Apartment complex and business

The accommodation business Carters by the Sea and the studio apartment complex it occupies in Westport is being marketed for sale.

Bayleys Nelson commercial marketing agent Gill Ireland said the business would ideally suit someone looking for a different lifestyle.

She said Carters by the Sea comprised 10 contemporary studio apartments occupying two twostorey blocks plus a separate building that functions as the manager’s residience.

Construction of the property was completed in December 2014. It is built of precast interspan concrete floors and concrete walls making all the rooms completely soundproof.

An engineered reinforced gravel raft foundation gives the property a seismic rating of a minimum of 100 percent of new building standards.

Safety features include a Type 5F fire system and each studio is constructed as a separate fire cell with fire walls, windows and doors. There is also an emergency lighting system.

There are 10 car parks, a guest laundry, and a separate cleaners/ owners laundry.

One block has six studios and the other has four studios. Every studio is 30/sqm, the lower studios have 2.7m high ceilings, with the upper studios having 3.3m creating a lofty feeling of space.

There is also a 3KW PV solar system with solar hot water.

The upstairs studios have balconies with sea views while the ground level studios have a private deck. They all contain the usual modern amenities, unlimited Wi-Fi with two studios have corner spa baths. They have been fitted out in a contemporary style.

All the rooms have ceiling fans, under-tile bathroom heating, Fisher & Paykel single dishdrawers, and 42 inch flat screen TVs.

The property is being offered as a freehold going concern for $1.95 million plus GST (if any).

Room rates vary between $170 and $230 a night - averaging about $220.

The area boasts a popular beach, a large grassed domain with a hall that hosts weddings and community markets, and a modern children’s playground and barbecue and family area. The Westport 18 hole golf course is a five-minute walk away.

Activities around the Carters Beach area include golf, hiking, fishing, horse trekking, mine and brewery tours, mountain-bike trails, swimming, surfing and kite surfing at Carters Beach and Tauranga Bay, a

10-minute drive away. Tauranga Bay is at the start or end of the Cape Foulwind Cliff Top Walkway, overlooking a seal colony and recently identified as a Great NZ short walk with spectacular ocean vistas.

More adventurous activities include jet boating, white or blackwater rafting, adventure caving and

4WD tours.