The Hanger House hotel in Mudgee comes with parking for guests' jets

“It’s a very beautiful idea,” says Alexey Suarez-Gonzales, the co-owner of one of Australia’s most unusual hotels, the Hangar House, a boutique hotel with its own airplane hangar in Mudgee, in NSW’s Central Tablelands.

“People love it. We have had so many celebrities come and stay here over the years as they love the privacy it offers. But no, it’s for that reason I can’t name any names!”

The 5-star hotel has six rooms and parking for up to five planes. Photo: Supplied

Designed and built in 2013 as a labour of love for keen flier Suarez-Gonzales, 42, it’s now been put on the market. His father back home in Cuba is sick, and he has decided to return to spend some time with him.

“It is very sad to leave this as it’s my baby,” he says. “But I need to go to help support my father.”

The sale of this freehold property, next to Mudgee Airport, close to many of the area’s wineries and 30 minutes from Sydney by plane, is being handled by Savills Australia’s senior hotels executive, Nic Simarro.

The 1102-square-metre hotel has six rooms – all named after famous aircraft – a dining area, kitchen, a manager’s residence and that private hangar for four or five light aircraft, cars or conferences and functions. There’s also on-site parking on a 1881-square-metre allotment.

In the US, the concept of sleeping by your aircraft has been embraced by many high fliers. There have been developments at a few airports offering such facilities, and actor John Travolta is well known for keeping his plane close by. There are even fly-in golf courses, fly-in office complexes and fly-in villages where people can play, work and live within walking distance of their beloved aircraft.

But in Australia, that kind of idea is much less well known.

The interior of one of the rooms. Photo: Supplied

“It is a very unusual property,” says Mr Simarro. “It would fit someone as a house who wants access to the airport or a flight training school or could still be operated as a boutique hotel, with a strong cash flow. There’s been a lot of money spent on it, and it’s a lovely place.

“When I visited, the owner of the San Miguel beer label had just flown in. But the areas of the building can all be sectioned off to give the ultimate in privacy. I think it’ll will end up going to a high net worth individual who would like the convenience of just flying in, or an international investor.”

Both Savills, and the vendors who operate Observe Air which is registered as having two planes, are refusing to put a price on the property. It’s being sold by international expressions of interest which close March 17.

Local Mudgee agent Robbie Palmer of First National Real Estate says it’s very difficult to estimate what it could be worth. “It’s such a specialised thing,” he says. “I just couldn’t guestimate.

The hotel has been a popular destination for celebrities who love the privacy. Photo: Supplied

“I know the owners didn’t spare any expense when they built it and, while I think it would be worth many millions, it’s hard to put a figure on it.”

The hotel itself is a two-storey steel structure designed by Sydney architect Maurice Patten of Patten Design. The décor is themed around aviation, with a giant mural of the sky, onto which each visitor’s aircraft is laminated, fills an entire wall. The property was also used during the filming of the Nine Network’s TV drama Doctor Doctor.

One worry potential buyers wouldn’t have, though, is aircraft noise living so close to the airport. There are only three to four flights to the airport a day, says Mr Simarro, and absolutely no flights at night.

The biggest planes to visit are from the Newcastle-based regional airline FlyPelican which operates a fleet of 19-seat British Aerospace Jetstream 32s.