Haven Hotel Prominently Located For Sale

Business description

Offers Around: £600,000 Freehold

Immaculate hotel prominently located in idyllic West Coast village popular with tourists from home and abroad. Busy year round trading. Owners flat. Highly desirable location. Formally a19th Century Merchants House, the Haven Hotel is now an immaculate fully licensed hotel providing comfortable modern facilities to meet the demands of a discerning clientele from both home and abroad. The property comprises 13 en suite letting bedrooms and 2 suites, a café/bistro/coffee shop to the front of the hotel, a charming lounge bar, a spacious residents lounge from where access is gained to the charming restaurant at the rear of the property which seats up to 24 covers. There is a garden area to the side and rear of the hotel and car parking. The village of Plockton enjoys a sheltered position in an inlet on Loch Carron with spectacular views towards the rugged mountains of Applecross and Torridon and has long been a popular holiday destination on the magical West Coast of Scotland.

The Haven Hotel is prominently situated as you enter the village just before the waterfront and is an ideal base from which to tour the surrounding area. The area has much to offer the tourist with magnificent scenery, charming coastal villages, with historic castles and sites together with easy access to Kyle of Lochalsh where excellent road connections lead to the Isle of Skye to the West, north to further areas of the West Coast and East to Speyside and the Central Highlands. Due to their own personal circumstances the current owners do not live at the hotel and choose to run the property entirely under management. Enquiries have also been made of the local planning officer and it is possible that permission could be obtained to develop the property on a residential basis, subject to planning permission being obtained. The vendors purchased the Haven Hotel in2003 and have upgraded and changed the emphasis of the business developing a sound and highly profitable business with a strong repeat trade. With commitments to other business ventures demanding more of his time a decision has been reached to sell the hotel. This presents a rare opportunity for potential purchasers to acquire this immaculate and rewarding business in this highly desirable areaof Scotland.

THE PROPERTY
Believed to have been built for a merchant around 1870 the Haven Hotel is of traditional stone construction under a slate roof with modern additions. The accommodation is laid out on ground, first and second floors.

PUBLIC AREAS
From the main street via the vestibule into the entrance hall with reception desk and hotel office behind. On the left is the lounge bar and on the right is the café/bistro/coffee shop which is open to the general public and can accommodate 24 covers. Straight ahead gives access to the residents lounge to the rear of the property comfortably furnished with leather sofas and chairs. Access is gained from the residents lounge to the restaurant at the rear of the property which again can accommodate 24 covers.

LETTING BEDROOMS
13 letting bedrooms to sleep 26 (9 double, 4twin). There are also 2 suites which each can accommodate 6 guests making a total sleeping capacity of 32. The bedrooms and suites have en suite facilities and are individually furnished and decorated to a high standard and have colour television, direct dial telephone, computer socket/wi fi, radio alarm, trouser press, hairdryers and tea/coffee making facilities and central heating radiators.

OWNERS/MANAGERS ACCOMMODATION
The owners do not live at the hotel but there is a flat on the top floor comprising lounge, 2bedrooms and a bathroom which is currently used by the hotel manager.

SERVICE AREAS
Well equipped kitchen with still room area, preparation area, walk in chill units, wash up area with dishwasher and various stores.

OUTSIDE
The front of the hotel is hard on the main street but there is a garden area to the side and rear of the hotel laid mainly to lawn. Car parking for up to 6 cars.

SERVICES
Highland Council. Mains electricity, water and drainage. Propane gas for cooking. Central heating provided by 2 oil fired boilers.

LICENCES
Full Hotel Licence Premises Licence Application Lodged in June2008.

PLANNING
The Haven Hotel is Category C (S) Listed.

2008 LISTINGS
STB 2 Star Small Hotel

TRADE
Accounts will be made available to genuinely interested parties.

PRICE
Offers around £600,000 are invited for the feuhold property complete with goodwill and trade contents (according to inventory),excluding personal items. Stock at valuation.

DIRECTIONS
Kyle of Lochalsh 7 miles, Inverness 77, Perth160, Edinburgh 205.From the A87 turn right after Balmacara at the signpost for Plockton and the Haven Hotel will be found on the left hand side of the main street just before you reach the waterfront.

OFFERS
All offers should be submitted to Colliers Robert Barry with whom purchasers should register interest if they wish to be informed of closing dates.

FINANCE
Colliers Robert Barry is 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