Plymouth Designer Supplier Fitted Bedrooms Kitchens Offices For Sale

Business description

Highlights:
• Unopposed made to measure service
• Business run successfully for 35 years
• Available for relocation or with freehold premises
• 60% bedrooms + 40% kitchens/offices
• Operated in conjunction with self employed joiner/fitter
• Retirement sale


LOCATION:
The business premises are located in a most attractive position in Peverell, in the heart of Plymouth immediately adjacent to Central Park.

BUSINESS:
The business specialises in the design and supply of made to measure fitted bedroom, kitchen and office furniture and fitments serving the Plymouth area and has generated a good deal of repeat business from clients over the years.

Plans and estimates are prepared following a visit to the client’s property and, upon receipt of orders, made to measure doors and mirrors are sourced from a small number of specialist suppliers on attractive terms. All joinery and fitting work is currently carried out by a self employed fitter operating from the workshop owned by the vendor. 60% of orders have traditionally been for fitted bedrooms, the balance for fitted kitchens and home offices. The business is believed to offer the only truly made to measure service in the Plymouth area.

The business operates from conveniently located freehold premises which incorporate a showroom, workshop, small office, store room and WC facility. The property also incorporates a further unit let to a third party business on a rolling 6 month basis. The business is offered for relocation or with a freehold option.

YEARS ESTABLISHED:
The business has been owned and run by the vendor for 35 years

TRADE:
Please note that if a business is VAT registered, all figures exclude VAT.
Accounts for the year ended 28 February 2011 show sales of £32,664 (£32,540 in previous year)

REASON FOR SALE:
Retirement sale

STAFF:
The business has no employees. The vendor has worked for several years in conjunction with a self employed joiner/fitter who bills the client separately for the associated fitting works

OPENING HOURS:
Monday to Friday: 9.00am to 4.00pm
Saturday: 10.00am to 1.00pm
Sunday: Closed

BUSINESS PREMISES:
(all sizes are approximate & should be considered 'nominal'.)
The property, which is understood formerly to have accommodated a hair salon, has been extended under the present ownership, being of standard brick/block construction largely under a flat roof with a sloping tiled roof over the office at one end. Single storey to the front elevation, where access is gained to the showroom, separate letting unit and office with store room at the same level to the rear of the showroom, the ground to the rear is lower and a workshop facility has sufficient headroom to accommodate some loft storage space. There are steps up to a rear entrance into a small lobby with access to a WC facility and a further step up into the storeroom, which adjoins the showroom.

The premises may be described in more detail as follows:

Showroom:
• L shaped
• UPVC fully glazed front door alongside tall UPVC window combination with three panels to the front and one to the corner elevation with roller blinds fitted internally
• UPVC tilt and turn window to rear elevation with external security grille
• Exposed and polished floor boards
• To the front a fitted bedroom display faces the street
• Door display to right hand side towards rear
• Fitted cupboard display to left hand side towards rear
• An open archway to the left rear gives access to:

Storeroom/Staff Room (3.1m x 4.8m):
• Half glazed wooden door to rear lobby with glazed panel over
• Wood panel flooring
• Fluorescent light strip
• Fitted shelving to one side with space for kettle, refrigerator and microwave oven
• Space for stock of doors, mirrors and other fitments

Rear Lobby:
• Step down from Storeroom
• Two steps down to half glazed wooden door representing rear exit with 4 stone steps down to street level at the rear of the property
• Wooden door to:

WC:
• Irregular shape
• Wooden window to rear elevation with internal security grille
• Wood panel flooring
• Low flush WC set at an angle
• Ceramic butler type sink with small work surface to one side, cupboard under and mirror and wooden shelf over

Workshop (Irregular shape 7.4m approx x 2.2m)
• External access only from rear of the property
• UPVC entrance door with twin obscure glazed panels and removable exterior security grille
• UPVC obscure glazed window to rear elevation
• Ceiling height 3.4m in part accommodating overhead storage space
• Fully boarded floor
• 2 x fluorescent light strips
• Wooden workbench to left hand side with fitted vice and open storage space below
• Bench with integral circular saw
• Further bench saw
• Further work surface to right hand side

Office (Irregular shape 2.4m max x 3.1m max):
• External access only from the front of the property
• Sloping ceiling
• UPVC entrance door with 2 x obscure glazed panels
• UPVC windows to both end and rear elevations
• High level wall vent
• Wooden floor
• Fitted desk with chest of drawers to side
• Fitted wall shelving
• Wall light

Letting Unit (Irregular triangular shape – rear wall 7.1m, front wall 5.6m, side wall 3.8m)
• Currently let separately for rental of £485pm on a rolling 6 month agreement, the tenants having been in occupation since 2007
• UPVC entrance door with 2 x obscure glazed panels
• UPVC window to front elevation
• Half glazed door formerly interconnecting to showroom (no longer in use)
• Mainly tiled floor
• Fitted floor and wall cupboards with roll edged work surfaces having previously been arranged as a kitchen showroom

Note:
Where items of equipment and appliances are mentioned, no warranty is given or implied as to their operational condition.

PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION:
(all sizes are approximate & should be considered 'nominal'.)
None

OUTSIDE:
There is plenty of unrestricted free street parking immediately adjacent to the premises

LEASE TERMS:
The vendor may be prepared to rent the premises to the purchaser on a short term basis. Purchasers interested in this option should discuss their wishes with us.

Property information

Property:

Leasehold