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THE UIG HOTEL, UIG, Hotels IV51 9YE Guesthouses Licensed Retail Offices Substantial attractive and traditional VisitScotland 3-StarA Hotel Industrial Stunning coastal views and superb trading frontage to the busy A87 Units StrongA turnover and excellent profitability from established year-round trade Eleven comfortable en-suite letting bedrooms and excellent guest facilities AOwners accommodation of two bedrooms, bathroom and lounge

The sale of The Uig Hotel offers an opportunity to own a substantial and successful business on the beautiful York House Isle of Skye; truly a most desirable self- 20 Church employment opportunity. Street Inverness Telephone Fixed Price £375,000S 0845 SS(Freehold) 450 0790 GGG Description The Uig Hotel is an attractive and traditional, thriving Hotel which enjoys a tremendous, elevated position overlooking Uig Bay and Loch Snizort amidst breathtaking scenery on the beautiful, ever popular Isle of Skye. This delightful property was originally an old coaching inn. The property benefits from a commanding vantage overlooking Uig Harbour, and its busy ferry terminal that services daily ferry crossings to and from the Outer Hebrides amongst other traffic. Access to Skye and the Hotel itself was greatly improved when the Skye Bridge was built, offering a direct mainland link by road. Whilst the Hotel continues to extend the same character and welcome today as it has done for decades, it has benefited greatly from significant modernisation and upgrading, resulting in the sympathetic and successful combination of traditional character with modern day comforts. The location, quality of the welcome and excellent range of smart modern facilities combine to form the desirable, well presented business that exists today. The Hotel generates a strong turnover from well supported year-round trade. Income is split across the three traditional income streams, namely beverage sales, catering and accommodation. The attractive lounge bar serves a full range of drinks including wonderful single malts, minerals, spirits and draft beers which include the locally brewed Isle of Skye Brewery, cask conditioned ales. The lounge proves popular and with its key roadside frontage attracts a mix of clientele from year-round local trade, businessmen, and a healthy mix of tourists, walkers, climbers and sportsmen whether enjoying angling, watersports or otherwise. The Hotel has built a good reputation on the catering front, offering meals to residents and non-residents alike. At lunch time meals are served in the lounge bar and in the bright sun lounge or “al-fresco” in the garden during fine weather. In the evening dining attaches more formality, when meals are served in the spacious Folly Restaurant, which is set to the front of the property with a prime seaward outlook. Meals are prepared from fresh, largely locally sourced produce - not least the Island’s famous seafood. The 11 well furnished, en-suite letting bedrooms all with the benefit of base for daily trips within the Island, whether North to the double glazing, central heating and smart modern facilities area, East to or South to bustling complete this tastefully refurbished hotel. . Not only is Skye one of ’s premier tourist The busy village of Uig is situated fairly centrally to the destinations, in addition to tourism, the island is highly northern side of Skye. Only 16 miles from Portree, the islands popular with naturalists and also ornithologists who find capital, Uig enjoys a steady volume of traffic on a daily basis, birds of prey, waders and a host of seabirds in the locale. whether business travellers, residents of the western isles Skye’s rugged Mountains are known to walkers and or tourists, using the daily ferry which runs to the Outer climbers the world over and many prolific hill lochs offer Hebrides. The Hotel’s prominent roadside position high on the angler an opportunity to catch spectacular native wild the hill above the harbour places it ideally to capitalise brown trout. New owners will quickly satisfy themselves upon this busy thoroughfare. In addition to those travelling that Skye is well provided for in terms of shops, services and onwards many chose to remain in Uig as it provides an ideal high quality schooling. The present owners purchased the hotel in 2003 and have enjoyed a rewarding and profitable lifestyle running and developing this successful business. During their tenure extensive refurbishments have been carried out, placing the business particularly well to handle increased turnover together with a newly introduced on-line accommodation booking facility which is proving particularly successful. It is their desire to pursue other business opportunities that brings this substantial, well presented business onto the market. Whilst the Hotel benefits from an established reputation and good track record there certainly remains scope for enthusiastic new owners to further develop trade beyond its present level. The Property This substantial property is traditionally built of whitewashed stone under a pitched slate roof with smaller areas of flat roofing. The property today benefits from modern double glazing and oil fired central heating. Public Areas The Hotel’s main entrance faces the road, a solid outer door opening into the entrance porch which benefits from a tiled floor and characterful, wood panelled interior. An Inner door leads into the smart reception hallway where the reception counter is situated conveniently facing the main door with an administrative office to the rear. Upon entering the Hotel, to the left off the reception hallway is the comfortable lounge bar complete with open fire, high quality furnishings, smart, well stocked bar servery and well maintained decor. Adjoining this is the Hotel’s bright and popular sun lounge which benefits from a tremendous seaward panorama. This large area is again well furnished and proves very popular with both residents and casual diners. To the right off the reception hallway is the elegant Folly Restaurant. Again with the benefit of an open fire and feature surround, this room also has a range of attractive wall and ceiling lighting and tasteful furnishings which blend to create a desirable atmosphere and ambience. The main stairwell leads upstairs from the reception hallway to 11 letting bedrooms. Letting Bedrooms The Hotel has 11 most comfortable letting bedrooms to sleep 20 guests (1 Family Rooms, 1 Triple, 4 Double, 1 Twin and 4 Single). These are all well appointed and most comfortable with modern facilities. Rooms have tea/coffee making trays, telephones and colour televisions, all have en-suite facilities. Owner’s accommodation Spacious self-contained owners’ accommodation is located on the ground floor to the rear of the restaurant. This comprises of 2 bedrooms, lounge and bathroom. This accommodation has recently been refurbished with double glazing, new carpets and redecorated. Staff Accommodation Off the main Hotel building is staff accommodation comprising of three bedrooms and a bathroom. Service areas The Hotel has a generous, well equipped commercial kitchen, adjoining vegetable preparation facilities, separate washing-up area and laundry. Off the kitchen is a dry goods store and separate utility / laundry room. This has commercial washing and drying equipment together with a rotary iron. There is a locking spirit store, convenient, cool vegetable store and cellar to the rear of the property. Grounds A The area to the front and side of Hotel is laid to tarmacadam and provides off street parking for roughly 12 cars which is supplemented by a further substantial car park to the rear of the Hotel. A good range of bench and table type seating property complete with goodwill and trade contents S (according to inventory), excluding personal items. to the side of the main building provide for guests to sit outside during fair weather. Grounds are laid mainly Stock at valuation. Commercial to grass, with mature woodland interspersed by an array of bright natural wild flowers dependent upon Finance & Legal Services ASG Commercial is in touch with several lenders who the season. A small burn runs through the policies. Two G provide specialist finance to the hospitality trade. Paul T portakabins provide adequate workshop facilities and Hart (Head of Commercial Agency) will be delighted to for garden / tool storage. discuss your financing requirements with you and make Services an appropriate introduction. We have a large team of Mains electricity, Private water supply and drainage. Oil legal experts in-house and can act in all legal matters fired central heating, Propane gas. arising to include conveyancing and license transfers. EPC RATING Directions The Energy Rating of the property is ‘G’. From the Skye Bridge take the main A87 to Portree then onwards to Uig. The Hotel enjoys a prominent roadside Licences position overlooking Uig Bay and the harbour below. Hotels The business operates a license under the Licensing Scotland Act 2005 and a copy of this will be made Viewing Guesthouses available to interested parties post viewing. All appointments to view must be made through the vendors selling agents: Licensed Website ASG Commercial www.uighotel.com York House, 20 Church Street Retail Inverness IV1 1ED Trading information Tel: 0845 4500790 Fax: 01463 711083 Offices The Hotel has a solid turnover of approximately £265,000 E-mail: [email protected] and an adjusted Net Profit of circa £75,000. Full Website www.asgcommercial.co.uk Industrial accounting information will be made available to seriously interested parties subsequent to formal viewing. Offers Units All offers should be submitted in writing to ASG Price Commercial with whom purchasers should register their Fixed price of £375,000 is invited for the heritable interest if they wish to be advised of a Closing Date.A York House 20 Church Street Inverness Telephone 0845 450 0790

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