Property description

Excellent hotel / large guest house opportunity in a tremendous trading location within picturesque Highland village of Helmsdale.

An outstanding business development proposition within a large well-maintained property with many attractive features providing a self-employment opportunity and comfortable staff/owner?s accommodation.

A substantial property with excellent trading potential with 19 quality en-suite rooms, spacious public rooms and tidy service areas.

Includes spacious grounds and parking within a high walled garden all in a tremendous Highland setting.

Helmsdale is a Sutherland coastal village steeped in history and with a strong maritime tradition. The village boasts a good level of local amenities for both visitors and residents. The area has an association with Viking history and attracts a great many tourists. The village has approximately 750 inhabitants and is one of the main centres of population in Sutherland. It also has an excellent links golf course and is in easy reach of the famous course at Royal Dornoch which lies to the south. The region is also renowned for its whisky production, with distilleries in Brora, Wick and Tain. Slightly further afield the Falls of Shin and Dunrobin Castle provide for an interesting day out. Touring and genealogy are other favourite pastimes, together with the prospect to visit nearby Scottish castles and other historic sites. These attractions combined with the varied natural scenic beauty of the surrounding area make it highly popular with a wide range of visitors and tourists.

For the outdoor enthusiast the Highlands of Scotland are famous for spectacular scenery and rugged mountains, a reputation which is comfortably upheld by Helmsdale. The wonderful unspoilt scenery of the famous coast line and surrounding hills combine to make this a most attractive area. The region draws in a high customer footfall from visitors which would generate a potential customer base for the business in the summer months as there is no shortage of opportunities in the immediate area for holiday makers. For walkers the beautiful Sutherland terrain offers varied degrees of challenge from the more leisurely hillwalking to more stretching mountaineering. A wide range of birdlife attracts the ornithologist and the area has a huge appeal to the naturalist. The rivers within the region appeal to large numbers of sports fishermen looking to net trout or salmon.

Property Features :

• Superb development potential
• Lovely location in Sutherland
• Well maintained property, spacious groun
• Owner´s accommodation included