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Backpacker Hostel Business with freehold Real Estate For Sale
Wellington, New Zealand
Central city, quiet, short-term accommodation with friendly ambience Maple Lodge is a small hostel in a quiet residential street in Mt Victoria in central Wellington.
Maple Lodge is just 10 minutes walk to Courtenay Place with entertainment and other social activities, restaurants, cafes, supermarkets and banks. The Lodge is also handy to museums and galleries, sporting venues, and the Mt Victoria Lookout and Walkway.
Wellington is a vibrant and energetic city with the highest per head capita spending of any city in New Zealand. Extending just two kilometres in diameter, Wellington with its stunning scenery is a truly ‘walking city’ with close packed high-rises in the CBD and traditional wooden bungalows in the suburbs. Wellington is also the place where the Oscar winning "Lord of the Rings" trilogy of films were crafted by Peter Jackson and others.
Maple Lodge offers clean, cosy, and quiet accommodation in a non-smoking environment and caters mainlyto both overseas and New Zealand tourists. The hostel offers safe off-street parking for guests with cars and there is a bicycle lock-up for cycle tourists. The hostel also provides jigsaw puzzles and other games (no television) to create a homely ambience for sociable travellers.
Maple Lodge has come on to the market because the owners wish to retire after 18 years in the tourist industry. This backpacker business at 52 Ellice Street, Mt Victoria comprises fittings, chattels and goodwill and is being offered at an asking price of NZD $350,000. The freehold title to the land and buildings is also being offered for sale at NZD $1,250,000 and a combined price of $1,600,000 for the whole business on a "walk in-walk out" basis.
Land values in Ellice Street have risen by 38% over the past two years and this trend is likely to continue. Maple Lodge offers a lifestyle business within the tourism industry for an owner wishing to live on site or the business could be operated by absentee owners and a Resident Manager. In either situation, this business offers continuing capital gains on the land and buildings. Accommodation and services provided by Maple Lodge
Maple Lodge specialises in short-term accommodation, mainly to backpackers. The hostel offers 12 guest rooms in standard backpacker configuration:
- 4 Single Rooms, each sleeping one person
- 4 Double Rooms, each sleeping 2 persons
- 2 Twin Rooms, each sleeping 2 persons
- 2 Share Rooms, each sleeping 4 persons
Beds are provided with mattresses and pillows and linen. 
Services provided to backpackers and tourists:
- Vanity and hand basins in bathrooms and guest rooms
- Toilet and hand-basin across foyer from office
- Hot-water shower facilities and toilets on two levels
- Card-operated telephone and coin-operated laundry
Freehold real estate and premises in residential Mt Victoria
Maple Lodge was built in 1920 on 329 square metres of land fronting on to Ellice Street, Wellington. The building (350 square metres of floor area in 3 levels) is built on a concrete base with timber framing, timber cladding, timber flooring and an iron roof. The building was repainted in October - November 2003.
Interior walls are painted and wall-papered. Walls in the stairway are vinyl covered. Ceilings are textured in some rooms, plain in others and the ceiling in kitchen is high gloss Seratone. Floor coverings include carpet and vinyl in some areas. The property has a current Building Certificate of Fitness.
There is a separate office at the front entrance used by the Resident Manager, a staff toilet, and stock storage cupboards for cleaning and toiletry supplies, plus linen. There is a large storage room in back yard.
Customer parking is provided at the main Ellice Street entrance and at the rear entrance off Brougham Street. The rear entrance is secure with a fence and gate and provides 6, partly covered car parks.
There are attractive flowering plants and bushes at both the front and rear entrances.
Chattels included in the asking price
A complete list of all chattels is available to interested purchasers. Main items include:
- Beds (24, 4 singles, 8 doubles, 4 twins and 8 shared (4 bunks)), in-room vanities, light fittings
- Dehumidifier-heater unit, air-extractor fan units in kitchen and shower rooms
- Carpet and vinyl floor coverings, storage cupboards for linen and cleaning and toilet supplies
- Dining room tables and chairs, lounge furniture, coffee table, cabinet and counter for pamphlets and travel brochures
- Refrigerators, oven, grill, and cook-tops in kitchen, basic cooking utensils (pots and pans)
- Drinking mugs, sundry crockery and eating utensils, electric hot-water cylinder (new)
- Coin-operated commercial washing machine and dryer, card-operated guest telephone
- CD player sound system in Resident Manager’s room wired to speakers in other common room areas.
- Wood-burner fireplace in lounge-dining room, electric heaters
- Fire security alarm and monitoring system, telephone, calculators, manager’s desk and chair and sundry tools
Day to day management at Maple Lodge
Business Hours:
Monday to Sunday - flexible check-in (3 to 4 hours in the morning, 3 to 4 hours in the evening).
Staff:
Maple Lodge is currently operated by a Resident Manager and contracted cleaners and maintenance personnel. The owners are prepared to assist the new owner for one month, or longer by negotiation.
Security:
Guests have room keys and a code for the front door. The Manager can lock up valuables in the Office.
Awards:
Guest Rating (71%) in BBH Backpacker Budget Accommodation Guide and Website.
Owners Accommodation:
The Resident Manager (or owner) has a small apartment with ensuite on the top level of the building.
Advertising and Promotion:
Maple Lodge advertises via prominent signage on the hostel building and in the BBH Backpacker Budget Accommodation Guide Book and associated website. Other promotion comes from word-of-mouth recommendations from other backpackers.
Call Helen or Leon on +64 4 938 5149 (business) or anytime on
+64 0211 209 187 (Helen) or +64 0211 076 997 (Leon)
or send a Fax anytime to +64 4 938 5194
Wellington, the Capital City of New Zealand
Wellington, at the bottom of the North Island, is New Zealand's capital city with Parliament Buildings, Corporate and Government offices. Wellington is also home to many Embassies and Consulates. It is famous for cafes, restaurants and night life. And for its culture - the Michael Fowler Centre, the Town Hall, the restored Embassy Theatre and the Te Papa National Museum.
Wellington is the northern terminus for the Interislander Ferries that travel between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The ferries are the preferred transport option by backpackers and budget travellers. And they stay over in Wellington to see the sights, particularly those associated with the filming of the Lord of the Rings. One famous site is just up the street from Maple Lodge on Mt Victoria.
The Wellington Region comprising Wellington plus its satellite cities of Porirua, Hutt City and Upper Hutt City has over 425,000 people. The region has strong local industry, great shops and shopping centres, restaurants and cafes everywhere, river and bush areas, sheltered beaches, majestic gardens - in short, something for everyone.
To find out more about Wellington and nearby Hutt City, click on: http://www.wellington.govt.nz/
http://www.wellingtonnz.com
http://www.menus.co.nz
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz
http://www.bondstore.co.nz
http://www2.vuw.ac.nz/international/wellington_slideshow/slide_1.html
http://www.wellingtonnz.com/events
http://www.eastbourneonline.co.nz
http://www.huttcity.govt.nz
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