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Details of business sale
 
This luxury underground bed and breakfast offers a unique
opportunity—
the chance to move to a safe, rural community and to enjoy a very
comfortable income.
Hosting up to 21 guests and enjoying occupancy rates of more than
1850 people per year,
PJ’s Underground is already a thriving business with an impressive
profit margin.
However, there is room to increase the opal mine tours
—there is a mine and opal showroom included in the property
—or to expand the restaurant to create a quality licensed venue.
At the moment, the town lacks a good eatery to cater to locals and the
tens of thousands of tourists that visit each year – the only walk in
option for meals is takeaway at the corner store, and no menu choices
elsewhere. There is a huge call an underground daytime menu café, and a
short but varied menu for evening meals.
Built 10 metres deep in a century-old opal mine, PJ’s is light and airy
thanks to double glazed skylights. The walls are all immaculately
rendered in brilliant white, the floors are finished in local sandstone
and the bathrooms boast African slate. Being underground, the
temperature never climbs above 24 degrees or drops below 19 degrees.
Native gardens, a tropical barbecue area ) create outdoor living areas.
This one-of-kind property has already been well marketed on national
programs Getaway and The Great Outdoors and in the Sydney Morning
Herald. It is nestled on the outskirts of White Cliffs, 225 km
north-east of Broken Hill. The town has a long history of opal mining
and is a well established stop on the tourist trail. It is a safe and
friendly community with a local school and flying doctor service. The
local council is very pro-tourism. National parks have established a
1.6million dollar visitor centre to support the Paroo Darling National
Park, and with the wetlands filling in 2008 for the first time for eight
years, 2008 promises to be a large visitation year. The current
visitation of 20,000 a year should swell by 8,000 coming to visit this
world reknown wetland 50km from White Cliffs.
While remote, the town enjoys weekly cold freight deliveries from Broken
Hill and the bed and breakfast includes two-way broadband to keep you in
touch with the world. PJ’s Underground is a chance to head for the hills
in style. It is a rare opportunity for a sea-change without sacrificing
income, and with the current owners taking a relaxed approach to the
business for family reasons, the potential to double your profit is high
(owners records show strong trends when evening meals were extended, and
some lunches catered over 2001 – 2004)
Unique underground B&B in Outback NSW Improvements: Unique underground
bed and breakfast offering accommodation for 21 guests. Opal mine
offering tourist tours and an opal showroom offering extra income.
Established gardens. The owner’s quarters: There are two bedrooms for
use as private quarters.
Address White Cliffs
Price $160,00
LEASE TERM New 10+5 year
Total Bedrooms 6 (21 guest)
Total Bathrooms 3
ANNUAL RENT
$20,000
NET PROFIT AFTER RENT $50,000 PLUS
• 225 km north east of Broken Hill in Outback NSW • Situated in historic
opal mining town of White Cliffs, attracting 20,000 – 30,000 tourists
each Year Local clientele can be attracted with café / restaurant, no
provision of same in town at present Land details • 2000 sqm, nestled on
the outskirts of White Cliffs with uninterrupted views for 50km • Lush
tropical barbecue area and vegetable garden • Kangaroos and emus at your
front door Improvements • Luxuriously finished dugout complex including
six guest bedrooms and three bathrooms • Indoor garden in 100-year-old
open cut mine can be converted to café area • Private quarters for
owners Other comments • Plenty of opportunity to expand the opal tours
Business, underground showroom and art gallery, restaurant • The perfect
chance for a seachange without sacrificing income Summary Business
Accolades • Winner of NSW Micro Business Award for home based business •
Winner of NSW Micro Business Award for Tourism • Finalist in NSW awards
for Excellence in Tourism • Nominee for Regional Business of the Year •
3˝ Star AAA rated • As seen on Getaway and The Great Outdoors • “Of all
of the Underground Accommodation I have enjoyed, nothing matches PJ’s
Underground.”
Bruce Elder, Travel & Food writer from Sydney Morning Herald
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