Guest house with café and bottle shop, 29 years trading
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At a glance
- Stock value
- $55,000
- Return on investment
- 18% p/a
- Years trading
- 29+
About the business
A cafe in regional Western Australia. It is owner operated with a team of 4 full-time casual employees, and a negotiable training period. It is open seven days, including public holidays. The premises are a two-storey brick former hotel built in the 1930s and restored in 1995, in the main street of a Regional WA mining town on a major highway north. The sale is freehold. It has 22 rooms, including 9 with ensuite, a cafe and a new bottle shop, and holds a full hotel liquor licence. Customers are mining and exploration crews, contractors and road crews, plus tourists and travellers. The broker reports it is currently taking bookings to September 2027 and that shire approval is in place for two further cabin blocks.
Financing calculator
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Asking price$1,950,000
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Your cash$585,000
Secured loan, 7 years at 6.98%$1,365,000
Each month
Loan repayment$20,590
Repayments each month
$20,590
Over 7 years you repay $1,729,406, of which $364,406 is interest.
Secured on property: the RBA's average for small business new loans secured on residential property, August 2026. Lenders set their own rates and terms, and this leaves out stamp duty and fees. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia 2026.
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