We have just decided not to proceed on a business purchase and thought there might be others on here who would be interested in it.

Fantastic opportunity for a couple to run, near alpine village of St.Arnaud and 1 hr from Nelson. Near to skifield and has package deals with Interislander. Loads of history, beautiful old cob house, 700 acres, un-tamed little golf course for renovation, small craft shop, loads of potential. We didn't proceed because we decided that running accommodation isn't for us - hard decision but had to be realistic. At least we can cross that industry off our list of things we want to do!

Leasehold: $210k

www.tophouse.co.nz (contact owner thru site for info)

Or sale site: http://www.realestate.co.nz/432341


Beautiful, historical B&B + chalets - Tophouse

Situated 9 km from St Arnaud, Nelson Lakes, just over an hours drive from Nelson, Blenheim, or Murchison.

Tophouse is a solid mud (cob) ex-hotel dating back to the 1880s. It has five guest rooms and an open fire which has been continually burning since 1988. The house offers guests dinner, bed and breakfast for $90.00 NZ for an adult, and bed and breakfast only is $60.00 per person.

It is also the closest accommodation to the nearby Rainbow skifield, and is one of the accommodation houses which does a deal with the skifield and Interislander ferries known as the sea-to-ski package. Bookings for sea-to-ski deals can be arranged with the Interislander.

The Cosyview Cottages were added in 1996, and are two bedroom, self contained, with capacities ranging from 4 to 6 people. They offer this for nz$110 per couple, nz$15.00 each additional person, children under 10 free.

All this is situated on a 700 acre (300 hectare) farm, with amazing alpine scenes, heaps of animals.