Stylish Retail Shop And Successful Business In Central Position Within This Popular Village. | | Porlock Somerset | | This is a stylish and very well presented shop in a prominent location, with good foot fall, in the popular tourist destination of Porlock. The shop is in very good condition having been stylishly fitted out by its current owners and it totals approx.560 square feet, with two rooms of retail shop space, a good-sized back office and store room. There is off-street parking for one car, and also a cloakroom (shared with the premises next door). The property is a virtual freehold with a very long lease. The property is being run as a successful business selling top end lighting and ceramics, including Moorcroft pottery, for which they are one of the limited few retail outlets to have an exclusive Moorcroft agency agreement. The property is being sold as a going concern including the business, Chiff Chaff name and goodwill (stock is extra). Ask us for details of turnover and profit. Lease to let or rent Stylish Retail Shop And Successful Business In Central Position Within This Popular Village. is located in Somerset. | | ADVERT NUMBER : 22555
ADVERT IMPRESSIONS : 12,288 TIME(S) | | | | BUSINESS SECTOR: | Retail | | TRADE TYPE: | Glass & China Shops | | SALE: | Private Sale | LEASEHOLD: | £129000 | | | | | BUSINESS DETAILS: | Location:
The property is in a prime high street position at the heart of the village, ideally situated for passing trade being situated just down from the main car park. Porlock is a most attractive Exmoor village, famous for its hill and its connections with the writer Samuel Coleridge ("The man from Porlock" famously interrupted the writer as he wrote Kubla Khan). The village has a population of around 800, is a thriving community and popular tourist location and has a good range of shops (including other speciality outlets), pubs and restaurants. The village is surrounded by the beautiful countryside of the Exmoor National Park with its herds of Exmoor ponies and red deer which attracts walkers, cyclists and riders all year around. Sandy beaches are close by at Minehead and Blue Anchor. Minehead, with its excellent facilities, lies a few miles to the East, and the M5 is accessed at Taunton, some 27 miles away. Other info:
The lease has 995 years to run of a total of 999 years, so it is a "virtual freehold. There is no ground rent. The leaseholder pays a quarter of the overall buildings insurance (approx �160 per annum) and a quarter of any general buildings maintenance costs (a major maintenance program was recently undertaken on the property). Annual business rates are around �550-600. Planning permission to convert the premises into an apartment has expired,. | | | | | | SOLD or WITHDRAWN FROM MARKET | | | | | | | | | | | |
