Home & Income for Hobbits and Home & Income for You?

Matamata has become the home and income place of the Hobbits and  could be the home and income place for you with the land, buildings and business of Maple Lodge Motel being offered for sale.
Guests come to Maple Lodge for many reasons: sports events, work projects, business, families travelling and tourists visiting New Zealand to name a few. Whatever the reason for their stay they find a warm welcome and a peaceful haven which meets their needs. Just what you would expect as this motel has all of the attributes to make it a “great motel”

Location: Matamata is well known for its rural and racing culture which brings guests to town but also Hobbiton has had a huge impact on the visitors to the town and consequently the flow on to the economy. Visitor numbers  rose after the Lord of the Rings movies and the opening of Hobbiton and another increase is expected from the latest Hobbit movies. The set is to be left after these movies and will be even more of an attraction for people to view. The cult like following of these movies is expected to continue for many years to come.
Facilities, comfort and affordability: The nine units are immaculately presented to provide very good comfortable and affordable accommodation. Being large and spacious with everything they need including cooking facilities, guests can just sit back and relax. Providing the option of studio or one bedroom units there is something for everyone.
Uniqueness: Maple Lodge is unique in that it welcomes the guests with a beautiful garden setting, Quiet and relaxed with an outdoor pool and plenty of parking space. Set back from the road the motel is easily visible but positioned to ensure a quiet nights sleep.
Easy to get to: The motel is on a main entrance to Matamata and easily reached from a large area. Being only two hours from Auckland, with Cambridge, Hamilton and Rotorua all within an hour and Taupo only one and a half hours away this is a very good central base for people to stay.
Something Special: The motel is not your ordinary motel. It has a very relaxed feel about it with the garden, grounds and surrounding residential properties making you feel as if you are at home or visiting a relative.

Can you see a picture of a small motel which will provide a good business and income but also a nice homely atmosphere for you to live in. The operators accommodation is a separate house with open plan lounge and dinning room which is refurbished and well maintained. There are two bedrooms on the living level and another bedroom and storeroom/gamesroom on the level below. From the lounge a deck overlooks the garden. As the units do for the guests the house provides very good comfortable accommodation for the operators.

The local isite describes Matamata as follows.
Tourism Success
The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy put Matamata on the tourism map and has helped to make the industry a vital part of the town’s economy. Visitor numbers have grown steadily since the opening of the Hobbiton Movie Set and Farm Tours in December 2002. Two hours south of Auckland, en route to Rotorua, Matamata is the ideal location to rest and refuel. A large number of travelers take up the opportunity every day.

Approximately 300,000 visitors came through in 2005 – 80 per cent of these visitors come from overseas. It is estimated that 25 percent of these people will take the Hobbiton tour, while almost all will stop to have a photo beside the “Welcome to Hobbiton” sign.

For those who are staying longer other attractions in the Matamata area include the picturesque Kaimai Ranges and Wairere Falls, Java Lodge horse stud tours and alpaca farm tours. Tandem and solo sky diving lessons are available at the Matamata Aerodrome, while the Opal hot springs provides a great place to relax.

Lifestyle Success
Matamata has the facilities to meet the needs of each member of your family and offers the best in New Zealand lifestyle opportunities. A range of excellent rural and urban primary schools, a catholic primary school, an intermediate school and a secondary school, will provide for your family’s education. There are also a number of childcare facilities including kindergartens and a playcentre. A busy medical centre offers GP, physiotherapy, x-ray and laboratory services, while a trust-operated hospital provides maternity and hospital level aged-care, transitional care, and day surgery services. Matamata has three rest homes and the only specialist dementia care unit in the Eastern Waikato.

Sport is a very important part of life in Matamata. From rugby and netball to tennis and croquet you will find a club of like-minded people. Matamata is home to the country’s most successful inland fishing club. There are four golf courses within 20km of the town and a world-renowned gliding club operates from the Matamata aerodrome.

The arts are also an important part of life in Matamata. A sculpture symposium is held annually, while musical and dramatic theatre groups perform throughout the year. Every major service club is active in the town, and there is a church of every major denomination.

Matamata’s recreational facilities include an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, sports centre, two purpose built community theatres and a modern comprehensive library. The town’s information centre and two local newspapers keep the community informed about upcoming events and the news and views of the people. Located in the central North Island Matamata is just a short commute to three major cities. It is also two hours from the Coromandel beaches and inland lakes, which provide the ideal summer playground.

Sourced from the Matamata isite website. http://www.matamatanz.co.nz/business


If you are looking to buy the land buildings and business of a motel then here is a perfect opportunity. The motel provides a good income, lifestyle and place to live. It could even be run by one person it is so well set up. For more information on this perfect opportunity contact us now.