Offers Welcome Superb Four Star Guesthouse With Lucrative Trade For Sale

Business description

370k Offers Welcome
The owners are selling this wonderful Guesthouse due to ill health and are very open to offers.
The business enjoys excellent trading figures, which have been sustained and increased even during the financial crisis. It is located in a lucrative trading position within the medieval town walls of spectacular Caernarfon castle and has regular, all year trading with many returning guests. It is just 150 yards from the beautiful Menai Straight with its spectacular sunsets and also just two minutes walk from all the town's ameneties, shops, restaurants and other visitor attractions.


Cartref has been sympathetically updated, in keeping with it's Georgian history to make it modern and comfortable but the owners have been very careful to retain its outstanding original features.


The business also enjoys an excellent local reputation and receives recommendations from neighbouring, larger hotels, local people. In addition, an excellent international online booking system brings in bookings world wide.

There is owners accommodation comprises of a lounge/dining room, bedroom with walk in wardrobe area, and bathroom. There is space to add a kitchen if required. Also, for anyone looking for an investment this house could be run with a manager in the owners accommodation.

All but a few personal items of furniture and decorative objects, plus personal goods from the owners accommodation will be included in the agreed price, together with the accoutrements required to run the business and it will be passed over as a fully functioning and profitable operation.

This is a beautiful house with a lovely feel to it, which the owners love but due to illness and family commitments they need to sell. The guide price is £370.000 but sensible offers will be given serious consideration, especially if a prospective buyer is ready to proceed.

Property information

Property:

Freehold

Living accommodation:

Self contained one bedroom flat with central heating: 1 Double Bedroom, approx 10ft x 10.5ft, with separate walk in wardrobe area (5.5ft x 6ft). Attractive and spacious Lounge/ Dining Room approx 10ft x 17ft with Oak beamed, Inglenook fireplace and stove type fire, blue slate hearth, double glass french windows (second entrance to bedroom,) Tudor style wood blocked wall and full size window and half glass door to the outside leading to blue slate steps to courtyard garden. Bathroom with Jacuzzi bath, shower over bath, vanity unit with wash hand basin, bidet, w.c. Hall to Stairs to ground floor and door into large shelved store room, approx 5.5ft by 11ft (second freezer.) Could be used for a kitchen with store moved to room on first floor. Outside - Attractive courtyard garden.

Location:

This guesthouse is in a much sought after and prime location within the medieval town walls of spectacular Caernarfon Castle and is less two hundred yards from the banks of the picturesque Menai Straight opposite the Isle of Anglesey.

There is a free unrestricted public car park 200 yards away and a number of free street parking spaces close by.

It is just two minutes walk to the town shops, attractions, theatre/cinema and restaurants. It is also on the threshold of Snowdonia National Park with its many mountain/outdoor leisure pursuits and family activities and close to a range of watersports/golfing/sailing/fishing activity centres. The area is also central for walkers, cyclists and bikers.

Premises details:

This Georgian Town house, tastefully refurbished to blend in with is historical character has been taken from 0 star to 4 star by the present owners. It has full gas fired central heating and is decorated and maintained to a very high standard. The facade of the house has unique stone coving around windows and doors. The polished wooden door is original Georgian and the windows have old hand blown glass panels. A Victorian overdoor lamp hangs over the front door and the house is entered across a Welsh Slate door step. At the rear of the house is a courtyard garden with a Victorian cobbled floor and an ancient 2.5ft thick stone wall. The rooms also retain many original features including unique Georgian fireplaces.

Cartref is fully Fire certificated, electrically certificated and holds the highest award for Environmental Health and Hygeine.

Ground floor

Entrance hallway approx. 5.5ft x 10ft with long hall down to kitchen and stairs to three floors. Refurbished and decorated with original Georgian polished wood stair soffits and banister.

Office/PC area wth desk and shelves approx 5ft x 6ft


Tastefully refurbished and modernised Dining Room with original and rare black Welsh slate fireplace, Georgian window and skirting boards. Tables and chairs providing seating for 10 persons (can be increased to accommodate 12 persons).

Attractive Lounge with, stripped antique pine floor, eastern type rug, original Welsh slate fireplace and skirting boards. Desk alcove. A large window overlooks the courtyard garden and planning permission is already granted to turn this into french window onto the outside.


Large fully fitted kitchen 16 x 11ft, with 2 sinks, terracotta tiled floor, window and glass door with side windows to courtyard garden. A 5-burner, 3 oven and grill Aga range gas cooker, fridge/freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, dryer.

Under stair cupboard with Planning permission granted to convert this into a cloakroom.

FIRST FLOOR

First floor landing with access to:-

1 Double Bedroom overlooking cobbled St, original black Welsh slate fireplace with decorative black caste iron inset and Georgian windows, en suite bathroom with bath, shower over bath, w.c. and wash hand basin, shelved storage cupboard.
1 Twin Bedroom overlooking rear courtyard garden, easy access en suite corner shower room with shower, w.c. and wash hand basin
1 Family/Double Bedroom (1 double plus 1 single bed), en suite bathroom with bath, shower over bath, w.c. and wash hand basin , window overlooking courtyard garden and unique second window with shutters.

Shelved storage cupboard

Stairs to second floor

SECOND FLOOR

1 Single Bedroom with sloping roof, modernised and tiled Edwardian wash stand with modern plumbed in handwash basin(potential to create a shower room and make all rooms ensuite.)

1 Single/Small Double Bedroom with modernised and tiled Edwardian wash stand with modern plumbed in handwash basin

Shared shower room with power shower, w.c. and wash hand basin and arched window.

1 Family/Double Bedroom (1 double plus 1 single bed), arched window overlooking old street, en suite shower room with shower, w.c. and wash hand basin

Planning consent:

Planning consent for French window to courtyard garden and cloakroom on ground floor

Business Operation

Expansion potential:

There is scope to create another guest bedroom should the buyers wish to do so or to expand the personal accommodation. The present owners consider that there is a market for an outside catering operation, especially for the business sector for Gourmet lunches. ( Again owners would assist potential new owners to achieve this)

Competition / Market:

The guest house is set in one of the most lucrative positions in Caernarfon within the walls of the castle, where there are two other 4 star guesthouses, a 5 star guesthouse, 2 a budget hotels, a back packer hostel and the Black Boy Inn, the oldest Inn in the area. The relations between the local guesthouses/hotels are excellent and much mutual recommendation and referral happens. There are a number of other guesthouses of varying star rating in and just outside Caernarfon but they do not enjoy the lucrative location of Cartref, which position attracts a lot of passing trade in and out of season. Cartref also offers evening meals by request and is one of only a very limited number of guesthouses doing so in the area. ( It has an excellent reputation for the quality of its food and the owners would be very willing to assist any potential buyer with its menus and recipes.)

Reasons for selling:

Illness and family commitments

Employees:

Owner run with 2 part-time assistants

Years established:

Approx 15 with six of those in present owners hands.

Other information

Website:

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Home based:

This business can be run from home.