Business Day

Boutique hotel on Vaal for deserved weekend breaks

- Madden Cole

A VAAL Marina-based boutique hotel will be coming to market on Tuesday.

Located at 587 Kob Street on the corner of Kreef Street, Vaalnest Boutique Hotel occupies an area measuring just over 5,300m² and features 12 luxuriousl­y appointed suites overlookin­g the Vaal Dam.

Additional features include a well-appointed dining area and kitchen, an intimate lounge with feature fireplace, a viewing deck, infinity pool, a large function room, secure undercover guest parking, a staff room with en-suite bathroom, and a laundry.

Improvemen­ts include additional partially constructe­d guest rooms and conference facilities.

According to Jaco du Toit of Park Village Auctions, the hotel has been well maintained and is perfectly positioned to cater to guests seeking a convenient weekend break from the rat race or companies seeking tranquil conferenci­ng facilities not far from Johannesbu­rg.

Swimming, bird-watching, golf and water sports are just some of the activities guests can indulge in when visiting the area.

The hotel will be auctioned on site at 11am.

Park Village Auctions’s trucks and capital goods sales have become essential for bidders like heavyweigh­t transport operators and small business entreprene­urs who find value in the lots offered, says Keith Green of the Durban branch.

The next auction of this nature will take place on Thursday at Storage Solutions, Khosi Place in Umgeni Business Park, Durban.

Truck tractors to go on sale include two Nissan UD 460s, four Nissan UD 440s, two Colbolt elevating low-bed trailers, and various Moto trail links and Kearsney tri-axles.

SA Truck Bodies, Hendred, Afrit, Motor Trail, flat deck link trailers, skeletal and curtain side trailers make up the trailer stock for sale.

Says Mr Green: “Given the nature of the inventory, we expect a good turnout come auction day, especially in the wake of the recent petrol price hike and the threat of another, which is forcing transport entities in particular to tighten their belts once again.”

The assets can be viewed on Wednesday from 10am to 4pm. The auction will start at 10.30am on Thursday. Meanwhile, a large collection

manufactur­ing equipment

of from a drum manufactur­er will soon hit the auction floor of Park Village Auctions.

The firm’s LeRoy Augustyn reckons the auction will appeal not only to drum making entities but to a broad range of manufactur­ers given how the assets to be auctioned can be used across a variety of industrial platforms.

Included among the assets is a new shot blast machine complete with dust extractor, a filter and bagging system, a lid shot blast machine, an Avelin Bradford 3.3ton coal-fired horizontal boiler, an MVA transforme­r, a gas-fired furnace complete with afterburne­r and extractor system, and a gas-fired 470 chain conveyor baking oven.

Other items that will also go to the highest bidder on the day of the auction include: a fully automated closed drum cleaning tunnel triple-lane conveyor; five stage wash, final stage hot air dryer and full temperatur­e control; a 20m long chain conveyor drying oven; and a three-stage, four-spout internal rust remover complete with acid tanks, pumps, extractors and vacuum section.

Additional auction stock include a one-ton horizontal gasfired boiler; a complete water softener system; effluent plant consisting of five undergroun­d storage tanks and an oil separator; a lid spray booth and 5m gas-fired baking oven; a double end chimer; a hydraulic drum crusher; spray booths and storage tanks; 10- and 20-nozzle pre-flush systems complete with pumps, recirculat­ing tank and tempering oven.

Mr Augustyn says the auction will be a happy hunting ground for bidders out for bargains. They will find plenty of quality stock in good condition.

Viewing will take place on Monday from 10am to 3pm at 29 Jacoba Road in Alberton North. The auction will take place at the same address on Tuesday at 10.30am.

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