Hello Guys
My fiance owns a hotel in Scotland which has been vacant for several years. We plan to start hiring out some of the bedrooms in the courtyard area to local contractors to start with and also want to make use of the restaurant as well as function room facilities. Basically, there are 27 bedrooms total all with separate bathrooms, no cooking facilities exists outside the main kitchen which is to an industrial standard with all the mod cons. The courtyard is closed off the the main house (hotel) so letting these would give us space from any guess at the start before we get stuck into things more.... There are 9 rooms in the courtyard and a further 18 bedrooms in the house, a large restaurant area, a reception room with bar (My partner already has an alcohol serving license, but we might need one for the hotel if we go down this road?) and a function room with space for over 100 people with all the necessary furniture and crockery. There is also a bar in this area that has a large serving hatch which can be locked. There isn't much in the way of grounds available but a small garden area (0.5 acre) to the front and a lovely bandstand at the side of the function room. Parking can be made available.
Hosting weddings seems like it could be a real minefield with lots of high expectations and demands for you as a venue in general what with catering and hiring lots of people. At first, but we may evolve the plan after a few months or year after gaining some insight, is to rent out the function room and or restaurant to local groups requiring a venue in order to host their event. This could be anything at all even a book club meeting etc. So if small events are hosted at our place we would provide refreshments ideally in the way of tea/sandwiches etc that can be achieved without needing to hire people and can be done ourselves, maybe music but that would need licensing, food I guess needs licensing, do you pay annually, who should I start to contact etc etc? What insurance do we need for renting rooms on a semi-permanent basis (for approx 3 months) and is insurance also required for general guests entering the hotel?
These seem like small steps I'd be comfortable with before perhaps looking into running the hotel properly or hosting big events with catering.
Love to know what you guys think and if there are any ideas you have or can run by me that would be great. I quit my job last month and am willing to give this opportunity my full attention. FYI, I owned in the past an eBay + Amazon business turning over £200,000/year and can handle accounts responsibilities for the hotel, it's just dealing with licensing and the people plus developing ideas I find a bit daunting. The building is completely owned so there's no mortgage to pay if that helps build a better picture but running fees are already looking pretty steep and we need to start making things work in the near future.
Thank you very much in advance for your help
Regards
Nick
My fiance owns a hotel in Scotland which has been vacant for several years. We plan to start hiring out some of the bedrooms in the courtyard area to local contractors to start with and also want to make use of the restaurant as well as function room facilities. Basically, there are 27 bedrooms total all with separate bathrooms, no cooking facilities exists outside the main kitchen which is to an industrial standard with all the mod cons. The courtyard is closed off the the main house (hotel) so letting these would give us space from any guess at the start before we get stuck into things more.... There are 9 rooms in the courtyard and a further 18 bedrooms in the house, a large restaurant area, a reception room with bar (My partner already has an alcohol serving license, but we might need one for the hotel if we go down this road?) and a function room with space for over 100 people with all the necessary furniture and crockery. There is also a bar in this area that has a large serving hatch which can be locked. There isn't much in the way of grounds available but a small garden area (0.5 acre) to the front and a lovely bandstand at the side of the function room. Parking can be made available.
Hosting weddings seems like it could be a real minefield with lots of high expectations and demands for you as a venue in general what with catering and hiring lots of people. At first, but we may evolve the plan after a few months or year after gaining some insight, is to rent out the function room and or restaurant to local groups requiring a venue in order to host their event. This could be anything at all even a book club meeting etc. So if small events are hosted at our place we would provide refreshments ideally in the way of tea/sandwiches etc that can be achieved without needing to hire people and can be done ourselves, maybe music but that would need licensing, food I guess needs licensing, do you pay annually, who should I start to contact etc etc? What insurance do we need for renting rooms on a semi-permanent basis (for approx 3 months) and is insurance also required for general guests entering the hotel?
These seem like small steps I'd be comfortable with before perhaps looking into running the hotel properly or hosting big events with catering.
Love to know what you guys think and if there are any ideas you have or can run by me that would be great. I quit my job last month and am willing to give this opportunity my full attention. FYI, I owned in the past an eBay + Amazon business turning over £200,000/year and can handle accounts responsibilities for the hotel, it's just dealing with licensing and the people plus developing ideas I find a bit daunting. The building is completely owned so there's no mortgage to pay if that helps build a better picture but running fees are already looking pretty steep and we need to start making things work in the near future.
Thank you very much in advance for your help
Regards
Nick
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