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CAPE TOWN – SUNSET BEACH SUNSET LODGE GUEST HOUSE £395,000 The property was built for the present owners in 1997 in a quiet exclusive residential area, just 15 minutes drive from Cape Town city centre and the V & A Waterfront. Excellently situated for all the major tourist attractions of the Cape. The property itself measures a total of approximately 454 sq. metres on a 1,023 sq. metre corner plot The property is L shaped and was built so that all the rooms open onto the gardens and swimming pool that are bathed in sunshine all day long. All the rooms in the property have large patio doors opening onto the pool and gardens. There is a separate entrance for guests. The property comprises: Five guest en-suites (four ground floor and one first floor - four with bath and shower and one with shower only).All are individually decorated and furnished, and all have fitted wardrobes, satellite TV, bar fridge, ceiling fans, hair dryers, tea and coffee making facilities and wall safes. Whilst all the rooms are normally configured for two people, one of them is large enough to take four guests and another room three guests, when required – permanent beds are stored on the premises to facilitate this. All the guest rooms have 2.4 metre patio doors opening onto their own patio area with table & chairs and sun loungers. The individual room sizes are: Guest room one: 9m x 3.8m including en-suite of 2.5m x 2.45m, with 2.4m patio doors Guest room two: 6.6m x 3.9m including en-suite of 2.6m x 1.8m, with 2.4m patio doors Guest room three: 6.6m x 3.7m including en-suite of 2.45m x 2.2m, with 2.4m patio doors Guest room four: 5.05m x 3.6m plus en-suite of 2.55m x 1.4m, with 2.4m patio doors Guest room five: 5.7m x 3.9m including en-suite of 2.9m x 1.9m, with 2.4m patio doors Large guest entrance hallway (7.5m x 2.2m),which has call box telephone, tourist brochure board etc Guests’ dining room (5.6m x 3.4m) with under floor heating and 2.4m patio doors, although breakfast is usually served outside on the terrace overlooking the gardens Huge, beautifully fully fitted and appointed kitchen opening onto owners’ dining area (with under floor heating) and residents’ cocktail bar (total dimentions:10m x 6.1m). Two 2.4m patio doors Laundry and kitchen preparation room (4.1x 2m) incorporating washing machine, dishwasher and fridge freezer Residents’ lounge (5.9m x 5.9m) with jetmaster gas fireplace, atrium and 4.2m patio doors onto patio and gardens Stairs leading to first floor level with landing area of 4m x 2.1m Large office or seventh bedroom (4.7m x 4m), complete with fully fitted wardrobes and 3m patio doors. Superb views of Table Mountain from this room also. Owners’ en-suite comprising bedroom area, lounge area (7.05m x 5.1m), large dressing room (4m x 2.1m) fitted with wardrobes. The large en-suite comprises spa bath, separate shower cubicle, his and her’s vanity unit, and WC (3m x 2.9m). Superb views of Table Mountain from the lounge area and whilst laid in the bath! The owners’ accommodation, office/seventh bedroom and first floor guest bedroom open onto a huge sundeck (15.7 x 3.5m) with great views of Table Mountain and there is a spiral staircase leading down to the pool and gardens below. Maid’s quarters comprising bedroom area with washbasin and WC. Owners’ double garage and workshop with remote control electric doors The property is fully burglar alarmed with direct link to an armed response company – although they have never been called out by us! The grounds: Separate guest car park for up to 5 cars, with remote control electric sliding gate Owners’ driveway for 2 to 3 cars Salt water, solar heated swimming pool (approx 9m x 4.5m) with feature waterfall. Salt water automatic chlorinator and all filter equipment on timer switches. Koi pond with water features and ornamental bridge The landscaped gardens are fully irrigated by a computerised irrigation system and a borehole is used for the major part of the watering cycles. The gardens are extremely well stocked with a large variety of plants and are illuminated at night – all the lighting being on timer switches. Business details: Guest profile etc The property was built in November 1996 through to May 1997 and we opened for business in October 1997. We only advertise in three British publications from where all our business comes (apart from past guest referrals, of course). We do not advertise locally nor are in any tourist brochure (we don’t need to!) and are even ex-directory in the telephone directory! Around 30% to 40% of our guests each year are either returning guests or have been referred by previous guests. Almost 100% of our guests are British. Our room rates are all in £’s and we are paid by guests, either by sterling cheque or in sterling cash. We do not take credit cards. The rooms rates are from £30 to £38 pppn and we offer a discount of 10% for stays of seven nights or more. The average stay of our guests is between eight and nine nights and has been so for every year. We do not take bookings for less than three nights, except possibly to fill a last minute vacancy. We arrange car hire, day tours and airport transfers for guests and receive commissions relating thereto. On the one occasion that we stayed open for the May to September period (in the year 2000), we were extremely busy indeed, and there is certainly all year round trade for those who so wish. The local area: Sunset Beach is an upmarket, safe, private residential area. There is a small group of shops comprising two restaurants, Chinese take-away, food store, beautician, hair dresser, laundry, florist, off-license, optician and estate agency. There are many excellent restaurants within a five minute drive of Sunset Beach. Reason for sale We wish to relocate to the UK for family reasons Selling Price The selling price of £395,000 includes the freehold property, goodwill, furnishings, fixtures, fittings and equipment. All bed linen, towels, crockery and cooking utensils are included – the purchaser can just walk in !! The property is immaculately maintained. Upon sale, all forward bookings will obviously handed over to the new owners(s) along with the deposits paid by the guests for those bookings. We will also advise the new owner(s) of all our advertising details etc, pass on all files relating to future guests booked in, and answer any queries that the new owner(s) may have, so as to ensure a smooth transition. Photos of the guest house, contact details etc Please refer to our website – www.sunlodge.co.uk where you will find our on-line brochure which has photographs of the property and some of the guest rooms. We can also arrange to mail a CD of photos to you, upon request. If you have any further queries, please contact Pete and Cathy Crowther on 002721 5511723 E-mail: sunlodge@mweb.co.za