9 bedroom Hotel for sale with countryside view in Beziers, Languedoc-Roussillon

3,180,000 EUR 2,734,800 GBP 3,434,400 USD

Reference: 186671

Bedrooms: 9
Bathrooms: 7
Floor Size: 1,000 m2
Plot Size: 2.87 hectares / 7.1 acres

Features

Terrace
Fruit Trees
Private Pool
Vineyard or Wine Making
Air Conditioning
Fireplace
Renewable Energy
Wheelchair Accessible
Possible Extra Dwellings
Potential for Income
Countryside View
South Facing
Private
Parking
Garage
Good Condition

Details

Superb business opportunity, located in an unique setting, on the Canal du Midi with:

- 7 Gites
- 2.5 hectare wine producing Vineyard
- Hospitality/Restaurant
- Wine shop
- Reception areas
- Large wine cellar
- Garden with fabulous views

Located at the edge of a lovely village, sitting right alongside the banks of the canal du Midi, in the greater Beziers area.

The property features an old building and a newly built house, which harmoniously fits into the area, feeling like it has always been there. The house is divided into 4 gites, the old wine cave with a restaurant, wine shop, various reception and meeting rooms as well as 3 further gites.

This building has been converted to give a maximum of flexibility for further various commercial uses or to create simply further gites or B&Bs. 5 out of the 7 gites as well as the restaurant and reception areas have disabled access.

There are plans for a photovoltaic roof on half of the cave, pre installations are already in place.

Located in an excellent tourist area, the property offers an unexpected range of development possibilities.

Old building former wine cave:
Entrance/garden level: 760m2:
- Restaurant: seats 80 - 100, with modern wine tasting concept
- Charming courtyard terrace: seats 40 - 60, with views of Canal du Midi
- Professional show kitchen: 32m2
- Reception area: 95m2, seats 70, with independent access, guest wcs
- Meeting room: 26m2, with independent access
- Reception area: 63m2, seats 50, with independent access
All 3 areas are possible to open up to get an enormous room of 180m2, seating 150 people. If needed the restaurant can be integrated into this room too.
- Technical room
- Office and laundry 48m2

3 apartments with a total area of 300m2:
Apartment 1: landing, kitchen/dining/lounge, pantry, 2 bedrooms, shower room, WC, terrace

Apartment 2: landing, kitchen/dining/lounge, pantry, bedroom, bathroom, WC, private pool/spa

Apartment 3: kitchen/dining/lounge, bedroom, shower room, WC, private pool/spa

Basement 830m2:
Accessible by car and lorry. Middle long open room, on the outside walls are still the vats out of concrete. All is/can be used as a storage room. Vats could be knocked down.

Under the courtyard:
Restaurant terrace: 80m2 room with technical installations such as for the heating and watering system. It could be used for storage or a private wine cellar.

Maison style Bastide/Country House:
Ground floor - 130m2:
Entrance hall, 2 apartments, both of which comprise of: kitchen/dining/lounge, 1 with 1 and the other with 2 bedrooms, shower room and a terrace enjoying the garden; each about 60m2.

1st floor - 130m2:
Landing, 2 apartments, both with a kitchen/dining/lounge, bedroom, shower room.

2nd floor:
Solarium (terrace hidden amongst the sloping roofs).

All apartments have amazing views on the Canal du Midi and the 2 apartments on the first floor have on top the view across to the Pyrenees.

The plot with the buildings, courtyard and area around is 3,854m2, with lovely Mediterranean bushes, trees and flowers. There is a further 2.5 hectares of producing vineyards included which are not attached to the buildings. There is a large parking area along the wine cave.

There are today just the 2 small swimming pools for the 2 apartments in the former wine cave. There are various possibilities to build another large swimming pool. The guests have a separate south facing garden. Town water and sewerage, free water for garden watering.

All is in very good condition and well maintained. The cave building with the restaurant, various seminar rooms and the 3 gites has a floor which is interrupted in various areas in order not to transmit sound and has a capacity to carry 1.5t/m2. There are hardly supporting walls on a surface of 750m2; walls are in siporex and therefore fireproof. Further partitions can be easily changed since every 4m all lengths of the building is a supporting beam and waste evacuation is put in place. Windows and doors are in metal and double glazed.

The newly built house looks like it has always been there as it fits in so well. It is an earthquake safe construction with 4 gites; wooden double glazing. In all those gites is the possibility to add a fireplace. The heating system in all the gites is by air using the temperature of the soil 2m underground, a system that the Romans used 2000 years ago. The restaurant is heated by exchange pump which is reversible for cooling; the reception areas are equipped with reversible air conditioning.

All gites are fully equipped with WiFi, flat TV via satellite, dishwasher, oven, fridge and freezer, coffee machine, toaster etc. and has independent metres for electricity and water. There is also a communal laundry with washing machine and dryer.

The 5 ground floor gites, restaurant and reception areas are accessible for disabled people.

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