Elegant Lifestyle Business For Sale
Invercargill, New Zealand



What a gorgeous stay

Burtonwood is a delightful Edwardian home that caters for discerning travellers seeking tasteful Bed and Breakfast accommodation.

This stylish and up-market B&B is ideally situated on the Southern Scenic Route and overlooking glorious Queens Park. Queens Park is a 200 acre botanical garden that encloses an 18-hole golf course, a fitness track, a bird aviary and a wildlife park. Burtonwood is also moments from the Visitor Centre and the Southland Museum and Art Gallery and is within easy walking distance of Invercargill’s Central Business District with excellent shopping lively cafes, restaurants and bars.

Invercargill is New Zealand's southern-most city

• The commercial centre for Southland with excellent road, rail and air links.
• Offering modern, attractive and vibrant living with many fine heritage buildings adding to the city’s character.
• The gateway to Stewart Island, Fiordland and the Catlins and some of New Zealand's most beautiful scenery.

Southland is one of the fastest growing tourist regions in New Zealand due to its unspoilt nature and friendly people. The region has around 1.5 million visitor nights per year with almost half coming from international tourists. Many of them stay in Invercargill and seek luxury accommodation of the type provided by Burtonwood Bed & Breakfast.

Grand Edwardian house and gardens dating back to 1903

This elegant accommodation business has come on to the market because of changed family circumstances. It offers the new owners a relaxed lifestyle business with everything in place to trade from day one.

4-star Qualmark-rated accommodation in the centre of Invercargill

Burtonwood offers four beautifully appointed, spacious and sunny guest rooms - each with lovely garden views:

• 2 x Bedrooms – Queen bed with ensuite bathroom.
• 1 x Bedroom – Queen bed and single bed with ensuite bathroom.
• 1 x Bedroom - Single bed with private bathroom and balcony.

Oreti Room with period furniture and fittings

Room appointments
Rooms are furnished with period furniture but with modern beds that are fitted with sheets, duvets, and electric blankets. Ensuites and the private bathroom have a shower, vanity and toilet.

Modern and functional ensuite bathroom for the Oreti Room

The spacious guest lounge with its warm fire has a TV (local channels) and CD player and a well stocked library of New Zealand literature. There is also a guest dining room.

Wedding Venue
The grounds and gardens of Burtonwood Bed & Breakfast are the perfect setting for intimate wedding ceremonies and wedding photography. Light catering is available by arrangement. The romantic setting is complimented by the Oreti Room bridal suite.

Freehold property

The owners are selling the freehold title to land (1274 square metres) and Edwardian home (circa 1903) at 177 Gala Street in Invercargill. The two storey home (356 square metres) has triple brick walls with brick and roughcast cladding and a Marseilles terracotta tile roof.

All guest rooms were lovingly restored during 2005-2006 to reflect the Edwardian period as closely as possible. The restoration included new carpet throughout the house, hard-wired smoke detectors, and emergency lighting.

Owner's Quarters
The owner's quarters comprise an Owner's Lounge and a Queen bedroom (ground floor, rear of building). The bedroom has an ensuite bathroom. The lounge is approximately 5 x 5 meters with an open fireplace, a bay window, and a scullery passage through to the kitchen.

Assets being sold

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

• Kitchen with stove, bench-top hot plates, microwave oven, refrigerator, dishwasher, waste disposal, toaster, table, chairs, cutlery and crockery.
• Guest Lounge with coffee table, leather Lazy-boys and settee, night store electric heating
• Bedroom furniture and furnishings.
• Office computer, printer, software, phone and fax.

Day to day management

Business Hours:
Normal Bed and Breakfast operating hours.

Staff:
Burtonwood is operated by the owners with assistance from one casual, on-call, housemaid.

Database:
The business sale will include a customer database.

Advertising and Promotion:
Burtonwood B&B advertises through roadside signage and via Rack Cards displayed at local i-Site Visitor Centres. Advertising is also done in Trade magazines and Travel Guides. Enquiries and bookings also come from the business’s web site http://www.burtonwood.co.nz, and from online Travel Guides.

Call Peter on 021 314 024 (prefix 0064 for International calls)

Invercargill and Southland

Invercargill has a unique Scottish heritage with numerous Victorian buildings, wide boulevards, and the distinctive rolled “R” of the Southland drawl. The city has 1200 hectares of gracious parklands and gardens earning it the reputation as Southland's garden city. Invercargill is also famous as the home of Burt Munro who, in 1967, broke the world land speed record for a motorcycle under 1000 cc.

Invercargill welcomes all tourists with an excellent standard of service and southern hospitality. The Southland Museum and Art Gallery is a ‘must visit’ to see tuatara, the only living species from the Jurassic Age. Other attractions include Splash Palace, Stadium Southland, Invercargill Heritage Trail, the Southern Institute of Technology, and much more.

Dairying is a major industry in Southland. Fonterra operates one of the world's largest dairy factories at Edendale, 35 km from Invercargill. Edendale currently employs over 400 people and is about to get even bigger with the construction of a new milk powder plant.

Beautiful Oreti Beach is a 10 minutes drive and Omaui is 20 minutes away. Bluff, New Zealand's oldest European town that was settled in 1824, is 25 minutes away. Bluff is famous for one of New Zealand's most renowned delicacies, the Bluff Oyster.

To find out more about Invercargill and Southland, click on:

http://www.invercargill.org.nz/
http://www.icc.govt.nz/
http://www.cityofinvercargill.co.nz/
http://www.sit.ac.nz/
http://www.bluff.co.nz/
http://www.bluffoysterfest.co.nz/
http://www.catlins.org.nz/
http://visit.southlandnz.com/
http://www.southlandnz.com/