Summary - 1, ROYAL LONDON HOUSE, HOLDENHURST ROAD BH8 8AA
1 bed 1 bath Leisure Facility
Prominent freehold building with mixed-use income and redevelopment potential.
Prominent Lansdowne corner position with strong road visibility
A substantial freehold corner building in central Bournemouth, Royal London House offers immediate income from four high-spec holiday-let floors and clear redevelopment potential across three vacant office levels. The building occupies a prominent Lansdowne roundabout position close to the railway station and a 15-minute walk to the beach, with extensive town and sea views from the upper floors — strong locational drivers for leisure, serviced accommodation or residential conversion.
Three upper office floors are currently vacant and offered either for lease or conversion; planning consent exists for mixed C1 serviced accommodation, flexible E/B1 uses and ancillary hospitality, with additional applications under consideration. The layout includes two passenger lifts, secondary staircore and a central lightwell providing natural light; floorplates are largely consistent apart from the eighth floor. Four floors are already operational as holiday lets and producing income with month-on-month growth since opening.
Buyers should note material considerations plainly: the ground-floor retail/entrance is excluded from the sale and subject to separate ownership; parts of the building remain vacant and will require fit-out or conversion works to suit alternative use. The immediate area records very high crime levels — a local market factor to weigh against footfall and student demand. VAT is payable and standard purchaser legal costs and AML checks will apply.
This asset suits investors or developers targeting Bournemouth’s buoyant coastal visitor market, build-to-rent/co-living or phased conversion to private residential (C3) or student accommodation (STP). The mixed-income profile — operational holiday lets plus consented change of use — allows a purchaser to combine immediate revenue with medium-term value uplift through redevelopment or lease-up.
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