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Originally Posted by LI_Bri
Hello all. I am new to this forum and I discovered it while trying to research the Gunstock Inn. This little hotel is currently for sale and I was considering buying it. Just wondering if anyone has any history or opinions about the property.
Thanks in advance.
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Last time I looked it was under a forclosure notice and sale. This may have been pushed off.
Here is my take on this. The guest rooms are huge to the point of rediculous. The general layout is strange and the gym and pool seem to be the basic revenue driver. If there is no snow there is no business and it is off the beaten path for lakes folks to frequent. Unless you have a ton of cash to rehab and then market it to other than locals and offer a sensational restaurant that people will drive an hour or more to get to I recommend looking elsewhere.
Restaurants that are not already long established and very well managed that are not directly in a downtown area are doomed to failure in NH. The tourist trade is already divided among way more eaterys than are needed. A local restaurant operator once said that operating a restaurant in the Lakes Region is like operating a very busy place for 26 days (13 weekends and then trying to stay alive for the other 339 days.)
But that is only one hospitality consultants opinion. And since the advice is free take it for what it may be worth.