Matakohe House for Sale Next Door to Kauri Museum

MATAKOHE HOUSE PURPOSE BUILT ACCOMMODATION - CAFE - RESTAURANT - HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM BUSINESS - STRATEGICALLY LOCATED BESIDE THE KAURI MUSEUM - BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES ON 3 TITLES - SEPARATE OWNERS ACCOMMODATION - IMPLEMENT SHED AND GARAGING - GOLF DRIVING RANGE - 4 ACCOMMODATION SUITES - 6 POTENTIAL INCOME STREAMS

For sale in Matakohe is the next door neighbour of the world famous Kauri Museum. Matakohe House is a purpose built accommodation and hospitality business designed to function in a symbiotic relationship with the Museum, and enjoys the benefits of the roughly 80 000 visitors that come here every year to see this Northland icon. Matakohe House works closely with the museum and enjoys a positive and mutually beneficial relationship.

Planned from the ground up to take advantage of it's location, this business sits on 3 titles, at just over 3 acres each. Well appointed, tastefully decorated and beautifully constructed the main building annexes to the owners accommodation, which is separate from the cafe/restaurant and accommodation section.

This business has 6 potential income streams. There is the accommodation business, the daily cafe business, the restaurant in the evenings, the golf driving range, the rental of the additional cottage/gallery, and the untapped but often requested catering opportunity.

Ideally suited to a couple including a chef, this business is profitable, but far from reaching it's full potential. The current owners have seen this come from their dreams into reality, and it is a testimony to their hard work and passionate care, with beautifully presented grounds. The attention to detail is impressive, and the vendors have crafted the landscape into a post card setting over the last ten years, however the time has come for them to move on and enjoy their retirement years.

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At the top end of the property is the Owners Accommodation, which consists of a separate two bedroom house with it's own kitchen and bathroom. Behind the house is a very large modern double garage, and attached to this at the rear is a 3 bay implement shed, so there is huge amounts of storage space and workshop facilities.

The owners house connects to the Cafe and accommodation section via a hallway. This brings you into the full scale commercial kitchen which supplies the Cafe and Restaurant. The Cafe/Restaurant can seat 60 with 30 indoors and 30 out doors on the deck, which is capable of being fully enclosed, and thus protected from the elements.

This then connects to a large and comfortable guests lounge, which guests can also access through their own entrance without needing to pass through the Cafe. The accommodation wing consists of four spacious guest rooms all with ensuites, which break down as follows

• 1 Standard Twin Share
• 1 Wheel Chair accessible Twin Share
• 1 Double with Queen sized bed
• 1 Double with Super King sized bed

The guests have access to shared tea and coffee facilities, but generally choose to access food and drinks through the Cafe/Restaurant.

The accommodation wing is surrounded by wrap around decks which take full advantage of the views which include the harbour, the rural country side and the beautifully manicured grounds which gently slope away from the building.Underneath the accommodation section is more garaging and storage space.

From there the section spreads out down to the picture perfect pond with it's own island, and looks down to the Art Gallery and Golf Driving range with 6 covered Tees and a 250 meter fairway in front of it.

As stated before the whole property is on 3 titles, and the owners would consider selling just the Accommodation/Cafe business separately which sits on it's own title. The Art Gallery and Driving Range comprise the other two titles.

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We would welcome your enquiry on the MATAKOHE HOUSE IN MATAKOHE Please contact TOURISM & HOSPITALITY BUSINESS BROKER Bob Mason either via this website www.tourismproperties.co.nz

• Mobile 0221 839 430
• Email bob@tourismproperties.com

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Matakohe is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The Matakohe River is a short river which runs from the north into the Arapaoa River, which is part of the Kaipara Harbour. State Highway 12 passes through Matakohe. Ruawai is 16 km to the west, and Paparoa is 6 km north east. The Hukatere Peninsula extends south into the Kaipara Harbour.

The Kauri Museum at Matakohe shows the area's heritage in the kauri timber industry.

The Matakohe block was first settled by Pakeha in 1863, when members of the Albertland religious group arrived in New Zealand.[The land was initially burnt off to allow for the planting of crops and grass. A weekly (initially monthly) ferry service brought mail, and a road was constructed to Paparoa. In 1881, the longest wharf in the Kaipara-1,450 feet (440 m) long-was built at Matakohe to accommodate the steamers. Minnie Casey served Matakohe in the 1880s, and the S.S. Ethel, then the S.S. Tangihua in the 1890s.

The kauri gum industry became established around Matakohe in 1867-70, possibly the first place in the Kaipara District that the industry developed amongst settlers. A flax mill was built in 1870, but it was not profitable and was soon converted to a timber mill. This was replaced by a larger timber mill in the 1880s. The mill was destroyed by fire in 1906. Matakohe held a race-day each February, in which were entries from as far as Kaiwaka and Waipu.

In the 1890s, the population of Matakohe increased from 93 to 231, and the town was described as "the principal place in the Otamatea County". By 1902 the town had two boarding houses, a library, stores and a goods shed, as well as the older church and school. The population reached 264 in 1906, but declined to 141 in 1921.

Focus shifted to dairy farming in the early 20th century. Apple growing was also successful at first, but ceased by 1935 due to the Great Depression and poor management. The roads improved, and by 1920 all 53 miles (85 km) of roads in the area were metalled, using the abundant local supplies of limestone. The route to Dargaville was improved by the opening of a road through Ruawai in 1927, replacing the inland road.