FREEHOLD VILLAGE PUBLIC HOUSE OR VERSATILE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY NEAR LANARK

Super opportunity to acquire long established public house currently operating on wet sale only from semi-detached character premises with spacious & well fitted bar/games/dining facilities & large rear grounds on busy village main street. Comes with smart & self-contained 3-bed family apartment & HUGE scope to develop for 'hands on' operator or excellent development property with commercial or residential conversion options in excellent location. Priced for very quick genuine retirement sale after many successful years trading in same hands with early viewing essential REF 2629

The subject property occupies an outstanding and highly visible trading position on the busy central main street of the charming and well populated village of Forth, which lies at the junction of the B715 and the main A706 to Lanark in a delightful semi-rural area of South Lanarkshire.

We are delighted to present this fantastic opportunity to acquire the valuable freehold rights to a licensed commercial and residential property of outstanding future possibilities, which we are confident you will agree represents exceptional value.

This long established hostelry has become an important focal point of the local community in the course of many years’ successful trading by providing all the spacious, welcoming and well fitted traditional free house licensed bar and games facilities associated with an establishment of this kind.

“The Talisker Inn” is also a popular local venue for regular live televised sporting events and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with truly vast scope for continued growth, not least with regard to possibly employing its currently unused commercial kitchen for the re-introduction of food trade and to the possible introduction of live music entertainment evenings in order to exploit year-round local demand.

The business would also benefit greatly by adopting a far more vigorous marketing policy of its existing facilities and services, particularly with reference to the possible introduction of online advertising and to further development of its social media presence, in order to improve upon the already very respectable levels of turnover it has achieved in the course of more than thirty successful years’ trading in the hands of the current proprietor, with the aid only of a small team of two experienced and motivated staff who would be an asset to any purchaser.

Alternatively, this versatile proposition would most certainly appeal to someone simply looking to very significantly increase their existing investment portfolio by the acquisition of a substantial and superbly located additional freehold property which would be eminently capable of achieving a very healthy return on initial capital investment, either in terms of future rental income from the existing business and private accommodation alike, or future sell-on value after residential or commercial development subject, of course, to the obtaining of any necessary consents, and we would strongly recommend the earliest possible viewing to avoid disappointment.

Well fitted throughout for their current commercial purposes, these substantial and well maintained TWO STOREY freehold semi-detached premises provide excellent and highly functional internal business accommodation to the GROUND FLOOR, which briefly comprises an inviting public vestibule entrance directly off Main Street into a welcoming and spacious public bar with feature polished timber flooring throughout for easy cleaning, suspended lighting system and good mix of well maintained loose and fixed bar furnishings for approximately 40 covers.

Boasting large wall-mounted satellite TV screens throughout for live televised sporting events, the main bar area houses a prominent and fully fitted free-of-tie licensed servery with a full range of optics, draught pumps, chilled bottle display cabinets, bottle and glass display and storage shelving and electronic till point and affords open access through to a dedicated games room with pool table and gaming machines.

Accessed directly from the public bar, or by means of its own separate entrance, the ground-floor premises also feature an additional, well furnished and appointed lounge bar and former dining room area with mixed carpeted and solid timber flooring, attractive furnishings, its own, fully fitted free-of-tie servery and access through to a fully fitted and extensively equipped, though currently unused commercial kitchen with extraction system.

The main kitchen houses ample stainless-steel work surfaces, storage units, a fully equipped preparation/washing-up kitchen area and a full range of well maintained, industry standard catering appliances, all of which we understand are to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be made available upon request to any genuine interested parties.

The ground-floor premises naturally also incorporate all the usual separate male and female washroom/WC facilities for customers, with further ancillary accommodation consisting of a fully fitted and equipped trade beer cellar/bottle store with refrigerated barrel storeroom and separate access for deliveries.

The business premises also enjoy the added safety and security benefits of full fire and intruder alarm systems.

Accessed by means of its own separate self-contained entrance and staircase from ground-floor level, to the FIRST FLOOR this wonderful lifestyle opportunity provides an equally high standard of attractively presented and appointed private owners’ accommodation with excellent potential for conversion to bed and breakfast letting accommodation subject, of course, to the obtaining of any necessary consents.

The private accommodation includes a fully fitted and equipped utility room and a fully fitted domestic kitchen housing ample work surfaces, wall and base storage units, fitted sink unit and a full range of appliances, together with a spacious lounge with separate dining room and a master double bedroom with fitted wardrobes and fully fitted en-suite shower room/WC, together with an additional standard double bedroom and a fully fitted bathroom/WC.

The property also enjoys the benefit of central heating.

Externally:

Occupying an outstanding trading position on a high footfall village centre main street, to the exterior the premises are well signed and afford broad side access to substantial grounds to the rear with ongoing development potential subject, of course, to the obtaining of any necessary consents.

The grounds currently feature a substantial public beer garden and smoking area and a separate private garden, with outbuildings consisting of two private garages and a separate wood store, together with a large double carport.

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