Property Information
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England: Cambridgeshire
Price: Property no longer available.
Size: SOA
Primary Category: Businesses For Sale
All Categories:
Shop, Businesses For Sale,
Property Ref/Movehut: MH590096
Property Ref/Agent: 4962
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Property description
Whittlesey is a vibrant small town situated some ten miles from Peterborough. With many of the local businesses being owner operated, there is a charm here that is missing from bigger towns where all the shops are the same. Ostlers was founded in 1952 and has been family run ever since. Enjoying a reputation for providing a quality service, having friendly staff and knowledgeable owners the store has survived profitably for many a year.
Now for sale for the first time in its history, this hardware store offers the new owner a tremendous chance to impose their own style on a very solid foundation.
ACCOMMODATION ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE APPROXIMATE AND FOR GUIDANCE ONLY
The store faces onto the busy High St and has a large glass window and entrance porch to show off a selection of the wares for sale. With an internal sales area of c1500sq ft in a rectangular shape, there is in addition adequate storage to the rear with an office offering a further c 250 sq ft. To the side of the building is a separate storage room again measuring c 250sq ft. There are two rows of gondolas and several spinners to maximise the number of lines for sale. At the rear, before the office, is a large open area for the display of larger items.
Outside at the back there is a large car park offering easy access for goods inwards and outwards. The cloakroom is above the store and the vendor pays £360 pa for access and thus pays no water rates.
HOURS OF BUSINESS Monday to Friday9.00amto5.30pm
Saturday9.00amto5.00pm
Sunday9.30amto2.00pm
THE BUSINESS ITSELF The business enjoys steady sales of c£250,000pa and has the high GP you would expect from this type of business. Offering the full range of goods you would expect to find in a traditional hardware store, the business has survived and flourished. The nearest warehouse competitor is the other side of Peterborough, some twelve miles distant, ensuring a constant flow of regular customers from a wide area drawn by the reputation of Ostlers. With new younger enthusiastic owners this enterprise can offer a good living whilst being located in a pleasant environment.
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