Creative Arts Retreat, Bed and Breakfast
Business Description
Business Overview:
For sale is a vertically integrated asset that operates in the industry intersections of experiential hospitality, specialized retail, and subscription e-commerce. The core customer demographic of the business is affluent women aged 40 and older. The company's business model was built to have each revenue stream function as a customer acquisition engine for the others. This has created a flywheel effect where revenue incurs less payment friction over time.
Real Estate:
Valued at $3,800,000 and included in the total purchase price. The property consists of a nearly 15,000 square foot timber and stone building that was custom constructed by the owner in 2016. The building was engineered to host premium group hospitality retreats for the creative arts. The property has 10 guest rooms, each with a private bath, sleeping up to 20 guests. Room configurations include:
-- 4 rooms with three twin beds
-- 2 rooms with a queen and twin bed
-- 2 king rooms
-- 2 queen rooms
This transaction qualifies for favorable SBA financing amortized over a 25-year period.
Inventory:
The sale includes an estimated $600,000 of inventory at cost. The buyer walks into a fully stocked, operating store.
Employees:
There are 5 full-time employees. Starting with an active assistant general manager who handles daily administrative, scheduling, and client experience oversight, reporting directly to ownership. The remaining full-time staff consists of a production manager, event manager, service manager, and inventory lead. An additional 10 part-time employees round out the team who are cross trained to support retail, lodging, and event operations.
For sale is a vertically integrated asset that operates in the industry intersections of experiential hospitality, specialized retail, and subscription e-commerce. The core customer demographic of the business is affluent women aged 40 and older. The company's business model was built to have each revenue stream function as a customer acquisition engine for the others. This has created a flywheel effect where revenue incurs less payment friction over time.
Real Estate:
Valued at $3,800,000 and included in the total purchase price. The property consists of a nearly 15,000 square foot timber and stone building that was custom constructed by the owner in 2016. The building was engineered to host premium group hospitality retreats for the creative arts. The property has 10 guest rooms, each with a private bath, sleeping up to 20 guests. Room configurations include:
-- 4 rooms with three twin beds
-- 2 rooms with a queen and twin bed
-- 2 king rooms
-- 2 queen rooms
This transaction qualifies for favorable SBA financing amortized over a 25-year period.
Inventory:
The sale includes an estimated $600,000 of inventory at cost. The buyer walks into a fully stocked, operating store.
Employees:
There are 5 full-time employees. Starting with an active assistant general manager who handles daily administrative, scheduling, and client experience oversight, reporting directly to ownership. The remaining full-time staff consists of a production manager, event manager, service manager, and inventory lead. An additional 10 part-time employees round out the team who are cross trained to support retail, lodging, and event operations.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 19
- Employees
- 15 (5 Full-time, 10 Part-time)
- Facilities & Assets
- The longarm studio runs 4 professional machines: 3 Gammill longarms (2 computer-guided, 1 hand-guided) and 1 Handi Quilter hand-guided longarm, providing both production capacity for quilting services and a premier teaching environment for longarm classes. The classroom floor is outfitted with ironing boards, irons, and cutting stations complete with cutting mats and large rulers. For retreat guests traveling from out of the area, Baby Lock Rachael sewing machine rentals are offered with extension tables, ensuring every guest arrives ready to sew regardless of what they were able to bring with them.
- Market Outlook / Competition
- The closest comparable concept to this business is Missouri Star Quilt Company in Hamilton, Missouri, widely known as the "Disneyland of Quilting".
- Opportunities for Growth
- This business has built a powerful marketing foundation that a new owner can immediately leverage for growth. The core customer demographic (women aged 50 and older) is one of the most accessible and targetable audiences in digital marketing today. This group is highly active on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, the three platforms where quilting content thrives organically and where paid advertising can be deployed with precision targeting at a relatively low cost. A new owner with even a modest digital marketing budget could meaningfully grow retreat bookings, online shop revenue, Block of the Month subscriptions, and class enrollment by simply showing up consistently in front of an audience that is already passionate about exactly what this business offers.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Owned
- Included in asking price
- Building Sq. Ft.
- 14,868
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- Retirement
- Transition Support
- The seller will provide training and transition support for a reasonable period to ensure a smooth handover of all business operations.
Listing Info
- ID
- 2518924
- Listing Views
- 161
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