29 HENTY STREET Dunkeld VIC 3294

This highly reputable, family owned, and lovingly operated childcare centre, was opened in 2017 with strong local support from its community. The centre runs a nature based program concentrating on natural outdoor spaces that supports the children in making connections and building an appreciation of the natural world.

This is easily achieved with Dunkeld being located at the base of the Southern Grampians National Park, providing a wonderful nature-based education to the children in the wider community and a greater understanding and emphasis on outdoor play and exploration.

Points of interest:
• High occupancy rate (90%+).
• Insufficient childcare places in the local area ensures a high occupancy should be maintained.
• Large capture area from Glenthompson, Hamilton, Tarrington and beyond.
• 18 Approved Place Childcare Centre based on indoor space v's outdoor space. New owner may wish to increase this by extending the indoor space for extra capacity.
• 7 staff, including the owner - 2 full time (incudes the owner).
• Very reliable and stable staff providing trustworthy and friendly relationship between the children and their families within the centre.
• Close to the primary school and kinder for out of school hours care offering convenience for parents to drop off their children to and from work with ample off street safe parking.
• The centre was re-designed and renovated prior to opening offering modern features and will provide instant warmth and home away from home feeling as soon as you enter the gates.
• Extra space in external yard for larger play-based activities, campfire, vegetable gardens, chooks and goats.
• The centres central position and proximity to the Arboretum allows for their daily walks and nature play and exploration.
• The nice sized centre makes an excellent impression to whomever visits by its love filled play spaces, well designed layout and abundant natural elements in outdoor areas.
• This centre has created a very good reputation through word of mouth in the wider community.
• All buyers will need to become Provider Approved.
• Ideally leasehold and freehold to be sold concurrently.
• Friendly vendor happy to assist with a smooth handover.

This opportunity suits someone thinking of giving up a day job and be their own boss. It is an excellent hard to come by opportunity for someone keen to move away from the inflexible day job or business in a vulnerable industry. The lengthy lockdown during the pandemic is a great testimony for how resilient the childcare industry is.

All the hard work has been done for you to walk in and take over a well reputed, supported and established business, so if you have been looking for that change of direction then this could be the place for you!