Argyle Freehold Hotel Business For Sale
Hunterville, New Zealand

Good food and hospitality in relaxed comfortable surroundings

The Argyle Hotel in Hunterville is a well-known landmark on State Highway One.

This is a recently refurbished, well-presented, provincial hotel with back-to-back bars and accommodation. Because of its purpose-built layout, the Argyle is an easy hotel for a husband-wife partnership.

Revenue comes mainly from meals, alcohol sales, accommodation, snacks, takeaways, coffees and tobacco products. Other income is generated from The Lions Club, who hold their meetings (including dinner) at the Argyle Hotel every 4th Monday of the month, and from bookings for functions.

In the last three years, the current owners have refurbished and revived the Argyle Hotel. Enclosed front decking was opened in November 2005 and has become very popular with the local community via word of mouth recommendations.

Enclosed front decking with tables and seating

There is still plenty of scope to increase this business by developing and promoting the accommodation. There is also the opportunity to offer outside catering and to develop the space currently used as a gym into a backpacker accommodation. The potential backpacker block has an entrance verandah, three bedrooms, separate shower and toilet, and a utilities room.

The beer garden is an ongoing project with improvements made in 2005 that made it a success in the summer for outdoor dining and afternoon teas.

Garden bar area

If you are looking for a freehold hotel with great location and potential for expansion, then consider what the Argyle Hotel has to offer.

Freehold hotel premises

The Argyle Hotel is a single storey building in an "L" shape with hotel services on one side and accommodation on the other. The building is generally on concrete foundations with native timber flooring, roughcast plaster and fibre cement cladding, and galvanised corrugated iron roof. Internal wall linings are predominantly Gibraltar board plus tempered hardboard and Seratone in service areas.

A diesel-fired, water-radiated, heating system runs throughout the building. Outbuildings include a store shed, a single garage, and a carport. The property has established lawns and shrubs plus a paving area fronting on to Bruce Street.

The rear yard is enclosed by fencing and has been converted into a beer garden, barbecue area and children's play area. There is ample car parking on the main road outside the hotel and also at the rear of the hotel.

Hotel bars and service areas

The bar area comprises an entry porch, public bar, ladies toilet off, lounge bar, second set of ladies toilets off, men's toilet facilities (with access from public bar), storeroom behind bars, counter, rear hallway to tank room, rear access with loading deck, and rear emergency water room. The front central hallway leads to the dining room with seating for 35 plus an extension area that can seat another 30 people. The extension can be closed off when not required.

Dining room can seat up to 65 people

Accommodation wing

The accommodation wing extends from the entry porch and foyer and includes front reception/office, central hallway, and 8 accommodation rooms.

There is also the main kitchen with work area and pantry off, attached hot water room, and rear entry porch. The hotel also has a fully equipped laundry room.

The accommodation rooms contain wardrobes, bedroom furniture, wash hand basins, clock radio and electric heaters. Beds are fitted with inner-sprung mattresses and electric blankets.

The accommodation wing also has a ladies bathroom and separate shower room and a men's bathroom and separate shower room.

Accommodation room

Assets being sold

A complete list of all fittings and chattels is available to interested buyers. Main items include:

• Tables x 10
• Chairs x 70
• Fixed decking tables and benches
• Stainless steel benches
• Ovens x 4
• 5 ring gas top
• Microwave oven x 2
• Fryer station x 2
• Grill
• Stainless steel extractor hood
• Refrigerator x 2
• Cold room
• Drinks refrigerator
• Dishwasher x 2
• Meat slicer
• Freezer x 2

Day to day management at the Argyle Hotel

Business Hours:
Daily from 9.00 am until late.
Sunday from 11.00 am to 9.00 pm.

The Argyle has a liquor license that covers opening times from 7.00 am until 3.00 am.

Staff:
The Argyle Hotel is operated by the owners with assistance from five excellent and reliable part-time staff that can be called upon when needed. If required, the present owners are available to assist the new owner for 2 weeks or longer if required. In addition, a local couple are available to work as managers if the new owners did not wish to live on the premises.

Stock:
Stock at valuation will comprise mainly catering ingredients and alcohol supplies and will total approximately $15,000.

Licences:
Bar Managers Licence.
On Licence.
Food Handling Certificate.

Promotion and Advertising:
The Argyle Hotel has prominent building signage across both of its' street frontages. These signs are clearly visible to passing traffic on State Highway 1. Other advertising is done in local papers and via bulletins in local Information Centres.

Manager-Owners Accommodation:
The hotel includes an owners apartment comprising lounge with two electric heaters, a double bedroom with an electric heater and built in draw units, a twin bedroom and an ensuite bathroom with toilet and bath (shower over). The apartment includes an electric hot water cylinder and double wardrobe-store.

Call Christine on +64 6 322 8012 or 027 494 8211

About Hunterville

Hunterville is a small town in the Rangitikei region with a big heart on the main North-South highway linking Wellington and Auckland. It is located 50 km north of Palmerston North, 35 km south of Mangaweka, and 5 km west of the Rangitikei River. The area is noted for its lush river valleys and hillside landscapes.

Hunterville is the commercial centre for the surrounding Rangitikei rural area. Local farms produce mainly sheep, cattle, and deer but there is increasing amounts of farm forestry. The town is also a busy refuelling stop for highway travellers who buy petrol, food and drink. The Argyle Hotel is just a few metres from either of the two service stations.

In October, the Hunterville Huntaway Festival celebrates the ‘Huntaway’, a dog breed widely used in New Zealand for working with sheep and cattle on farms. This fun day includes a dog barking competition, pig yarding, speed shearing, wine tasting and numerous other activities as well as a ‘Shemozzle’. Dog and owner have to complete a course that includes, among other things, a pie for the dog and a beer for the owner, and finishes with the dog riding down the road in a wheelbarrow pushed by it’s owner. The event ends with evening of entertainment in a marquee which is furnished with a bar and dance floor and also at the Argyle. This is a fun-filled weekend for the whole family with genuine Hunterville hospitality.

The Rangitikei River Loop Cycle Classic is an enjoyably challenging 92 km bike ride around the very scenic Rangitikei River. The race starts and finishes in Hunterville, it is organised by the Hunterville Lions as a fund raiser for the community. Hunterville has a resident pipe band - the Rangitikei Scots formed in 1923 which supports local events in the region as well as competing nationally in competitions - be here on a Monday night to hear them practise. For horse lovers there are a number of show jumping events throughout the region.

To find out more about Hunterville, click on:

http://www.rangitikei.com/events/huntawayfest.html
http://www.rangitikei.co.nz
http://rangitikei.com/operators/bikerace/
http://www.rathmoy.co.nz
http://www.flyfisher.co.nz
http://www.gravitycanyon.co.nz
http://www.riveradventures.net.nz