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This is page 1 of 6 pages for the Sannox Hotel sale series.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0BAY COTTAGE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Newbuild House<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Part of The Sannox Hotel Project<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This owner’s house is included in the overall price of the hotel.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some: “before” + “during” + “after” photographs…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We start with an example of this newbuild house\u00a0 nearing completion: and magnificent sea views…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Bay Cottage ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(new turf\/lay\/grass for contractor guidance)<\/p>\n

This 85% completed newbuild property is located at the north east part of the Sannox Hotel site with separate entrance (right hand side of the photo below). The remaining 15% is awaiting the prospective buyer’s input on style and final design features.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This next picture is an architect’s rendition of Bay Cottage, with the front retaining wall moved back and rebuilt to provide Bay Cottage with an extra off-street parking place (as per our planning permission: here<\/a><\/span>)…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Bay Cottage ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(new layby parking as per architect application\/planning permission)<\/p>\n

There is also provision to provide Sannox Hotel with an additional 3 extra off-street parking places in front of the hotel, but below the eyeline as the garden area behind the retaining wall is between five and eight feet higher that the A841 coastal roadway new, enhanced (Sannox Hotel) lay-by parking facilies.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Bay Cottage ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This Bay Cottage property is included<\/span> in the ownership and price for the Hotel + Village Shop on page 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The view from Bay Cottage front garden is one one of the finest, possibly the best in the village across Sannox Bay and towards the islands of Bute and the Cumdraes over the water…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Bay Cottage Front Garden ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Soon this is to become the exclusive private front garden.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>None too shabby.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>This is before the landscaping work transforms this sanctuary.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The front wall is around 7 to 8 feet above the pavement on the other side. Even your car, parked in it’s off-road spot won’t obstruct your view (measured from to the top of the wall). So\u00a0<\/b><\/em><\/span>Bay Cottage has privacy and views, but passers-by cannot see into your private garden. Well that is until they let giraffes roam free on the island.<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Bay Cottage Main Lounge ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As rebuilt. Photo: 21st June 21.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Awaiting carpets and final fittings. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Work on Bay Cottage\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>is being “paused” until the new\/prospective owner is consulted as to their preferences in relation to carpets and curtains etc. Though we shall be completing the garden landscaping and hotel repainting by early August 2021.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The whole building already has a high specification for insulation in the floors, walls and ceilings.\u00a0The new owner will have a clean fresh set of walls painted in neutral colours in all of the rooms.<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Bespoke high quality double glazing units have been manufactured and installed in line with this project’s architectural planner (here<\/a><\/span><\/span>) and local authority planning department (here<\/a><\/span><\/span>).<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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We would like to commend, both the planning advisor and the local authority planning department for their help, thoughtfulness, wise counsel and encyclopaedic knowledge of the planning and building control regulations. This has made the process a pleasure, when often times, in other local authority areas it can be tortuous. <\/span><\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This helps in the creation of jobs and we commend North Ayrshire Council for their <\/span><\/b><\/span>foresight<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0in supporting new employment at this time of economic as well as pandemic challenge<\/span>s.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The house will be configured and handed over to the new owners so that it is easy to live in whilst the final works are completed in the main hotel and shop parts of this large building. The new owner may prefer to opt for a cash discount on the sale\/purchase price and decide to complete certain, specified finishing jobs themselves.<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Bay Cottage Floorplan ^^^<\/strong><\/p>\n

As at the date of this photograph (21June21), there is still some final electrical work and the new consumer unit to be commissioned and signed off by our qualified and registered\u00a0<\/b>installation<\/b><\/span>\u00a0engineer (here<\/a><\/span>).<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All utilities, including broadband are connected (other than gas: there is no mains gas on the island). The new owner may wish top install an <\/b>appropriate<\/b><\/span>\u00a0lpg gas supply <\/b>system<\/b><\/span>\u00a0(eg: here<\/a><\/span>).<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Items such as brand new white sanitary units in the bathroom will have been installed before or by the completion date. Matters such as carpets, curtains etc., can be discussed. Though as a bonus, Bay Cottage has a brand new washing machine in the process of <\/b>installation<\/b><\/span>\u00a0and some white goods that can be included in the sale.<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Bay Cottage: The Views Are Sublime ^^^<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0BAY COTTAGE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Actual Build Process<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As promised, here is the series of self-evident progress photographs. The first job, once the planning permission to build this accommodation had been granted, was to demolish the old eyesore of a plastic topped conservatory. It had served its purpose well for decades, but was falling apart before our eyes.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ The Old Hotel Conservatory ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This old commercial conservatory was originally part of the pub. But that died off several years ago and this important piece of the hotel property became a dumping ground for stored materials. There is a nearby public house within the Corrie Hotel and there is sufficient business to keep one pub going for the two villages. Corrie and Sannox have a fraternal relationship that presents high jinks at events such as Corrie Capers, but a fondness and bond of friendship which sees the <\/b>villages<\/b><\/span>\u00a0often joined together as one when island-wide tournaments take place.<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With respect to Sannox Hotel, early on in the re-opening plans it could be seen that there would be far better use in reformatting the whole hotel layout whereby an extra 3 guest bedrooms plus new staff bedrooms and a village shop could be added<\/b>. Plus, of course, the newbuild owner’s accommodation.\u00a0<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

OLD CONSERVATORY DEMOLITION BECKONS…<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ The Old Hotel Conservatory ^^^<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

It is not apparent from the photographs, but the plastic roof was leaking and well past it’s useful lifespan and the interior had started to become dilapidated. The wood was in an advanced state of wet-rot decay.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ The Old Hotel Conservatory ^^^<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ The Old Hotel Conservatory ^^^<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

When<\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0we bought the Sannox Hotel, the previous owners had ripped out the old pub and the derelict space had lain fallow and empty for a number of years.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Worth noting that even though the Sannox Hotel no longer has as a pub, it is still legally competent to obtain “occasional permissions” and a variety of licences from the local authority to sell alcohol at special events such as weddings etc. It will be up to the new owners, but a liquor licence for serving wines and alcohol with meals may be worth considering.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This terminated pub soon became an unusual hostelry…<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Insulation Storage Hub Pub ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Photo from 2018 as renovation work was beginning.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A vast amount of insulation panels and thermal batts went through this storage area to help upgrade the rest of the hotel. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some folk do not realise, but this is crucial in making the hotel financially viable. It ensures the hotel is always warm for guests + staff + owners;\u00a0<\/strong>yet the heating bills (and ecological footprint) are transformed to an ultra-low level.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In due course and in terms of the planning permission, this space that was part of the old, closed pub has been completely re-lined + insulated and soundproofed to form the owner’s large bedroom. The area was cleared of building materials by January 2021 and is now progressed to past the fresh plastering phase to new paint on the walls.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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A significant amount of time, effort and money was expended to make it into a freshly painted, warm and sound-proof room. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This was the very start of that process. The walls were double skinned (including fire-retardant plasterboard) and high-specification RWA45 insulation. This is the initial skeleton framing phase…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ Formation of The Owner’s Bedroom Wall ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

^^^ Back Panel ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There has been well over one articulated trailer’s worth of RWA45 specification insulation installed into the Sannox Hotel.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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This will future proof the building to be far more ecologically sound. Whilst on a business basis, we have found this investment in insulation drastically cuts the heating bills. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ RWA45 Insulation Work<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Not normally seen (RWA45s: click here<\/a><\/span><\/span>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But incredibly important.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A distinct advantage when a great number of your customers have just walked down Glen Sannox from exploring Arran’s mountains and just want a nice warm dry room to stay in.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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BAY COTTAGE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

NEWBUILD PHOTOGRAPHS<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a series of the…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0“before” + “during” + “after” photographs…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ One of The Last Photos of The Exterior ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of September 2020, the demolition\u00a0process was commenced. You can just get a peek at the most valuable part of this old structure: that would be the view from it…<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fair play to the original builders: this was a very solid steel frame…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Going, going, gone….<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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^^^ The Old Conservatory Is Gone ^^^<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Actually, not quite gone at that point! A small but important matter of properly disposing of 19 tons of inert building waste…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n