Corstorphine House may have been converted to a residential address, but the former luxury boutique hotel has not permanently checked out of the Dunedin accommodation market.
Businessman Paul Facoory said although he had made the property his home in late 2009, barely a week went by without someone calling into the former $800 a night hotel.
Former guests, people who were married at the property, or those who thought the restaurant was still open showed there was interest in the 148-year-old property, he said.
Corstorphine House closed as a hotel in September 2009 with the loss of 12 jobs.
A website indicating it was still open was a matter he needed to "clear up" with the former owners.
Before any decisions were made over its best use, he wanted to maintain the standard of the property with a major project to bring the leaking conservatory "up to scratch". The Dunedin City Council Heritage Fund had provided $20,000 for this and work would begin once consents were in order.
"We are Dunedin people and we have the best interest of the property at heart."
Mr Facoory said he would like to get income from the property to help with its upkeep.
Possibilities included using it for corporate or wedding functions but, regardless of what happened, his family would continue to live at the property.
He acknowledged there might plans for this year's Rugby World Cup, particularly if accommodation was in short supply around the city.
"But, at this moment, it remains a residential home."
Corstorphine House was sold in a mortgagee sale for an undisclosed sum in 2009.
