Braemount Guest House For Sale

Business description

Offers Around: £885,000 Freehold

Imposing detached Lakeland guest house set in landscaped gardens. 8 individually styled en suite bedrooms. Rceently built 3 bed owners' cottage & car park. £120,733 net t/o and increasing - B&B only. Set amid lovely, landscaped gardens and with the advantage of car parking, Braemount House occupies a delightful elevated position commanding superb views out over the Lakeland fells to Windermere beyond. Built in 1879 as a house and surgery for the local doctor, it has managed to retain much of its original charm and character and combine these with modern appointments to form a delightful character guest house. The resident owners have the benefit of a separate and self contained cottage with its own access from the car park. To many, Windermere is the essence of Cumbria – The Lake District - and Braemount House is ideally placed for tourists to enjoy this glorious area. Lake Windermere - England's longest lake - is only a pleasant stroll away at Bowness Bay and is set amid a backdrop of glorious majestic fells. Not only are there so many rewarding walks around the lake, but the visitor can also experience the spectacular viewing points at Gummers Howe, Orrest Head and Claiff Heights. The National Park has much more to offer than its awesome landscape. People come from all over the world to see the places which inspired the Lakeland poets, Beatrix Potter and Alfred Wainwright. All together, the many cultural attractions and events help bring many thousands of visitors to this beautiful corner of England, year after year. Braemount House was acquired by the present owners at the end of 2006 and they immediately set about designing and applying for planning permission to provide separate and self contained owners' accommodation which was completed during 2007. This provides a spacious 3 bedroom cottage. They have also continued the previous owners excellent refurbishment plan, further enhancing the bedrooms as well as redesigning the website which has had an immediate effect both on turnover and forward bookings. Having now completed the refurbishment, the owners have decided to retire to live abroad.

THE PROPERTY
Braemount House is a most attractive detached property, built in traditional Lakeland style with stone walls and under a pitched slate roof. The accommodation is laid out on ground and two upper floors. The owners' cottage is single storey.

PUBLIC AREAS
Covered Victorian portico. Reception hall with original tiled floor. Breakfast room usually set for 16, having a polished floor, bay window and recessed cupboards. There is also a guest lounge and public toilet which could easily be converted back to an en suite ground floor bedroom to increase turnover and profit.

LETTING BEDROOMS
8 Letting Bedrooms to sleep 17 (7 double and 1 family room). 1 has an en suite shower room while the remaining 7 bedrooms have en suite bathrooms (one having a corner bath). Each letting bedroom has central heating radiator, colour television, DVD and video player, radio/clock alarm, hairdryer and tea and coffee making facilities. There is wiring installed for a telephone system. Four of the double bedrooms have four-poster beds (one being king size) and one has a super king size double which splits into 2 singles to offer a twin room.

OWNERS' ACCOMMODATION
Separate and self contained owners' cottage comprising lounge, dining room, master bedroom with en suite shower room and 2 further spacious double bedrooms, house bathroom with separate shower.

SERVICE AREAS
Superbly fitted kitchen with pine fronted units, six burner hob and double oven. Tiled floor, fluorescent lighting and canopy and extraction. Store cellar and laundry.

OUTSIDE
Recently re-laid tarmac driveway and car parking. Excellent landscaped gardens to front, side and rear.

SERVICES
South Lakeland District Council at Kendal. Mains water, drainage, electricity and gas. Gasfired central heating.

2008 LISTINGS
visitBritain - 4 Star Silver Award Guest Accommodation

TRADE
Draft accounts as prepared by the owners' Chartered Accountants in the form of a Trading and Profit and Loss Account show (net) turnover £110,996 for the year ended 17 January 2008.

PRICE
Offers around £885,000 are invited for the freehold property complete with goodwill and trade contents (subject to inventory), excluding personal items. Trading stock at valuation.

DIRECTIONS
Leave the M6 at junction 36 and travel along the signposted route to Windermere (A590/A591). As you enter Windermere, turn left following the Town Centre signage and pass through the oneway system onto Lake Road. Continue down Lake Road and turn left after the clock tower, signposted Queens Drive. Take the first right turn into Sunny Bank Road where Braemount will be seen prominently on the left-hand side of the road. Bowness 1 mile, Ambleside 5, Kendal 8, Manchester 82 and London 276 miles.

FINANCE
We are able to assist prospective purchasers by introducing sources of finance if required. Whilst we do not charge the buyer for this service, we may receive an introductory commission from the lender or broker involved.

TO VIEW
All appointments to view MUST be made through the vendors' agents who are acting with sole selling rights.

Property information

Property:

Freehold