The Corner House Hotel, 72 Massetts Road, Horley, RH6 7ED

The Corner House Hotel comprises a 34-bedroom owner operated hotel business with 4 star AA rated Guest Accommodation. The hotel is the perfect place to start and finish your holiday offering transfers to and from London Gatwick, as well as secure park and fly facilities.

The hotel also offer a base from which to visit the most popular tourist attractions in London and the South and has a warm and relaxed atmosphere where guests can enjoy a meal in the onsite restaurant or a drink at the bar.

The Corner House Hotel is located within Horley on the south eastern edge of Surrey, and has Gatwick Airport approximately a mile distant. The property is easily accessible via the M25 (J7/8) with direct mainline rail connections into London from both Gatwick and Horley.

Gatwick Airport is the second largest airport in the UK after Heathrow with approximately 34 million passengers transiting through.

The hotel is configured over three detached buildings, two of those are set within the same plot with the third (Chalet) being on a separate title and accessed by crossing Massetts Road. The main building provides the majority of bedrooms and public areas including:-

• Reception desk
• Stairs to bedrooms
• Lounge/bar area
• Breakfast/dining room

There is also access to ancillary areas including guest toilets and commercial kitchen.

The majority of fixtures and fittings and furnishings are to be included within the sale save for a few personal items. A list of any items to be removed will be provided by the Vendor.

The hotel features a selection of single, double and suites across its 34 bedrooms set over three floors and the accommodation is based across three buildings as follows:-

• Main building - 19 bedrooms (14 accessed via the main entrance (over three floors) and 5 at the rear over two floors)
• Detached building (on the same plot) – 5 rooms (over two floors)
• Detached building (across the road) – 10 rooms (over two floors)

The main hotel sits on the corner of Brighton Road and Massetts Road and is easily accessible from either road.

The property has a part covered seating area in the garden. The majority of the external areas are devoted to car parking for the park and fly guests utilising the off site airport parking facilities.

There are also the usual ancillary areas for bin storage, and loading/unloading of linens and other hotel deliveries.

After 35 years of ownership, our clients are looking to sell to to retire from the business.

The hotel is owned and operated by the Vendors who have developed a highly profitable business model generating consistent revenue in three key areas:

* Accommodation
* Offsite airport parking
* Transfers to and from the airport.

The business has a 4.5 rating on TripAdvisor with over 700 reviews. The property has been maintained well during the current ownership.

The Corner House Hotel currently operates with a complement of longstanding and reliable staff. A General Manager has recently been employed, however, all staff live locally.

The current owner has stepped away from the running of the hotel in recent months.

Financial Statements for the year ended 30/6/24 show net turnover of £1,113,772 with a reconstituted net profit of c.£376,000.

Further trading information will be made available following the signing of an NDA.

Current rateable value (1 April 2023 to present) £62,900.