Goldcrest R C H, 183 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT4 7LF

A period property with more recent extensions, Goldcrest for many years traded as a care home for the elderly although ceased doing so in spring 2024 and is now being offered to the market with vacant possession.

The property has accommodation which is conventionally laid out over ground and first floor levels with a total of 25 bedrooms, all of which have en suite facilities and are split with nine on the ground floor and 16 on the first floor. All of the principal communal rooms are located on the ground floor and the property benefits from a passenger lift and two stairlifts providing access to the first floor.

Externally there are gardens to the rear which include outbuildings and off road parking at the front for a number of vehicles.

Goldcrest fronts onto Dorchester Road, a main arterial route in the town and is set amongst a mixed use area with retail properties, including supermarkets, similar scale residential properties and other care homes.

It is in a prominent location, on a bus route and is surrounded by a variety of residential housing.

Weymouth is a sizeable town on the South Dorset coast, seven miles South of the county town of Dorchester and is recognised as a gateway to the Jurassic Coast, a world heritage site. Its harbour is well renowned and home to cross channel ferries and numerous other craft. Access to the town is via the A354, which connects to the A35 at Dorchester which in turn provides access to the wider area both East and West. There is also a railway station in the town which connects to London Waterloo via Bournemouth and Southampton.

The internal accommodation at the property is arranged as follows.

Ground Floor - Main entrance, hallway with staircase to the first floor, office, residents' lounge with adjacent WC's, two bedrooms with en suite and direct garden access, dining room with garden access, two further bedrooms with en suite, commercial kitchen and adjacent stores, five bedrooms with en suite, passenger lift with access to the first floor, further lounge, wet room, two additional staircases to first floor, one with chair lift.

First Floor - 16 bedrooms with en suite facilities, three additional bathrooms/wet rooms, linen store, staff room/locker room.

To the front of the property there is a tarmac parking area for approximately five vehicles.

At the side there are gates through which access can be gained leading to the rear of the property. This can provide additional parking, as well as access to the enclosed courtyard garden area which was previously for resident use.

At the rear of the plot there is a former garage which is used as storage, laundry room and freezer room. There is also a boiler room.

Goldcrest represents an excellent chance to acquire a former care home premises, which is presented in good order throughout and fitted and furnished such that it could be reopened (subject to CQC registration) with relative ease. The number of purpose built bedrooms with en suite provision and general ease of navigation around the building makes it potentially appealing to a wide variety of care uses.

Having been long established as a care home, it still lends itself to some form of care use whether regulated or otherwise given its convenient location with numerous nearby services and bus routes although any substantive changes may require planning consent to be obtained.

We are inviting offers on an asking price of £975,000 for the freehold interest in the property, with vacant possession on completion.

Goldcrest was formerly registered with CQC to accommodate a maximum of 26 clients. This registration has now lapsed. Any interested parties seeking to reopen/re-register the property will need to make their own enquiries of CQC prior to completion of the purchase.