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Recently refurbished premises offer an excellent “Home and Income” opportunity. Excellent central trading location in the busy, ever popular village of Gairloch. Good turnover from a robust, mixed Restaurant, Café and Take-Away trade. Includes a most comfortable 3 bedroom owners’ flat. The Café, Restaurant and Take-Away facilities combine to form an easily run lifestyle opportunity in a beautiful coastal setting.

Blueprint is a most popular, Licensed Café / Restaurant, offering a varied range of menu options throughout the day. The present owners established the business, refurbishing the premises in the process to create the range of smart modern facilities that exist today. Blueprint enjoys a robust trading base on three main fronts. Firstly, the Licensed Café, secondly from the Licensed Restaurant, these finally complemented by the Take Away area which drives a third income stream. The Take Away has its own separate entrance and customer seating area. Internal finishes are all of a high standard and the business enjoys a healthy appeal to a wide customer base. During the off-season months the upper restaurant area reverts into a Coffee Lounge, popular with locals for small meetings and other “get-togethers”. The strength of Gairloch as a trading base and the beautiful views enjoyed from the property add to the attraction of this business opportunity.

Gairloch, with its picturesque harbour, enjoys spectacular panoramic views across towards the Torridon Mountains and to Skye to the west. Its climate benefits greatly from location on the Gulf Stream contributing to its popularity with both locals and tourists alike. Inverewe Gardens some 7 miles away reflect this in the broad variety of exotic plant species supported there. Ornithology, beautiful walks, golden beaches, sailing and fishing are but some of the many local visitor attractions, not forgetting Gairlochs well maintained golf course.

The vendors have developed “Blueprint” over recent years to their own specifications to fulfil the demands of both local and tourist trade. It is planned retiral from the trade that brings the property onto the market, offering an excellent “Home and Income”opportunity to new owners with the added attraction of its location in a most scenic part of the Western Highlands.

THE PROPERTY
Blueprint is a substantial, detached property. It is of traditional construction, stone built under a slate roof with modern conservatory restaurant to the rear. Accommodation is laid out over three floors.

PUBLIC AREAS
Blueprint has a conspicuous well-signed presence on Strath Square in the centre of Gairloch. A smart, glazed outer door leads directly into the Licensed Restaurant Area (26) which is attractively furnished, has modern laminate flooring and part pine panelled walls. Smart downlighting and a neat corner servery complete this popular restaurant.

Off the Restaurant is a corridor which leads past a second servery, (complete with bar and neat gantry), to the comfortable Upper Restaurant Area (18). This is set out as a relaxing Coffee Lounge during winter months and is also used by parties wishing to dine privately or can be used for small meetings.

To the rear of the property and enjoying its own private access to the side of the building is the Take Away. This has a separate customer area with dedicated seating to accommodate those who are awaiting a freshly prepared meal to take away. The Take Away has full commercial frying capability and specialises in Fish and Chips.

To the rear of the property is the spacious, modern conservatory. This bright area is heated, has full double glazing and can accommodate 24 diners.

PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION
A particularly attractive feature of the property is the private flat for resident owners. This is located on the first and second floors and has three bedrooms, modern bathroom, kitchen area and a spacious lounge which enjoys excellent sea views.

SERVICE AREAS
Blueprint benefits from a well-equipped Commercial Kitchen and wash-up area which caters for the Restaurant and Café. A second separate Commercial Kitchen and washing-up space supporting the Take Away is located at the rear of the property. The premises benefit from a good many storage areas, laundry facilities and an administrative office.

SERVICES
Mains electricity, water and drainage.

LICENCES
The business has a full Refreshment Licence.

TRADE
As it trades from a separate kitchen the take-away service is treated as a separate business and is run on a lifestyle basis that keeps turnover just below the VAT threshold. The take away currently opens as follows:-

April – October, 5 days a week, 1pm – 9pm.
October – December 4 days a week 5pm – 8pm.
January – March, closed.

Café Blueprint and the Restaurant trade are run as a second join income stream from which turnover is in excess of the VAT threshold.

Combining the two incomes forms a business with healthy turnover and good profitability.
Accounting information will be made available to genuinely interested parties subsequent to formally viewing the premises.

April – June , 5 or 6 days a week
July – August, 7 days a week
October 5 days a week
November – December, Fridays and Saturdays only
January – March, closed.

Opening hours are

10 am – 9 pm.

There are a range of options to extend opening hours and thereby turnover should new owners so choose.

PRICE
Offers over £290,000 are invited for the heritable property complete with goodwill and trade contents (according to inventory), excluding personal items. Stock at valuation.

FINANCE & LEGAL SERVICES
ASG Commercial is in touch with several lenders who provide specialist finance to the hospitality trade. We will be delighted to discuss your financing requirements with you and make an appropriate introduction.

We have a large team of legal experts in-house and can act in all legal matters arising to include Conveyancing and Licence Transfers.

DIRECTIONS
Inverness 65 miles, Ullapool 60.

From Perth take the A9 to Inverness, continue north heading for Dingwall. At Dingwall take the A835 to Garve. At Garve take the A832 for Wester Ross which carries on to Gairloch. Blueprint is located centrally at Strath Square.

VIEWING
All appointments to view must be made through the vendors selling agents:

OFFERS
All offers should be submitted in writing to ASG Commercial with whom purchasers should register their interest if they wish to be advised of a Closing Date if one is set.