Offering award – winning boutique accommodation, coupled with an idyllic rural lifestyle, Greenlee Cottages is a most beautiful property to call home and to run a thriving agritourism business. A mere stone’s throw from Lamington National Park and several local vineyards, it is well located for guests to explore all the attractions of the Gold Coast Hinterland. Comprising 28.7 ha (70.9 acres) and with extensive frontage to Canungra Creek, there is plenty of space for guests to enjoy the outdoors.
Top – rating customer reviews and recognition within the tourism industry has seen bookings for the four cottages increase exponentially since opening in 2016. Many of these are repeat clientele. There is also potential for expansion, with Council receptive to the proposal of a further two cottages being built within the same footprint of the existing four.
The business is currently run by a couple (the vendors), who happily say it is not too labour – intensive and provides genuine work – life balance. Alternatively, the management could easily be outsourced and there is a 6m x 3m site on the property (with all services ready for connection), perfect for a caretaker’s donga or tiny house.
GREENLEE COTTAGES:
• 3 x 1 bedroom and 1 x 2 bedroom, luxury self – contained guest cottages with air conditioning, ceiling fans, wifi, kitchenette, ceiling fans, queen – sized beds and a private deck with views across the valley. The two-bedroom cottage (Woodcutter’s Cottage)’ is accessible – friendly.
• UV filtered, rain water
• Covered BBQ area with pizza oven, fire pit, solar lighting, table and chairs
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRY RECOGNITION:
• Listings on multiple online booking platforms: Booking.com (9.5 approval rating); Expedia;
Air Bnb
• Little Hotelier (software system) used for all aspects of business management (including bookings)
• Awarded Trip Advisor Traveller Choice Awards in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
• Rated by Tourism and Events Qld as a ‘Best in Qld Experience’ operator for the last 5 years
Luxury and privacy are not just reserved for the guests at Greenlee Cottages, the owner’s residence is equally as comfortable.
RESIDENCE
• 2 – storey, Queenslander – style home with Colorbond roof, painted Red Cedar exterior (upstairs), sandstone, split – face - brick construction downstairs
• Perfectly set up for intergenerational living or to accommodate a manager downstairs
• Four bedrooms + office (could be a 5th bedroom), 3 bathrooms (including an ensuite off the main bedroom)
• Large kitchen with Rosewood cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, servery to the verandah
• Formal dining room plus living room upstairs with fireplace and French doors opening onto the verandah
• Spacious family room downstairs with sliding doors opening onto a covered patio.
• 3 car accommodation underneath the house
• Wraparound verandahs
WATER:
• 400m frontage to Canungra Creek with 1.5ha water licence
• Water is pumped from the creek to 10 000 gallon tank and pressurised to existing pipelines (currently used to irrigate 60 macadamia trees). Pipework is in place for a further hectare of irrigation if required.
• Multiple rain water tanks
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
• 4 bay machinery shed with concrete floor and 22 solar power panels on the roof (6kW approx)
• 5 bay Colorbond shed with concrete floor
• Steel cattle yards with head bale and loading ramp
• Bitumen/gravel driveway to the house and cottages
This is a prime opportunity to invest in a growing agritourism venture located in the heart of one of the Lonely Planet’s top 10 ‘Best in Travel 2022’ destinations – the Scenic Rim.
And in the words of the vendors, ‘it is a beautiful place to wake up to in the morning’.
Contact Danny Bukowski on 0427 007 116 for further information.
