Profitable Lifestyle Village Shop & Accommodation Near Taunton For Sale

Business description

Situated in the heart of Stoke St Gregory, a perfect and profitable lifestyle opportunity or first time business venture in a beautiful village setting.

Ideal semi-retirement, lifestyle change for people looking for a slower pace of life.

Easy to manage and run independant village store with great accommadation.

The business has shown constant growth over the years and since taking over the shop has supported all our needs.

The shop is well supported by the villagers who appreciate the services we offer. There has been a shop on this site for over 100 years.

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Property information

Property:

Freehold

Living accommodation:

The living accommadation is in a very good condition with many new improvements. A seperate front entrance leads into a hallway with the original flagstones and cloakroom. The large living/dining room has windows at each end, a wood burner in a feature fireplace and exposed beams to dining area. The kitchen which overlooks the church has a range of fitted units, dishwasher and room for a table, this leads through to the utility/stockroom and access to the shop and conservatory. The utility stockroom has plumbing for a washing machine, refridgerator, worktops and shelving door through to staff toilet. Upstairs there are 4 impressive sized bedrooms 1 with a new en-suite, newly fitted large bathroom with a large walk in shower cubicle. Stairs lead up to a currently unconverted second floor attic (this is a very large area). Outside the decent sized rear garden has a fish pond, useful log store and garage (brick built) and shed, rear access with private parking. The front of the property fronts the village square and has ample parking.

Location:

The attractive village of Stoke St Gregory is approx 8 miles from Taunton and within 7 miles of junction 25 of the M5 motorway.

The property lies in the heart of the village, adjacent to the church and predomonately positioned in the village square. The village itself covers a wide area with a mixture of farms and housing.

The Village consists of one shop (ours), a post office, 2 public houses, a pre-school and primary school and an active village hall.

Premises details:

The property comprises of a large semi-detached period building with the village shop on the ground floor and family accommadation on the remainder of the ground floor, the first floor and within a currently unconverted second floor attic.

The shop has 505 sq ft of retail space, wih a combined stockroom/utility to the rear. It contains various shelving (some brought in the last year), freezer, chilling cabinets, counter etc

This well supported store sells a wide selection of food, household products, newspapers,confectionary, wine, spirits and beer to both the local community and nearby rural population.

It has ample customer parking to the front of the shop.

Other information

Expansion potential:

There are several areas that could be expanded on:
Longer opening hours, at the moment I run the shop at hours to suit myself and know the villagers would apprieciate the shop to open slightly later, particually in the summer months.
Further promotion of the delivery service.
ATM machine.
Paypoint and Lottery may be an idea. (We have been approached by Paypoint with regards to having the service).
Paper delivery service.
En-suite bedroom could be used for Bed and Breakfast for the visitors that stay in the village, whilst exploring the area.

Competition / Market:

The nearest competition is a village store in the next village which is approx 2.5 miles away, the nearest larger supermarket is approx 7 miles away. The Post Office in the village trades as a post office only.

Support & training:

If required we will give handover training and support.

Reasons for selling:

Husbands work and family reasons. Since knowing that we would have to move the shop has been run at a style and pace to suit one partner. We are selling the property jointly with an agent who can supply further information.

Trading hours:

Monday to Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm Closed for lunch 12.45pm - 1.30pm
Saturday 8.30am - 2.30pm
Sunday 9am - 12 noon

We close bank Holdays and over the Christmas period.

Inventory / Stock value:

£11,500