Snap Dragon and Cut Flower Growers Opportunity

near Dunnville

$385,000

Greenhouse Interior

ID#: LIND

Dunnville

• 3 Bedrooms
• 1 Full Bath
• 1100 Square Feet
• Gas Heat
• Well Water Supply, Septic
  
• 5 Acres
• 2006 Taxes: $1,098

This pleasantly located greenhouse and acreage lies in the heart of Ontarios’ Niagara Peninsula known for its fruit and vegetable production along the Niagara escarpment. Niagara Falls, Marineland and Fort Erie are all only 40 minutes or less from this site. Hamilton to the north west is only 35 minutes. Easily accessible by Highway #3. 

In the immediate area is the Town of Dunnville with the large bodied Grand River and its many summer attractions, including the locally famous Mudcat Festival.   All amenities are within a few minutes of the subject farm. Local public schools and high school are all located within the Town of Dunnville.

Site:

The subject operation includes a modern 32000 square feet greenhouse cut flower operation with an 1100 square foot, 1.5 storey frame home, detached garage, all on a rectangular 5 acre sandy loam site. The rear of the site is seeded with plantation style blue spruce evergreens and contains a large pond for irrigation purposes to the greenhouses.

Greenhouses

32000 sq ft Westbrook Greenhouses

Fully equipped, 1/4th built in 1990, 1/4th built in 1999, and ½ built in 2002, contains 28 circulatory fans, drip pressure irrigation, near new Priva Maximizer computer control, 25 KW Leroy-Somer diesel generator- 350 hours, newer 200 amp breaker with 600 Volt, 3 wire -single phase electrical service, 6 Bercon-Morris 240,000 BTU heating units, 1 – CO2 Burner, 2 – inline Advantage Dosmatic filters, water pressure tank and electric pump, gutter water collection system, office and sink.New sensaphone alarm installed February 2007

This operation boasts an efficient heating system as a larger part of the heating requirements comes from 2 outdoor wood fired furnaces while the balance is made up with 6 gas fired interior units. Heat costs are reportedly in the lowest cost area of most similar producers. Present ownership has grown snapdragon flowers and supplies the wholesale and retail markets.
  
There are 2 outdoor Heat-Mor wood fired furnaces supplies 60% of heat to greenhouses (about $1.00 per square foot heating costs)

Other chattels and equipment include: Trailer-type sprayer with hose reel, trolleys
Hand-lift truck, plastic container/boxes and trays, wheel barrow, electric soil mixer and flat filler etc. 

Main residence:

Three bedroom, 1100 sq. ft., one and a half storey frame home with vinyl siding  gas boiler heated; rear sun room; single-car detached garage; mature treed front yard, presently tenanted at $700.00 per month plus part utilities;

Detached One Car garage

Taxes  $1098.58 (2006)

Legals: Highway 3, Moulton Township, Haldimand County

Highway location, 35 minutes South East from Hamilton, 35 minutes from Fort Erie and one mile to Dunnville, Ontario.

ASKING PRICE – Realistic @ $385,000.00