Fish And Chips 3 Bed Home East Sussex Town For Sale

Business description

Attractive large double fronted shop with 3 bed home on 2 floors above in terrace at end of High St in highly sought-after busy affluent inland East Sussex town. T/O average £5,000-£5,500+pw open M-Sat 4.45pm -9.30pm & Tu-Sat 11.30m-2pm. Large well fitted kitchen & outside storeroom, courtyard, etc. Professionally fitted & equipped, run by owners, their son & 6 part-timers. Business has loyal customers, caters for major parties and events. Family owned from 1982, sale due to family illness. Great solid business.

Property information

Property:

Freehold

Location:

This highly profitable and long established fish & chips shop is located in a historic and beautiful East Sussex town. The business is situated at the end of the renowned High Street on a residential road with a public house at either end. The town is also situated close to Brighton & Hove about 5 miles to the south, with Crawley located approximately 20 miles to the north.

With its Norman Castle and medieval cobbled lanes drawing many visitors, the town also has all the facilities expected of a thriving town with both national and specialist retailers and is considered a highly sought-after town in which to live & work with a generally affluent local population.

The town has good road, bus and rail connections with East and West Sussex with a direct rail link to Brighton and London which attracts an increasing number of affluent commuters to settle in the town and surrounding villages.

The shop has been family owned for the past 30 years and run by the current family members for the past 12 years (having worked in the shop since 1985).

Premises details:

The business, as stated, is situated at the end of a renowned High Street on a residential road with a public house at either end.

The freehold property consists of the main shop area at the front of the ground floor, with very large owners kitchen behind. This leads through to the cool room, with outside store room and WC to the rear.

The main shop area has a modern gas-fired fish and chip range which was designed by Sussex Catering, together with a chiller drinks cabinet, 4 pot Bain-Marie, microwave oven, sink, shelving and till. The main extractor system is controlled from the basement of the property.

The kitchen includes the combination boiler which heats the whole premises, 2 upright freezers and cooker. The cool room, where all the fish & chips are prepared, includes a double sink, steel preparation table, commercial 8-tray fish fridge, tall upright freezer, batter making machine, whole-bag potato peeler and chipper (under 2 years old).

The outside storeroom has a fish freezer and half-bag potato peeler and there is a large outside paved courtyard area.

The Private Living Accommodation
On the first floor is the lounge, together with two bedrooms (one double with cupboards above), bathroom and further cupboard space.

The stairs to the second floor lead to a third bedroom (double) with separate study area and walk-in wardrobe.All the windows on this floor have been replaced. All the bedrooms and lounge have television, Sky and telephone points.

Business Operation

Reasons for selling:

family illness

Trading hours:

The opening hours are Monday to Saturday 4:45pm to 9:30pm and Tuesdays to Saturday 11:30am to 2pm

Employees:

The business is run by the owners, with the support of 6 part-time staff, plus the owners' son.

Years established:

30