18 Traill Street, Thurso, Caithness

• Attractive vacant retail unit extending to over 300m².
• Located on a busy route into Thurso town centre.
• Modern frontage with large display windows.
• Large flexible retail space with huge potential.
• Located on the popular North Coast 500 route.

DESCRIPTION
18 Traill Street is an exciting opportunity to purchase sizeable retail space near the centre of Thurso. This attractive building offers prime retail floor space. The area is well organised into 3 main sections totalling approximately 301m². The front aspects are very pleasing with freshly painted white walls and a slate roof. Currently being traded as a furniture shop, the lease is coming to a close and this building is being sold with vacant possession.

This unit has independent street level access to the front and each area can also be accessed separately to the side. The unit also benefits from well-appointed tea preparation and WC facilities.

REASON FOR SALE
Now the current lease is ending, it is the owners desire to reduce their business interests and therefore offer the property for sale.

LOCATION
Thurso lies on the north coast of Caithness and is an attractive coastal town with a harbour, bustling main street, lovely beaches and excellent local services. Situated on the busy North Coast 500 route, the main route from Inverness to Scrabster passes through Thurso, passing the entrance to the property on Traill Street.

The town has a good mix of traditional shops, cafes, bars and restaurants and the well-known River Thurso flows through the town attracting salmon fishers from all over. The area is also well known for surfing, hosting surfing championships, as well as offering various other outdoor pursuits. There are lots of things to do and see in Thurso, including the five-star visitor attraction, North Coast Visitor Centre, and many other places of interest. The area also benefits from an attractive sandy beach with spectacular views across to Orkney and Dunnet Head.

For golfers there are a couple of great courses, the renowned course at Reay and locally, Thurso golf club is located just outside the town. Natural attractions such as the National Nature reserve at Loch Fleet is on the doorstep. Tourists include walkers, winter-sports enthusiasts, cyclists, bird-watchers, motorcyclists and fishermen. Local events and the position on North Coast 500 are also a great draw to the area.

With a population of circa 8000, the town provides both a primary and secondary school and tertiary education. The town is connected by road and rail to Inverness to the south and the town of Wick to the east.

THE PROPERTY
18 Traill Street, Thurso is a lovely detached retail building which looks both modern and attractive. The large glass windows to the front allow light to flood the retail area with more than sufficient space for prominent signage as well. The property is ideally located on Traill Street which is on the A9, the main arterial route through the town. The premises benefits from proximity to local parking and the centre of Thurso.

The inviting main entrance door to this property leads into the first of 3 inter-connected retail spaces. This is a double door allowing larger goods to be taken into the unit. Each area flows beautifully on to the next and offers a great level of flexible space which would be ideally suited to various retail opportunities. The central and back areas both have separate entrances as well as being accessed from the front door.

Floor spaces are as follows:

Front area 64 m²
Middle area 72 m²
Rear area 166 m²

The property benefits from being at ground level with short ramps to accommodate the slightly different floor levels. The unit also has a good level of storage in the middle area as well as adequate WC facilities and a tea preparation area.

SERVICES
The unit benefit from mains electricity, natural gas, comms, water and drainage.