself with clients such as Falco, Edelweiss, Bingoboys, Peter Rauhofer, Beat 4 Feet, Nina Hagen, Jocelyn Brown, Ludwig Hirsch, and Frank Zander.

Later, it also handled work for almost all major labels like Ariola, Warner Music, Sony Records, CBS, etc. Many music genres were represented, including jazz productions (Wayne Darling, Harry Sokal, Nicolas Simion, Wayne Brasel, Gerhard Graml, etc.), film music (Hugo and the Dear God, The Last Judgement, Kaisermühlen Blues, etc.) and classical music (Jörg Demus, Ernst Fuchs, Philharmoniker Schrammeln, Schönberg Choir, etc.).

Most recently, it was used for the self-production of the MonaLisa Twins (the two daughters of the studio owner) before they moved permanently to Liverpool to continue their international careers.

Since 2014, it has not been in use and is now being offered for sale.

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Features

Sound Insulation

A floating screed with electric underfloor heating in the control and recording rooms prevents sound transmission through the floor.
A continuous room-in-room construction ensures optimal sound and thermal insulation.
The window between the recording and control room consists of three heavy glass panes arranged at angles to one another, mechanically separated, providing excellent sound insulation.
Soundproof windows in the control room.
Soundproof doors with double rebates and double seals in the control and recording rooms.
In the large recording room, two sound-insulated booths were retrofitted, allowing for the simultaneous recording of bands with optimal signal separation. These can be relatively easily removed if not needed, in favour of a single large recording space.

Room Acoustics

The fundamental room dimensions were calculated by the company “Akustik Buch” to avoid standing waves and resonances and to enable a uniform frequency response in the decay. The rooms were subsequently measured, confirming the calculated specifications.
In the recording rooms, one wall is designed with a three-layer, low-reflection build to dampen not only high frequencies but also mid and low frequencies.
The ceiling in the large recording room is equipped with acoustic panels, each having a sound-damping side and a reflecting side. The room acoustics can be adjusted simply by tilting these panels.
The ceiling of the control room also serves as an acoustic diffuser, preventing standing waves and supports a variable listening position.

Room Climate

Oversized ventilation ducts ensure silent airflow with minimal turbulence and losses. Silencers prevent sound transmission in both directions through the ventilation ducts. The current AC unit needs to be replaced/repaired (it can be easily retrofitted to a modern air conditioning system with heat recovery). The ventilation ducts with silencers are already in place.
Large windows in the control room, a window in the drum room, and large doors allow for quick and effective ventilation even without an electrical ventilation system.

The electric underfloor heating provides a comfortable climate in all studio rooms. Due to excellent thermal insulation, it is also energy efficient.

A huge side-benefit of all of the above measures is that the rooms remain largely dust-free.

Wiring

32 XLR sockets are integrated into the baseboards of the recording rooms and connected to the control room via floor-mounted cable ducts.

Eight-core multicore cables for four separate 8-track monitor mixes are also installed.
In principle, almost any desired wiring can be quickly realised through the continuous use of cable ducts.

Monitor Speakers

In the control room, two Tannoy coaxial speakers, specifically built for the space, are installed along with their amplifiers. The cabinets are equipped with wheels and can be easily rolled into the room after loosening a few screws if needed.

Miscellaneous

Stage in the hall
Complete JBL PA
Mixing console with monitor system
Various studio equipment

Special Features

Fully connected to public utility services

Water, 3-phase electricity, gas, and sewage connections to the public network, plus two wells that are currently deactivated but can be reactivated if needed.

Best Access and Loading Options

The property is fully accessible from one end to the other. It features a large double-wing entrance gate, two large hall doors, and a large steel gate to the rear street. Ideal conditions for loading/unloading, repairs, and winter storage of vehicles.

Equipped Workshop

The building includes a well-equipped workshop with electric and pneumatic power tools, a large compressor, a gasoline-powered 6000W emergency generator, lots of fasteners, replacement parts and much more.

Two Braked Trailers

Two braked trailers are included in the purchase price. One is a 2-axle converted horse trailer from Zuck, which offers additional storage space with foldable side shelves, and the other is a single-axle trailer from Hochedlinger with a cover, which can be adjusted in height with detachable side panels.

Garden Tools

Various garden tools, such as a gasoline mower, chainsaw, electric scarifier, branch saw, leaf blower, etc., are also included in the price.

Additional Studio Equipment

In addition to a complete large JBL PA system with mixing console and monitor system, there are a few other studio gear items included.

Contact

House Viewing

The reason for selling the recording studio is a relocation to the United Kingdom. As we are not on site, we are unable to conduct personal viewings. Therefore, we aim to provide as much relevant information as possible on this website.

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