From: bazannie
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 5:58 AM
To:
gsg@sellnext.com
Subject: RE: Ccrest=Seacrest Cafe,
Minehead, England

Hi Gary,

The figure we can m
anage, pretty much the original figure mentioned from donna £300,000
pending a survey etc.
Can you give us an idea of what the cafe takes?
What does the house consists of room wise
Any chance of a room plan layout, up & down stairs.
Does Donna have a digital camera at all

We would hope to complete if we went ahead by end 2004
We would have to make another visit, purley to look at the house

How long would you say the season last, any visitors in the winter months, do you ever get cutt off?

Regards Annie

 

Sent: Sun 9/26/2004 11:49 AM

Dear Annie and Barry – I have yet to discuss your email with Marie Dion but to keep my conversation with my rather logical partner-wife brief and to the point, tell me exactly what is your bottom line price for purchasing this one of a kind business opportunity and how quickly can you complete the transaction.

 Yours truly,

 Gary

 

“The world would be far better off if women were on permanent PMS then they wouldn’t put up with any of the bullshit” – Marie Dion

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: bazannie
Sent:
Saturday, September 25, 2004 2:26 AM
To:
gsg@sellnext.com
Subject: Re: Ccrest=Seacrest Cafe,
Minehead, England

Dear Gary

Thanks for contacting us regarding the Seacrest cafe.

Since my hubby Barry spoke to Donna, we were eagerly awaiting this mail, but sadly it seems you are not yet planning a sale, or at least one we could consider.( £400,000 out of the question).
We have talked about nothing else since the phone call. We feel quiet deflated

Barry and i have previously owned a similar catering business and your place seemed the right size for the two of us to run, as bryan and donna have. I got the impression they were wanting to go back to 
USA.

Shame as we have two couples waiting to buy our home in southport.

We will have to look else where, as we want to make a change sooner rather than later, we almost had
the car packed to come down and have another look, barry had taken exterior pictures on his phone last time we were in lynmouth.

If your situation changes, or you need a couple to maybe run it for a season by all means contact us.
We could rent our flat out for the same time,we would like to make a change realisticly after christmas.

Regards Annie & Barry



On Thu,
23 Sep 2004 18:48 , Gary S. Gevisser <gsg@sellnext.com> sent:

Dear Barry and Anne;

Bryan Taylor the operator of our Ccrest=Seacrest Café in Minehead tells me that you might be interested in purchasing this one of a kind property-business and that he had indicated to you that we would be looking at a sale price of around 300,000 pounds.

 Since Bryan spoke with you my wife and I after further consultation with Bryan have decided that given the incredible success Bryan and his sister Danna have had during this past summer and considering the investment of our time and money since acquiring Ccrest in December 2001 it would make more sense given the current trend especially when compared to the previous years to see what this brother-sister team could do in their second season unless someone were to come in with a “crazy” offer of sum 400,000 pounds which to “sum” [sic] may be very reasonable considering this is the location of locations, the road from London ending at our doorstep before entering one of the most enchanted forests on planet earth, to mention little of time and again how idiotic can one really be in this “dog eat god” [sic] world to compare Ccrest to anything, i.e. nothing comparable, a gree?

 Both Bryan and Danna have indicated they would be interested in staying on should a buyer wish to keep this terrific team but at the same time all of us could understand if someone thought it would suite them better to live and operate the Bed and Breakfast Café as had been the case with the previous owners.

 Please let me know your thoughts.

 Regards,

 Gary S. Gevisser