This page features unique and/or unusual buildings for sale such as: hotels, to lighthouses and islands to castles. Plus more utilitarian buildings needing brought back to life such as closed-shops and shut-factories.
Just now we have the Sannox Hotel for sale on the Island of Arran reaching the completion of a major renovation and extension…
^^ Sannox Hotel, Islnd of Arran, KA27 8JD ^^
£395,000 For The Hotel + Manager/Owner’s Flat.
£125,000 For The Newbuild Village Shop.
£175,000 For Newbuild Bay Cottage
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^^ The Seaview and Beachview From Bay Cottage ^^
This is ideal for renting out, but could be owner-occupied if desired. Here is a guide plan showing the internal layout of Bay Cottage in Sannox…
^^ Internal Layout of Bay Cottage ^^
This building is for sale at £175,000, or for rent at £785 per calendar month.
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=> Our company, Argyll Group Ltd., (formerly Unique Property plc), have bought and project~managed the renovation of 30 unique buildings since 1999 and helped hundreds of folk either start their own business, or become employees of one of these businesses.
Our job is to buy the closed-down, empty property, completely renovate each place to a high quality and help a new business to grow and prosper from each restoration building.
For Sale: Sannox Hotel, Island of Arran, KA27 8JD
Guide: £395,000
Rather than hit one of our buyers on the head with an eyewatering cost of the full renovation, at £695,000, we are selling this hotel in three parts. For example, you can buy the Sannox Hotel at £395,000 and rent the new Village Shop and rent Bay Cottage until you are ready to buy them.
^ A Much More Affordable Way ^^
Instead of £695,000, you just need to raise £395,000 and you have an amazing place to live and work. Sannox Hotel is in a picturesque location.
^ Seaview & Beachview ^^
We were going to buy Caberfeidh House next door to enlarge the existing Planning Permission, so that the north end of the Island of Arran had a substantial shop facility.
Here is the detail of our Planning Permission. We are approximately 95% to the completion of renovations to improve the property and make the business much more viable…
Unfortunately, our Managing Director had spinal surgery following an injury 30 years ago and the intervertebral disc above the ones removed are significantly overdue further spinal surgery, So he is restricted for several months in being able to project-manage the completion of the Sannox Hotel renovation. Consequently, the intended purchase of Caberfeidh House next door did not go ahead (this extension: click here will NOT now go ahead).
^^ Sannox Hotel, Island of Arran ^^
There will still be a new village shop, but it will NOT include Caberfeidh. More likely the GRANTED shop facility within the Sannaig/Sannox Hotel grounds.
Instead, the focus will be on completing the final 10% of Sannox Hotel restoration. Approximately 90% of the major hotel renovation has been completed with the remainigng work and design of rooms + carpets + decoration + furniture etc will be bespoke as per the wishes of the new owner of Sannox Hotel.
Here is the Floorplan of the Sannox hotel…
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We have Full Planning Permission for the Sannox Hotel. From increasing the number of en-suite guest bedrooms (3 to 6) adding owner and staff accommodation and adding newbuild property within theSanno.
to increase the buildings…
oweverNow, 25 years later, during 2024 we are gently overhauling this site and have several exciting, real-life unique property adventures being featured here. We hope these will be of help to your own efforts to locate and buy your own unusual place to call home. Please check back regularly for more details. Any questions: Click Here.
For Sale: Sannox Hotel, Island of Arran
& Newbuild Bay Cottage + Sannox Shop
Guide For All Three Elements: £675,000
Or: Hotel: £395,000 + Bay Cottage: £181,000 + Village Shop: £99,000
We bought the closed hotel at Sannox in 2018 and have given it a substantial “back-to-bricks” rebuild and renovation. Plus a newbuild apartment and a new village shop.
^^ Sannox Hotel For Sale ^^
North Ayrshire Council Planning Department gave a very generous Planning Permission
Planning Permission To Renovate & Improve Sannox Hotel
The Sannox Hotel has three distinct elements: (i) Main Hotel + (ii) Newbuild Apartment + (iii) New Village Shop.
Plus the neighbouring property, named “Caberfeidh” has recently been placed for sale (we do not own Caberfeidh). Also, an earlier sale has fallen through at Caberfeidh
As can be seen, If the Sannox Hotel buildings were joined with the Caberfeidh property, that would represent a significantly large business in one of the best locations on the island.
^^ Caberfeidh & Sannox Hotel Buildings Outlined In Red ^^
If a buyer wishes to expand Sannox Hotel plus the new village shop to a much more substantial set of buildings, the opportunities for increasing the business are even more than has already been built/rebuilt. For example…
The development potential would address the almost zero number of shops in the north end of Arran, whereas the centre and south end of the island have several dozen shops. So the north is crying out for a decent sized (but not oversized) retail outlet.
^^ Potential To Enlarge Further If Desired ^^
The neighbouring property at Caberfeidh has come up for sale. That very much interests established supermarkets on the mainland who have expressed an interest in leasing or buying a newbuild supermarket at Sannpx.
Crucially, by adding four or five newbuild “ApartHotel” style apartments on the first floor of Caberfeidh, the whole of the new, enlarged Sannox hotel site would significantly reduce the Air B&B blight that afflicts many tourist destinations. Arran is the busiest island on the west coast as has been demonstrated by the ferry carrying numbers.
Indeed, Sannox is a modest sized village, but because the vast footfall from the mountaineers and hillwalkers emerge from the Glen Sannox road-end about three minutes walk from Sannox Hotel, there is a huge demand from those hillwalkers and mountaineers for a hot and tasty plate of food + beverage and a cosy room for the night.
^^ Glen Sannox ^^
Hill Walkers & Golfers
Sannox Hotel is the only hotel within miles, let alone the actual 3 to 5 minute walk from our front door to the famous Glen Sannox road~end where many folk emerge looking for a nice place to eat and secure a comfortable guest bedroom for the night.
At this point of ensuring warm rooms for guests, it is pertinent to mention the rebuild of Sannox Hotel has involved vast amount of insulation. This is deliberate. Our company has helped many closed-businesses to re-open and become viable. With heating bills having been obscenely high for the past 18 months, the insulation of 44 various rooms in Sannox Hotel is crucial to the folk wanting to stay and also to the hotel business which, at the end of each month has to pay the heating bills!
^^ Sannox Hotel ^^
New Insulation Throughout
Great emphasis and substantial funds were deployed on Sannox Hotel being fully insulated (all 44 different rooms) via many thousands of pounds of high specification insulation
Plus new double glazed windows throughout the hotel…
^^ Old Single Glazed Units ^^
^^ Sannox Hotel ^^
New Bespoke Double Glazing Installed Throughout
^^ Sannox Hotel ^^
New Double Glazing Throughout
This means a much warmer hotel, but with significantly lower heating and electricity bills when it does re-open.
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Why Sell The Hotel Buildings?
^^ The Arran Ferry ^^
MV Caledonian Isles
Unfortunately the managing director suffered a traumatic injury after being hit on his head by a 5,000 ton ferry. This resulted in a stroke a few hour later. Since the accident the managing director (also working as project manager) has had to stay near hospital and family on the east coast and endeavour to “remote~manage” renovations via the team at Sannox Hotel (located on the west coast). Due diligence and full transparency relating to the accident (here).
Following a family meeting at the beginning of March 2024, the decision was taken to sell:-
=> Either as one complete lot at the Sannox Hotel + House + Shop. Guide £675,000.
Because there is no mortgage, the owners can help a buyer by selling the three parts separately (and also provide a modest mortgage facility for the new buyers if needed to get them started…
=> 1]. Sannox Hotel, with 6 x Ensuite Guest Bedrooms + Owner’s Ensuite Bedroom + Breakfast Room/Lounge + Tea Room and Restaurant. Guide: £395,000.
Then LEASE the other two parts until sufficient reserves built up to buy them…
=> 2]. Bay Cottage, a newbuild apartment that may be used as either owner’s accommodation or due to the excellent sea views, it would make an excellent ApartHotel element. Guide: £181,000.
=> 3]. New Village Shop. Guide: £99,000.
Ideally a new owner of the Sannox Hotel will project~manage the site to completion. But the current owners may decide, in the interests of getting the hotel open without too much delay, to locate an independent contractor to complete the remaining 10% of works on Sannox Hotel.
=> To register an interest in contracting to do this renovation work, please: Click Here.
For contractors wishing to quote to complete the works on these three buildings, the Planning Permission and Building Warrant are “enduring” and in full effect. They allow:-
-> Increase in the number of guest bedrooms from 3 to 6 (all ensuite) (90% completed and 10% finishing work.
-> Add a brand new Village Shop (70% complete: the final specification will depend ifthe neighbouring property is tjoined up and the shop becomes much larger and leased by well known operator of supermarkets,.
-> Add a resident staff member’s ensuite bedroom.
-> Newbuild owner’s accommodation: Bay Cottage
-> Increase parking by 4 additional spaces moving the front wall back 10 feet.
-> Add a new facility: The Ingledene Tea Room,
-> Full “back-to-bricks” renovation of the entire building.
The buildings are being sold due to the project-managing director suffering a disabling head injury on the ferry: click here.
If the buildings are bought in a fully completed “turnkey” presentation, the guide prices will need to reflect the cost of final works:-
=> The Sannox Hotel (all work completed and ready to open + trade): £429,000.
=> Bay Cottage (all work completed): £190,000.
=> Sannox Convenience Store (all work completed ): £130,000.
^^ Sannox Hotel + Bay Cottage + Village Shop ^^
Full Planning Permission & Building Warrants
90% Completed.
All with beautiful sea views across to Sannox Bay and the sandy beach. The river seen at the front of the hotel, flowing into the sea is from the magnificent Glen Sannox nearby…
^^ Sannox Hotel + Bay Cottage + Village Shop ^^
A Unique Opportunity For…
A New Year & A New Life
This current page is a short summary to assist our colleagues who will be placing details onto Rightmove.
For clarification, the current owners of Sannox Hotel are determined to make best efforts and enable their buildings at Sannox to be completed + re-opened + trading and providing an amenity function at some point during 2024.
=> This is because the time has come along with a realisation that the last 10% of this renovation project needs a new owner to complete the task.
=> The idea is to run sea-tours as a facility for visitors and to base this out of Sannox Hotel
By 2024, this may still yet happen. If the new owners of the Sannox Hotel would like?
Such a facility would boost the Sannox Hotel’s business. We know this from island history going back over 40 years. The current owner of Sannox Hotel was brought up in the next village, Corrie at Blackrock House Hotel in the 1970s. Back then the extra boat facilities offered at Blackrock House Hotel boosted business by 10% to 30% each year! The same was to be, and still can be tested out at Sannox Hotel: if the new owners of Sannox Hotel desire? Please note, that the ship is not included with the hotel (unless you would like). The process is for the sea-tours to be run by retired merchant naval personnel, much like the charity born from the same keyboard typing these very words about Sannox Hotel (charity birth certificates: click here). The candidate vessel for “Arran”, or “Sannox Sea Tours” is the former MV Lochmor…
^^ Former MV Lochmor: After The Major Refit ^^
We Have Been Looking To Buy Back Our Old Favourite!
This vessel would make an interesting
sea-tours facility based from Sannox Hotel.
^^ Sannox Hotel May Yet Have Extra Facilities ^^
The current owner of the hotel is having to retire on health ground.
But he can still arrange a ship purchase and has an
extensive diary of Merchant Navy sea crew to call upon.
^ Sannox Hotel ^^
Beautiful Location.
Redolent With Opportunity
For A New Life.
The new owner may wish to operate the hotel + shop themselves. Or they might prefer to live onsite with someone to manage the hotel and another person to lease the shop, providing them with a passive income and a wonderful style of life.
Thereby having plenty of time to explore the island…
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A Lot More To Come
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The Argyll Group & Scotslion Team.