Commercial property to rent

LESSOR:                              Mr. Paul Gould

VIEWING:                            Available by prior appointment to be arranged through the Letting Agents

SERVICES:                          The usual mains services, gas, water, electricity (3-phase) and drainage services have previously been connected to serve the premises.

TENURE:                               Believed freehold - offered ‘To Let’ on a new lease - for a term and upon terms to be negotiated.

                                                Envisaged is a minimum one year up to three year lease, to be granted in standard modern full repairing and insuring terms - outside the Landlord and Tenant Act protection by mutual agreement.

                                                Longer term in multiples of three years may however be considered upon specific request.

RENT:                                    Circa £24,000 per annum exclusive of non-domestic rates, V.A.T. and the usual tenant’s outgoings.

NON-DOMESTIC RATES: Entered  in  the  rating  list  at  £7,100  Rateable  Value  under  the  description  of   garage and premises.

                                                Non-domestic rates payable £3,280 (0.462p in the £).

                                                The premises are situated in the Derbyshire Dales District Council’s administrative area.

POSSESSION:                    Vacant possession will be given upon completion of formal documentation and payment of the first periods rent and costs in advance - subject to relocation of the existing business activities envisaged September 2008.

COVENANT:                       Suitable references will normally be required to include satisfactory bank/financial, plus two trade and/or professional references - upon letting to a limited company three years audited trading accounts will be required for consideration and approval - Directors warranties/sureties and/or some suitable rent deposit may also be reasonably required.

LEGAL COSTS:                  The incoming tenants are to bear a contribution towards the lessors proper legal costs for the preparation and grant of the required new lease, to include stamp duty, land tax and V.A.T. as applicable up to a maximum contribution of £650.00 plus V.A.T. the amount of which may be retained to defray abortive costs should the lease be prepared and issued and thereafter the tenants fail to proceed.

SOLICITORS:                     Messrs. Potter & Co. Solicitors, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">23 Dale Road</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Matlock</st1:City> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">DE4 3LT</st1:PostalCode></st1:address> - Mr. Andrew Cross.

LOCATION:    The premises are prominently situated at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">New Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, Matlock a short distance from the prime retail business centre of the town.  More particularly situated at the junction of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">New Street</st1:address></st1:Street> with Lime Grove Walk, directly opposite the Lime Grove Medical Centre.

Also situated a short distance from the Firs Parade retail shopping street, other retail trades and businesses established and represented close by include Scissors Hair Salon, Matlock Glass, Selecta Tyre and the towns library, all on New Street.  Lady Fair Fashions, Lemon Grass Vietnamese café and restaurant, Connexions Derbyshire, M & Co Fashions and others are all located and represented at Firs Parade.

The prominent town centre location presents suitability for a wide variety of trade and business uses subject first to obtaining any necessary statutory consents for specific changes of use which might be required.

 DIRECTIONS:    From Matlock town centre - <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Crown Square</st1:address></st1:Street> - enter <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Bank Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, after a short distance turn right into Lime Grove Walk, the subject premises are situated at the junction with <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">New Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and on the opposite side of the road.

GENERAL:    The premises comprise a substantial single storey commercial building believed to have been purpose designed and built as a local transport depot for the Royal Mail during 1938.

Since purchase by the present owners during 2003, the premises have been occupied and used a specialised vehicle exhaust warehouse sales and distribution centre, which activity is now to be relocated.

Of substantial brick construction under shallow pitched profile metal and asphalt clad roofs, the open span floor space features spacious atrium style wired glass roof lights giving excellent internal natural lighting, a gas fired heating system is installed.

The insulated full height sliding entrance/loading doors give excellent access.  Internally there are two offices, a fully fitted kitchen/staff room, together with tiled toilets and shower as fitted as installed.

To the front there is a secure gated access to the forecourt which gives loading access, with parking space for up to four vehicles.  Outbuildings include the boiler house with Ideal Concord gas fired boiler installed, a former compressor house/store and the meter and switchgear room.

The prominent road frontage site close to the town centre is considered to offer excellent potential for a wide range of alternative trade and business uses.

ACCOMMODATION

Gross Internal Area                                                                                                        Approx.

Main building            65’0’ average overall x 49’3’ average overall    3,201 sq. ft             297.37 sq. m

Three outbuildings all totalling                                                                   168 sq. ft             15.61 sq. m

Overall gross internal area                                                                    3,369 sq. ft            312.98 sq. m

Net Internal Areas

Front open span floor space                                                                   1,836 sq. ft             170.5 sq. m

Rear open span floor space                                                                        681 sq. ft             63.28 sq. m

Internal office/store                                                                                     150 sq. ft             13.9 sq. m

Admin office                                                                                                   91 sq. ft              8.48 sq. m

Fitted kitchen/staff room                                                                            104 sq. ft             9.67 sq. m

Toilets and shower fully tiled and equipped

Principal floor area sub total                                                               2,862 sq. ft            265.88 sq. m

Outbuildings

Boiler house                                                                                                  52 sq. ft              4.89 sq. m

Former compressor room/store                                                                  83 sq. ft              7.71 sq. m

Meter and switch room                                                                               33 sq. ft              3.06 sq. m

Outbuildings sub total                                                                            168 sq. ft            15.60 sq. m

We calculate the overall net internal floor area of the above described accommodation to be 3,030 sq. ft., 281.40 sq. m or thereabouts.

Outside

To the front there is the surface forecourt with double entrance gate access directly from <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">New Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, the forecourt area provides entry into the building and loading access with an element of off-street car parking space for up to four vehicles.

For further information and viewing please do not hesitate to contact the Letting Agents through whom all offers and negotiations should be conducted.

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