Building Contractor With Property Rentals And Development Potential For Sale

Business description

HISTORY

• Business founded 50 years as a regional building firm
• Acquired by the vendor 12 years ago
• Good mix of commercial and personal customers nurtured over many years
• Superb local reputation with NHBC membership
• Staff carefully recruited and trained to appropriate industry standards
• Rental properties acquired by the company
• Plans drawn for possible redevelopment of existing head office site (subject to planning permission)

REASON FOR SALE

• Retirement

SERVICES

• Property maintenance and repairs
• Decorating
• General building work
o Internal
o External
• Extensions
• Paving
• Plastering
• Roofing
• Windows
• Doors
• Refurbishment work
• Full design and build service offered
• Company specialises in small to medium sized projects

CUSTOMERS

• Database of several hundred contacts
• Mix of commercial and domestic clients with 20%/80% split
• Commercial clients included letting agents
• Vast majority of customers located within Norfolk

STRENGTHS

• Excellent reputation forged over many years
• Splendid portfolio of work undertaken
• Website
• Dual income streams into the business from both rentals and traditional building work
• Excellent and consistent financial performance offering high earnings for the new owner
• Loyal, trained and capable workforce
• Extremely low overheads
• Customer base
• Range of building work undertaken is extensive








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An Energy Performance Certificate will be made available upon request of further details where one is required for the business premises

Property information

Property:

Freehold

Location:

• Business trades from offices and yard located close to Norwich city centre
• Ideally positioned near to large city and with good road access to other parts of the county
• Potential for planning permission on existing site
• Rental properties located in local “golden triangle” also with development potential

Premises details:

Office and Yard

• Site extend to approximately half an acre
• Secure yard with parking
• Outbuildings
• Office building
o Reception area
o 2 offices
o WC
o Kitchen

Rental Properties

• 2 terraced properties located in Norwich’s “golden triangle”

Equipment

• 2 flat bed trucks
• 2 vans
• Quantity of sundry tooling

Other information

Expansion potential:

• Development of existing head office site (subject to planning permission)
o Plans drawn for new head office and two industrial units
o Possibility of residential development
• Refurbishment of existing property portfolio to increase rental yield
• Business development activity has been limited with most work being generated through referral
• Web based marketing
• Introduction of additional services such as plumbing or electrical work