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Junction Hotel Business For Sale
Sanson, New Zealand


The Junction Hotel business Sanson private sale

The only pub in Sanson with pokies and a Sunday market

Many a traveller has refuelled and refreshed in Sanson.

Sanson is an interesting small town with a focus on craft shops, cafes and antique shops. It is about one and a half hours north of Wellington and is located at the junction of SH 1 and SH 3. These are two of the busiest roads in the central North Island and up to 15,000 vehicles pass through the township each day.

The Junction Hotel is located on one corner of the intersection of SH 1 and SH 3. This is a highly visible hotel with an enormous car park that extends right around the hotel building to the neighbouring Junction Motel. The motel is ideal for truckies who need accommodation for their compulsory break from driving. Some of these truckies come over to the Hotel for a meal and a quiet drink before taking their sleep break.

Map of Sanson showing SH 1, SH 3, and Junction Hotel
Junction Hotel location in Sanson

The Junction Hotel is also a popular meeting place for neighbours, local farm workers and travellers. The business is known for its friendly staff and there is often a "Function at the Junction".

A Market is held every Sunday on the Junction Hotel car park. This is a popular venue combining a fruit and vegetable Market with antiques, clothing and bric a brac. People come from all around the local area and the Market attracts passing traffic on SH 1 and SH 3. The Junction Hotel offers a bistro meal service for both stall holders and customers and the bar is open from 11 am.

The lease to the Junction Hotel has come on to the market at a very realistic asking price. This business offers a diversified income stream from the sale of alcohol, food and gaming machine rentals and would be an ideal starter business for a couple wanting to gain experience in the Hospitality Industry.

If you are looking for an established and popular going concern pub, consider what The Junction Hotel has to offer.

Well-appointed bars

The Hotel has a Public Bar selling a range of beers, wines, and spirits and a Restaurant Bistro Bar for meals. The Public Bar has a pool table and a wide-screen television with 5 SKY channels. There is a designated area with gaming machines (pokies).

Public bar with gaming services
Public bar with pool table and pokies

The Restaurant Bistro Bar offers great food at great prices. There is scope to expand the menu to offer café-style food and freshly brewed coffees.

Off- licence sales

The Hotel is licensed for the sales of beers, wines, and spirits.

Owner's accommodation

The Hotel does not offer accommodation for travellers but there is an area at the rear of the Hotel that can be developed as living quarters for the proprietor.

Leasehold premises

The Junction Hotel is located at 54 Dundas Road, a corner property with frontages to SH 1 and to SH 3. The property (3,352 square metres) has a substantial Hotel building (1800 square metres) dating from 1976. The single level building is constructed of concrete block walls on a concrete floor, and with an iron roof. This is a very solid building and it has been recently painted inside and out.

The premises comprise two bars with public toilets, a kitchen, service areas, a separate office, two staff toilets, and stock storage areas. The building is surrounded by a very large car park.

Junction Hotel street frontage on to State Highway One
Large car park used for Sunday market

The lease has 7 years to run (further details from the proprietor).

Assets being sold

A complete list of plant, equipment and chattels being sold is available to interested buyers. Main items include:

  • Bar furniture, counters, shelving, storage cupboards
  • Bar leaners and stools, tables and chairs,
  • Light fittings, air conditioning, floor coverings, wall decorations, signage
  • Double door chiller, keg chiller, storage chiller and pump system
  • Kitchen commercial oven, electric oven, double hot plate, microwave oven
  • Deep fryer station, toaster, kitchen appliances
  • Refrigerators (2), dishwashers (3), crockery, cutlery, glassware
  • Televisions (4), electronic cash registers (2)
  • Office furniture, phone, fax

Day to day management at The Junction Hotel

Business Hours:
Monday to Sunday - licensed from 11.00 am to 3.00 am the next day.
Sunday - open at 8.00 am to supply meals to people attending the Sunday Market.

Staff:
Junction Hotel is operated by the owner and his partner.

Licences:
On and Off Licence.
General Managers Licence.

Contracts:
Contract details with Chubb Monitoring System, juke box hire and pool table hire will be supplied as part of the business sale.

Stock:
Stock will comprise mainly alcohol and food supplies and will total about $10,000.

Advertising and Promotion:
The Junction Hotel does little advertising other than via building and roadside signage. This is a business with location, location, location and everyone knows where it is.

Call Ken on +64 6 329 3863

Sanson and the Manawatu

Sanson (population about 500) is a small community at the junction of SH1 (main Auckland to Wellington highway) and SH 3 (main Palmerston North to New Plymouth highway). Sanson is located 20 minutes from Palmerston North and 5 minutes from Bulls, in the Manawatu region.

The township has service stations, cafes, craft and antique shops, and farm machinery sales. Sanson has a full primary school and is within easy driving distance of schools at Bulls and Palmerston North. Sanson also has a tannery and sheepskin shop that offers factory tours.

Sanson is close to the Rangitikei River (trout fishing, jet boating, canoeing) and to several West Coast beaches. Nearby Palmerston North offers "big-city" sophistication with University, great shopping and an International Airport.

To find out more about Sanson and Palmerston North, click on:

http://www.sanson.net.nz
http://www.palmy.net.nz/
http://www.cityofpalmerstonnorth.co.nz/
http://www.manawatunz.co.nz/
http://www.pncc.govt.nz/
http://www.mdc.govt.nz/
http://www.pnairport.co.nz/
http://www.massey.ac.nz/
http://www.pnbhs.school.nz/



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