Freehold Luxury Motel Business For Sale
Christchurch, New Zealand



Location, Quality, Service

Christchurch is the foremost city in the South Island and the International Gateway to the magnificent scenery and tourist highlights of the Southern Alps, Queenstown, and beyond.

This is a very English city with grand Victorian and Edwardian buildings, stately parks and gardens, tree-lined streets, the River Avon complete with punts, and a wealth of Conferences, Festivals, and sporting events all through the year.

Antonio's Motor Lodge in central Christchurch offers New Zealand and International travellers complete home-away-from-home accommodation at affordable prices. This luxury self-contained motel is ideally situated on Riccarton Road:

• only 5 minutes walk to Hagley Park with its beautiful trees, the Botanical Gardens, and the Art Centre.
• 1 km to Public Hospital, racecourses, Westpac Centre, Westfield Riccarton Shopping Mall, restaurants, cafes, and bars.
• 1.5 km to Cathedral Square and the city centre (bus stop at Motor Lodge gate).
• 2 km to the Railway Station and 4k m to Christchurch International Airport.

Studio Unit - some with a double spa bath

Antonio's Motor Lodge has come on to the market because the owners wish to retire from business life. The freehold title is being offered for the first time since the business opened in 2003.

This is a substantial and well-appointed accommodation business that is located in a prime position on a major arterial road into Christchurch. It is close to all major visitor attractions and the CBD is a can be easily accessed by foot, car or public transport. The Motor Lodge is ideal for a husband-wife partnership, either directly as owners or as managers for an absentee owner.

Freehold motels of this calibre do not come onto the market very often. If you are a serious buyer, don’t hesitate. The vendors have also indicated that some finance may be available to an approved purchaser.

Qualmark 4 Star luxury accommodation - the very best in Christchurch

Antonio’s Motor Lodge provides 18 well-appointed units:

8 x Studio Units, sleeping 1-3 people
Bedroom and lounge are combined in one space with cooking facilities and ensuite bathroom.

• 5 studio units have a queen-size bed.
• 3 studio units have a queen-size bed and one single bed.

Well-appointed Studio Unit sleeping 3 people

3 x Studio Units with double spa bath, sleeping 1-3 people
These Studio Units have tea and coffee making facilities, toaster and microwave, with a queen-size or king-size bed and an ensuite bathroom with double corner spa bath.

3 x One Bedroom Units, sleeping up to 4 people
One bedroom Units have a separate lounge area with cooking facilities and an ensuite bathroom.

• 1 unit with queen-size bed and single in the bedroom plus a double sofa bed in the lounge.
• 2 units with queen-size bed in the bedroom plus a double sofa bed in the lounge.

4 x Two Bedroom Units, sleeping up to 6 people
The Two Bedroom Units have a separate lounge area with a double sofa bed, full cooking facilities and an ensuite bathroom. There is a queen-size bed in bedroom one, and a queen-size bed and a single bed in bedroom two.

Spacious Two Bedroom Unit

All units offer

• Fully equipped kitchens with hot plates, microwave oven, refrigerator, waste disposal, toaster, cutlery, crockery, table and chairs, complimentary tea and coffee.
• King, Queen, or single beds (61 in total), electric blankets on all beds, sofa beds.
• Ensuite bathrooms with shower (some have spa baths), toilet, vanity, hairdryer, heated towel rails.
• Sky TV, DVD player, direct dial phones, radio/alarm clocks, Internet connection.
• Coffee table, lounge chairs, sofa, electric heating.
• Two Units are fitted out as Access Units.

Guest services

• Cooked and Continental breakfasts.
• Full guest laundry.
• Fax and photocopying facilities, in-house safe.
• Cot/highchair available, babysitting by prior arrangement.

Freehold premises

The owners are selling the title to land (1450 square metres) and buildings (1393 square metres) at 46 Riccarton Road in central Christchurch. The two-storey Motor Lodge was built in 2003 of tilt-slab construction on a concrete floor, with plaster and brick cladding and an iron roof. Windows in all units are fitted with hush-glass, another innovative feature of this near-new Motor Lodge. Off street parking is provided for guest’s vehicles.

Modern Motor Lodge construction using low maintenance materials

The Motor Lodge provides a separate office, a laundry, and ample storage space. There is a double garage attached to the owner’s residence.

Owner's Accommodation
The business provides a luxury 3-bedroom owner’s residence with spacious kitchen-dinning-lounge, ensuite bathroom, and a very private courtyard. The Motor Lodge office is attached to the residence.

Assets being sold

A complete list of all fittings, fixtures, and chattels (except for white linen sheets) being sold is available.

Day to day management

Business Hours:
Monday to Sunday - 8.00 am to 10.00pm.

Staff:
The business is operated by the two owners with assistance from 3 casual staff.

Stock:
Stock will total about $2000.

Advertising and Promotion:
Antonio’s Motor Lodge advertises via street-side signage, advertisements in Travel Guides and via the business’s web site http://www.antoniosmotorlodge.co.nz (with Secure Booking Form).

Call Catherine or Bob on +64 3 343 5580

Christchurch

Christchurch with a population in excess of 300,000 is the hub of the South Island. Christchurch exudes an understated elegance with gracious Victorian and Edwardian buildings, Art Galleries, Museums, and famous schools and universities. Because of the very English style layout of the city with its central square, numerous parks and mature trees, Christchurch is widely known as the Garden City.

Riccarton is an inner city suburb just to the west of Hagley Park and the City Centre. The major roads into Christchurch from the south and west pass through Riccarton and the city’s first major shopping mall (Westfield Riccarton Shopping Mall) was built on Riccarton Road in 1965.

Riccarton Bush (also known as Deans Bush) is the only surviving swamp forest on the Canterbury Plains. The Deans’s cottage (1843) and house are now a heritage site of national significance.

Surrounding the city there are a multitude of activities for all walks of life, including golf courses and driving ranges, tennis courts, wild life parks, walking tracks, cycle tracks, wind surfing, boating and much more.

Further afield, but within 2 hours driving distance from Christchurch, are great ski-fields for winter snow sports, relaxing hot pools at Hanmer Springs, exhilarating white water rafting on wild rivers, wine tours, hot air balloons and lots more. This area of New Zealand has it all.

To find out more about Christchurch, click on:

http://www.christchurch.org.nz/
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/
http://www.christchurchnz.com/
http://www.summertimes.org.nz/2008/
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/
http://www.artscentre.org.nz/
http://www.whatsonchristchurch.co.nz/
http://www.iceberg.co.nz/
http://www.gondola.co.nz/
http://www.ferrymead.org.nz/