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Wisborough Green Village Store &Post Office, Petworth Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 0BH

Guide Price
£875,000

Business rates & charges may apply

Christie & Co, Retail
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SECTOR

Convenience store for sale

Key features

  • Freehold residential and commercial property
  • Advised shop weekly sales c£9000
  • Post Office remuneration YE 2023 c£23,000
  • 4 Bedrooms including self contained annex
  • Property measures c5000 sq including shop
  • Grade II Listed Building, EPC exempt
  • Christie & Co Ref: 3818294

Description

Description

Having been in the same family since 1983 Jasmine Cottage, including Wisborough Green Village Store and Post Office are firmly established in the local community and now available to purchase on a freehold basis. The village store has weekly sales of approximately £9000 and the Post Office renumeration last year totalled c£23,000. The total building sq ft measurement is approximately 5000 sq ft. Beautifully positioned overlooking the village green to the front with open views across neighbouring fields to the rear.

Location

Wisborough Green is a village and civil parish in the north of the Chichester district of West Sussex. 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Billingshurst on the A272 road.

Internal Details

Jasmine Cottage has a total of 4 bedrooms, 2 in the main house and two in the annex. The Annex has a separate access with living room, kitchen and storage space. The main house has a large entrance hall, open plan kitchen, large living room above the shop and dining room. A perfect layout for multi generational living.

The shop has retail area of c650sq ft. A Post Office, large main store room / prep area, additional store rooms and office.

Fixtures & Fittings

The majority of the fixtures and fittings for the shop are included in the sale.

The Opportunity

There is a fantastic opportunity for the next owner to take advantage of the flexible layout of the building, potentially renting the annex or changing the shop and post office into something else. A coffee shop or office space. The next owner may wish to live in the main house and lease the shop. There may also be some development potential subject to planning. The shop itself has scope for further investment and would benefit from expanding the range of products offered and opening longer hours.

Staff

currently there are 3 staff members who have been with the store for the last 20 years,9 years and 6 months respectively.

Trading Information

Accounts Year End 31/03/2022
Turnover - £469,065 (Excluding VAT)
Gross profit - £125,621

Trading Hours

Monday to Friday - 7.30am - 5.00pm
Saturday - 8am - 4pm
Sunday - 8am - 1pm

Tenure

Freehold

Energy Performance Certificates

EPC 1

Brochures

Wisborough Green Village Store &Post Office, Petworth Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 0BH

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Billingshurst Station2.6 miles
  • Pulborough Station4.5 miles

About Christie & Co, Retail

Whitefriars House, 6 Carmelite Street, London, EC4Y 0BS

We’re the leading specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses in our sectors - hotels, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, convenience retail, leisure and medical.

If you’re looking to buy or sell a business in our specialist sectors – from a pharmacy in Sussex to a hotel in Austria – our expert advice and collaborative support will help you achieve your goals. You may be an independent first-time buyer or a multinational adding to your portfolio; either way, you’ll discover that our personalised service is focused on helping you achieve your ambitions.

Clients have access to our carefully managed network of potential buyers. This unique database of contacts has been continually developed by our advanced IT capabilities and benefits from both our years of experience developing our network and our wide geographical coverage.

Where we work

We employ the largest team of sector specialists in the UK and the largest group of hotel specialists in Europe, providing professional brokerage and advisory services from offices in major cities across Britain and Europe. And because we’ve been doing this for over 80 years, we know our sectors and local markets inside out. We work closely with our clients to guide and conclude transactions of any size, covering hotels, restaurants and pubs, leisure, forecourts and convenience retail businesses, social care and elderly care, childcare & education facilities, dental practices and pharmacies.

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What makes us tick

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