Thank you all for the very good input, much appreciated.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough in terms of what we were thinking on offering. No offence to anyone, but OldNSalty hit the nail on the head. We are not looking at setting up a Dive resort or dive operator business. This is strictly a Bead and Breakfast type operation geared towards the needs of divers as we are both divers and because divers are generally very nice people. Max occupancy would be in the range of 4-6 people.
If we find a good enough property with easy access to shore diving we might be looking at getting a compressor down the line for easy no frills filling (it goes without saying that proper training, upkeep and liability protection is a must).
The place we are looking at relocating to is cold water diving only. For me this means additional needs for gear storage, rinsing and drying. Seeing that I'm Scandinavian I could see a sauna being a future addition as well (nice after a day of cold water diving). A pool that is suitable for equipment checks and general skills work is very high on the list.
+1 on the reference library.
+1 on outside showers (may not be needed, but is a nice feature to offer)
+1 on the spares and extra bit of kit for lending.
+1 on packed breakfast/ Brunch (Food quality will be excellent as we both are very serious about good food and wine)
+1 on full size storage lockers in warm well ventilated area.
+1 on lots of power strips in the rooms
+1 on easy transfers to an from dive operator/ docks and gear storage.
+1 on handicapped accessible (if the property allows easy conversion this is a sure thing)
And internet will always be free!
On teaming up with a dive operator. I see no reason to restrict people to a specific one. If you book your stay with us you would get lower prices if you dive with operator X and viceversa. If you want to go with another operator or no operator at all that is perfectly fine with us.
So having said the above any other suggestions? What about the thing you hate the most when you are staying somewhere, be it dive related or not?