Bed & Breakfast Business For Sale
Christchurch, New Zealand



Location, location, location

An opportunity has arisen to purchase this leasehold business in a prime location in the heart of beautiful Christchurch City.

The Devon Bed & Breakfast offers discerning travellers elegance and comfort in the style of an English Manor. Dating from 1908, this graceful and dignified building is a lovely example of local Edwardian architecture.

Well appointed bedrooms with Edwardian charm

The Devon Bed & Breakfast accommodation business is renowned for its customer service, large-sized bedrooms, the warm ambience of its dining room, and the beautiful wood panelled entrance hall. It is:

• ideally located on Armagh Street, one of the principal thoroughfares through Central Christchurch.
• close to the Law Courts, Victoria Square, the Town Hall, Centre of Contemporary Art, and the Christchurch Art Gallery.
• on the Christchurch Tramway route. This historic tramway is a great way for guests to travel to the Central Business District and Cathedral Square, the Christchurch Cathedral, and the Christchurch Visitor Information Centre. Along the way, guests can stop off at the Canterbury Museum, the Botanical Gardens, or the Arts Centre.
• within easy walking distance to the Theatre Royal, the Convention Centre, the Christchurch Casino, excellent shopping, movie theatres, cafes, and bars and restaurants for every taste.

The Devon Bed & Breakfast has come on to the market because the owners are retiring from business life. This well-known accommodation business offers 10 spacious guest rooms, a guest dining room, separate guest lounge, and a 2-bedroom apartment for the owners. The business has staff to assist with cooking and cleaning. It is being offered at a realistic asking price and would ideally suit a professional couple wanting a home and income right in the heart of Christchurch.

Accommodation rooms with complete privacy and comfort

There are 10 rooms with ensuite bathrooms:

• bedrooms have queen-size double beds, or twin single beds.
• ensuite bathrooms feature a shower, hand-basin, toilet facilities, a shaver point, and variable fan heating.

Rooms have ensuite bathrooms

Guest services:

• Breakfasts (either Continental or Full Cooked) are served in the warm and spacious dining room.
• The guest lounge, with its cosy gas fire that is set in the original large open hearth fireplace, has comfortable furnishings, television, and a CD stereo player.
• Wireless internet access is available.
• Off-street parking and car wash area.

Wood-panelled dining room

Conference Facilities
The Devon Bed & Breakfast has facilities and space for small conferences for up to 25-30 people. This is an ideal venue for local business houses wanting private conference facilities close to the CBD.

Leasehold premises

The property was originally purchased by Samuel Hewlings in 1874 and the present house was built in 1907-1908.

The three-storey heritage building is built of triple brick walls, with brick and rough-cast cladding and a terracotta tile roof. Interior walls are a mix of timber panelling and painted or wallpapered plasterboard. Floors are carpeted and there are ceramic tiles in wet areas.

Comfortable guest lounge with gas fireplace

The property has a ground-floor reception and office, staff facilities, and two storage rooms. The lease is for 18 years with rent reviews every 2 years.

Owner's Residence
The premises include a 2-bedroom owner’s apartment.

Assets being sold

A complete list of all lessee fittings, fixtures, and chattels being sold is available. Major items include:

• New kitchen with gas hob, stove with oven, microwave oven, dishwasher, waste disposal.
• Dining room with furniture, cutlery, crockery, heating by heat pump.
• Bedrooms with furnishings - queen beds (6), single beds (15), rollaway beds (2), cot, bedspreads and new Continental Quilts (linen is hired), televisions, clock radios.
• Guest Reception with office equipment and furniture.

Day to day management

Business Hours
Monday-Sunday - normal Bed and Breakfast hours.

Staff
The B&B is operated by the owner with assistance from 3 staff.

Advertising and Promotion
The business advertises in a wide selection of media including:

• NZ Bed & Breakfast Book, Charming Places to Stay, AA Guide Books, Yellow Pages.
• Overseas Wholesalers, Private Tour Operators, Wotif.com, New Zealand Travel and Information Centres.
• Advertisements in the Cultural Precinct, on the Tram, rack brochures, and Raytleon Polar Services.
• Building signage, the business’s internet web site http://www.thedevon.co.nz with secure booking form.

Many guests are repeat visitors while others come from word of mouth referrals.

Contact Sandra by Email (stay@thedevon.co.nz)

Christchurch - the Garden City

Christchurch (population around 350,000) is the principal city and main international gateway for the South Island. Christchurch is the most English of New Zealand’s cities with stunning Victorian and Edwardian architecture, stately parks, tree lined residential streets and the River Avon.

The Cultural Precinct in the heart of the city is the finest in the Southern Hemisphere. It provides education, art, science, government, religion, history and recreation all within an area of less than one square kilometre. The Cultural Precinct is just 3 city blocks from The Devon Bed & Breakfast.

Christchurch is set on the Canterbury Plains with the foothills of the Southern Alps to the west and the Port Hills and Lyttelton Harbour to the east. The city is serviced by New Zealand's second largest International Airport and is the ideal starting point for a South Island holiday.

Tourist activities close to Christchurch include famous golf courses, bungy jumping, ballooning, white water rafting, mountain biking, wind surfing, whale watching and world-class wineries. During the winter there are great ski fields within 1-2 hours drive. Porter Heights is just 90 kilometres from Christchurch airport, making it the closest ski area to Christchurch.

To find out more about Christchurch, click on:

http://www.christchurchnz.net/
http://www.culturalprecinct.co.nz/
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/
http://www.christchurch.org.nz/
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/
http://www.artscentre.org.nz/
http://www.whatsonchristchurch.co.nz/
http://www.iceberg.co.nz/