FREEHOLD INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

Very well established & highly regarded truckstop operating from substantial detached character premises with 7 en-suite bedrooms & spacious & well fitted bar/dining & games facilities on quiet A road through delightful rural location. Comes with circa 1 acre of grounds & HUGE scope to develop or adaptable to host of alternative licensed dining & hospitality ventures in wonderful lifestyle setting. Sensibly priced for genuine retirement sale after many successful years trading in same hands with early viewing strongly advised REF 2004

The subject property occupies a prominent and widely unopposed trading position set back from the B740 (formally the A74) to the nearby national motorway network (M74 junction 13) on the outskirts of the small village of Crawfordjohn, which lies close to the nearby centres of Abington (approximately 3 miles) and Leadhills (approximately 7 miles) in a delightful rural area of South Lanarkshire.

We are delighted to present this marvellous opportunity to acquire the valuable freehold rights to a thriving commercial proposition of uncommon size, quality and further potential, which we are confident you will agree represents exceptional value.

This very well established and highly regarded hotel currently primarily provides a high standard of guest accommodation in its seven attractively furnished double and family-sized en-suite guest rooms, and is particularly renowned for its services for truck drivers using the nearby M74 Motorway.

“Redmoss Hotel and Truckstop” is also renowned for its full and varied, currently evening-only menu of classic home cooked pub meals, snacks, regularly changing “blackboard specials” and indulgent homemade desserts.

All food is prepared freshly to order in its extensively equipped catering kitchen employing the finest and freshest, locally sourced produce and served in the pleasant surroundings of a spacious and attractively furnished, split-level dining area, which may comfortably accommodate up to sixty covers and is a popular venue for occasional private parties and functions.

The hotel also boasts welcoming and extremely well fitted free-house licensed bar and games facilities and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with ample scope for continued growth, not least with regard to considerable further development of its non-resident licensed dining and hospitality services.

The business would also benefit by adopting a more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing facilities and services, particularly with reference to further development of its web and social media presence, in order to improve upon the already high levels of turnover it has achieved since being established in its present form in 2007 by the current proprietor, with the aid of a team of three experienced and motivated staff who would be an asset to any purchaser.

Alternatively, this versatile proposition would most certainly appeal to someone simply seeking the ideal premises in which to embark upon any number of other potentially lucrative licensed dining and hospitality ventures requiring that super combination of extensive and adaptable customer service space and living accommodation, coupled with an idyllic rural setting which promises real quality of life, and we would strongly recommend the earliest possible viewing to avoid disappointment.

These substantial and well maintained TWO STOREY freehold former period coach house premises have been sympathetically converted and modernised over the years whilst retaining many attractive original features.

Fitted to high industry specifications throughout, thanks to an ongoing programme of improvements and refurbishment undertaken at great expense by the current proprietor over recent years, the premises provide excellent and highly functional internal business accommodation which, to the GROUND FLOOR, briefly comprises an inviting public vestibule entrance into a charming and welcoming public bar with well maintained furnishings, large wall-mounted satellite TV screen for live televised sporting events, jukebox, gaming machine, feature wood-burning stove in original fireplace and a prominent and fully fitted free-of-tie licensed servery with full range of optics, draught pumps, chilled bottle display cabinets, bottle and glass display and storage shelving and electronic till point etc.

The main bar area, in turn, affords access through to a bright, spacious and versatile, split-level dining area with well maintained furnishings for approximately 60 covers, dancefloor area, pool table and small guest reception desk area.

Affording Wi-Fi internet access throughout, the main public areas, in turn, afford easy access through to a large, fully fitted and equipped commercial kitchen with extraction system housing ample work surfaces, storage units, a fully equipped preparation/washing-up kitchen area and a full range of well maintained, industry standard appliances, all of which we understand are to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be available upon request to any genuine interested parties.

The ground-floor premises naturally also incorporate all the usual separate male and female washrooms/WC facilities for customers with further ancillary accommodation consisting of a large general dry goods store and a fully furnished and equipped private and general administration office, together with a fully fitted and equipped trade beer cellar/bottle store with refrigerated barrel storeroom and separate access for deliveries.

Accessed by means of an internal staircase, or by means of an additional external steel staircase from ground-floor level, to the FIRST FLOOR the property provides a high standard of attractively furnished and presented hotel guest accommodation, which comprises :-

5 x double/twin-bedded rooms with fully fitted private en-suite facilities
2 x family-sized rooms with fully fitted private en-suite facilities

All the guest rooms additionally boast colour TV, Wi-Fi internet access and the usual complimentary hospitality facilities.

Further ancillary guest accommodation to the first floor consists of a spacious and attractively furnished communal residents’ sitting room/TV lounge.

The property also enjoys the benefit of gas central heating and double glazing throughout, in addition to the added safety and security benefits of full fire and intruder alarm systems.

Externally:

Occupying a prominent and locally unopposed trading position with spectacular views over unspoilt surrounding countryside set back from the B740 to the nearby M74 motorway, to the exterior the premises are well signed and attractively presented and are situated in substantial surrounding grounds, which we are advised extends to approximately ONE ACRE in total and would naturally afford excellent potential for development subject, of course, to the obtaining of any necessary consents.

The grounds currently feature two substantial private patrons’ car parking areas covered by CCTV monitoring with easy access for heavy goods vehicles, together with well maintained service yard and garden areas and outbuildings consisting of a private garage.

For further information, why not visit the business’ dedicated website at:-

www.redmoss.wordpress.com

The business is well fitted throughout and a valuable inventory of equipment is to be included in the sale price