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Balintore Hotel, Balintore, Ross-shire
Price:
Freehold - £345,000
Seller Ref:
BalintoreHotel
Location:
Scotland, Highland, Balintore
Business Type:
Commercial Property, Food Service Businesses, Hotels, Pubs
The Balintore Hotel is an attractive, welcoming Hotel, built from stone, with considerate and effective extensions. The character and charm it offers today reflects recent tasteful development and upgrading, new facilities that are poised to drive trading benefits. The business appeals to a wide range of clientele including tourists, businessmen and sportsmen, as the area is popular for golf, fishing and other outdoor pursuits. Due to its location, there are a number of opportunities for sea angling. The Hotel enjoys a degree of local support from both families and individuals and is the only business offering full hotel facilities within the seaboard villages, providing a service for approximately 1600 inhabitants. With the recently refurbished bar and restaurant, traditional catering is the mainstay of the business. With the provision of quality catering and a customer led service, the Hotel has the potential to drive yet stronger turnover and improved levels of profitability from an already successful basis.
Four comfortable letting bedrooms and the attractive restaurant with stunning views over the harbour and out to sea complete the all round appeal. With residential guests, casual dining, local trade and function business, the Balintore Hotel presents a successful year-round proposition.
Balintore is a popular Ross-shire coastal village steeped in history and with a strong maritime tradition. The village boasts an outstanding golden sand beach and is located on the shores of the Moray Firth within the Tarbat Peninsula. The local countryside is awash with wildlife with the nearby Cromarty Firth being renowned for its basking seal population, seen regularly basking on the rocks at low tide. Flocks of migrating geese swarm to the area due to the low-lying flood plain throughout the autumn and winter. The areas Pictish heritage is observed in the many standing stones, and historical sites located in the region.
Tain, the local town and centre of population, has most of the welfare and social amenities one could need. It also has an excellent 18-hole links golf course and is in easy reach of the famous course at Royal Dornoch which lies to the north. The area is also renowned for its whisky production, with one of Scotland’s finest, Glenmorangie, being produced in Tain. Slightly further afield the Falls of Shin and Dunrobin Castle provide for an interesting day out. These attractions combined with the varied natural scenic beauty of the surrounding area make it highly popular with a wide range of visitors and tourists.
A change in circumstances of the present licensees brings this attractive business opportunity to the market. The combination of newly refurbished public areas, a fully equipped commercial kitchen and breathtaking seafront location offer a real opportunity for enthusiastic new owners.
THE PROPERTY
The main building is of Victorian origin comprising of traditional stone construction under pitched slate roof. The Hotels sympathetic extensions are flat roofed with accommodation arranged over two levels:
PUBLIC AREAS
The main Hotel entrance situated to the side of the building, leads directly into the bright reception area which has hard-wearing ribbed carpet leading to original ornate tiling, adding colour and character. A dark hardwood staircase contributes to a feeling of aged quality and provides access to the first floor leading to the letting bedrooms and a separate W.C. Upon entry to the reception, immediately to the right is a tiled ladies toilet that has been refurbished to a high standard. Further to the right of the reception area is the spacious and well maintained restaurant area, where up to 34 guests can be seated. Utilised for individual diners and small family functions, this area has also been successfully used for live music nights. A large dedicated bar servery, with both strip and spot lighting, provides an excellent gantry for the presentation and sale of coffees, beers, wines and spirits. The restaurant is split over two levels with tasteful up-lighting upon panelled walls, coupled with quality rustic theme furniture, giving a bistro feel. The restaurant is fully equipped with a specialist coffee making machine and glass washer, further evidence of investment in the business and the high standard of equipment throughout. Views from this area are across open sea adds greatly to a relaxing setting. The restaurant also doubles up as the breakfast area for residents. To the left of the reception hallway is the Mermaid room which is used for overspill diners and small functions; this is a much sought after venue for family gatherings. The room is also used as a meeting room for small meetings and conferences.
A second entrance porch has direct access to the main street and here a door to the left takes you into the gent’s toilet; again recently refurbished and tiled throughout. To your right is the “Snug” bar which can accommodate up to 30 persons. The stone feature wall presents a traditional feel with a modern twist. Centred within the wall is a solid fuel fire which has been laid upon and surrounded by Caithness slate. The beautiful etched windows add a feeling of culture and history. The servery is of wood construction, adding to the natural feel of this warm and cosy bar.
LETTING BEDROOMS
The Hotel has 4 comfortable and very spacious letting bedrooms presently configured to sleep 10 guests (1 Family, 1 double and 2 twins). Each has en-suite facilities with two rooms being completely modernised. All rooms are attractively furnished and have modern electric heaters. The rooms also have digital colour television, hair dryers, radio alarms and tea/coffee making facilities as standard.
OWNERS ACCOMMODATION
2 bedroom owners accommodation. With two double bedrooms, dining area, kitchen and lounge, it is both spacious and maintained in good order. The master bedroom is en-suite and the second has private facilities. It has separate access to the car park but allows immediate entry to the business. The private accommodation benefits from oil fired central heating.
The spacious mermaid room previously provided additional living accommodation and could readily be reconfigured into owner’s accommodation if desired.
SERVICE AREAS
The Hotel has a good-sized upgraded commercial kitchen and adjacent utility room with commercial dishwasher from which a full catering operation is implemented. The equipment is of good quality and notably there is a walk-in refrigeration unit and ample freezer provision. A large laundry room, which has a commercial washing machine, is an effective area for all household storage requirements. The business has a large cellar situated close to the bar which couples as a spirits store. It has a python cooler and has good external access to facilitate ease of delivery of keg products. A spacious administrative office is situated immediately by the side entrance to the Hotel and adjoins the reception area. The separate staff changing facility lay off the laundry room.
GROUNDS
The Hotel is a substantial building with sea views. Deliveries gain access to the side of the building is via a shared driveway and access to the rear is along a side pathway. There is extensive off-street car parking to the front of the Hotel on the opposite side of the road which faces seaward.
DEVELOPMENT
The hotel ground includes 3 building plots with OPP.
SERVICES
The subjects benefit from mains electricity, water and drainage plus new electric heating and propane gas for cooking.
LICENCES
The business has a premises Licence under the Licensing Scotland Act 2005 and a copy of the Operating Plan will be made available to interested parties post viewing.
TRADE
Full accounting information will be made available to genuinely interested parties
PRICE
The owners invites offers over £345,000 for the heritable property complete with goodwill and trade contents (according to inventory), excluding personal items. Stock at valuation.
Balintore is a popular Ross-shire coastal village steeped in history and with a strong maritime tradition. The village boasts an outstanding golden sand beach and is located on the shores of the Moray Firth within the Tarbat Peninsula. The local countryside is awash with wildlife with the nearby Cromarty Firth being renowned for its basking seal population, seen regularly basking on the rocks at low tide. Flocks of migrating geese swarm to the area due to the low-lying flood plain throughout the autumn and winter. The areas Pictish heritage is observed in the many standing stones, and historical sites located in the region.
Tain, the local town and centre of population, has most of the welfare and social amenities one could need. It also has an excellent 18-hole links golf course and is in easy reach of the famous course at Royal Dornoch which lies to the north.
DIRECTIONS
The Hotel is situated on the main street within Balintore, left of the main harbour heading towards the villag
Open all Year. Hours according to the license.
LETTING BEDROOMS
The Hotel has 4 comfortable and very spacious letting bedrooms presently configured to sleep 10 guests (1 Family, 1 double and 2 twins). Each has en-suite facilities with two rooms being completely modernised. All rooms are attractively furnished and have modern electric heaters. The rooms also have digital colour television, hair dryers, radio alarms and tea/coffee making facilities as standard.
OWNERS ACCOMMODATION
Two double bedrooms, dining area, kitchen and lounge, it is both spacious and maintained in good order. The master bedroom is en-suite and the second has private facilities. It has separate access to the car park but allows immediate entry to the business. The private accommodation benefits from oil fired central heating.
The spacious mermaid room previously provided additional living accommodati
North Yorkshire
£ 750,000
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