2 bedroom house for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
Forest Edge is situated 3 miles South of the market town of Honiton with a full range of facilities and amenities including secondary school, supermarkets, weekly street markets and mainline railway station with London Waterloo service. The campsite is set in a pretty, rural setting and within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The Hare and Hound public house, 0.5 miles away is known for good food within the area. The property has easy access onto the A375 Honiton to Sidmouth road which makes the site ideal to explore the picturesque Jurassic Coastline.
The campsite is easily accessible from the A30/A303 (3 miles away) which is mainly dual carriageway to London. The historic seaside towns of Sidmouth (7 miles), Budleigh Salterton (12.5 miles) and Lyme Regis (16 miles) with its famous cobb harbour are nearby. The seaside town of Seaton is 9.5 miles away, famous for its tramway which runs from Seaton to Colyton. The University and Cathedral city of Exeter and airport is 10 miles to the west. There are golf courses at Honiton, Lyme Regis and Budleigh Salterton and boating is available along the coast. The pretty fishing villages of Beer and Branscombe are nearby.
The prestigious Colyton Grammar School has a nationally recognised reputation for excellence and is only 9.5 miles away.
THE BUSINESS
Forest Edge operates a successful and well-established glamping business in the heart of the East Devon countryside. Since founding the business in 2020, the present owners have built a new double gated access from the highway, set-up the website, constructed a toilet and shower block and erected 10 furnished bell tents to make a glamping business.
Turnover in the 2020/21 season of £11,329 with a net profit of £10,111. The business is promoted via their website: along with other glamping websites plus repeat business and recommendation trade from existing customers.
Potential to expand the glamping accommodation or to provide a camping/caravan field to provide extra income. In addition to the bell tents, there are other services that can be provided at an additional cost to guests such as breakfast, refreshments (tea & coffee) and prosecco on arrival.
Trading information can be provided to bona fide purchasers. Further adjoining land available by separate negotiation.
BELL TENTS
Bought new in 2021 and furnished to a high standard, complete with beds, linen, rug, dining table and various home comforts as well as an outdoor area with seating and firepit.
Warden’s Caravan
Oakdale Carnaby 2018 static caravan, providing two bedrooms, utility area, bathroom with Jack & Jill shower room into bedroom 2, open plan sitting room/ kitchen and dining area. Bedroom 1 with en-shower room. Solar panels on the roof which run the electricity. The static caravan is enclosed by fencing and is laid to lawn with two metal gates and a water tap.
OUTSIDE
Level paddocks extending to 12.2 acres with grass driveway leading to the glamping area. Toilet block plumbed into private drainage (septic tank) with four ladies WC’s and gents with three urinals and two WC’s.
Separate shower block with six shower cubicles running on LPG gas. The shower block and toilet block both have solar panels that run the automatic lighting. Within the campsite there are 5 water taps and a washing up area. Timber bin & recycling store.
Cargo container which is used to store the 10 bell tents over the winter months. The cargo container is enclosed by fencing and accessed via a metal gate with newly planted laurel hedging.
Access into the site is via metal gates and a scalped driveway. The site has mowed paths and driveways to each of the pitches, with the remainder of the land laid to wildflower meadows.
Metal gated access onto the additional field.
METHOD OF SALE
The property is offered for sale by private treaty, inclusive of trade inventory to include furnishings, equipment, fixtures and fittings within the bell tents and in relation to the business, excluding any personal items.
TENURE & POSSESSION
The freehold interest is being offered with vacant possession on completion.
VIEWINGS
Strictly by appointment with agents Carter Jonas.
Services
The Warden’s Caravan has solar panels that run the electricity, mains water and LPG gas for hot water.
The toilet and shower block are serviced by solar panels for electricity and lighting and have private drainage via a septic tank.
The hot water in the shower block is run by LPG gas.
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