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Holwood Farm Shop, New Road Hill Keston, Kent, United Kingdom, BR2 6AB

Guide Price
£945,000

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Christie & Co, Retail
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Out-of-town retail property for sale

Key features

  • Circa 0.8 acre freehold site
  • Set in a beautifully restored barn
  • Separate building for fishmongers and café
  • Onsite parking for around 35 vehicles
  • Strong rental income of circa £42,000
  • Online store and customer database
  • Christie & Co Ref: 3818312

Description

Description

Christie & Co are delighted to bring to market this family-owned farm shop business housed in a beautifully restored barn.
The farm shop operates from a 0.8 acre site with onsite parking and is based in rural Kent between Keston and Downe village.

The business is highly profitable and the owners benefit from rental income from various elements of the business.

Location

Holwood Farm Shop is located in rural Kent between Keston and Downe village around 5 minutes from the A21 and 13 minutes from the M25.
According to the latest census data there are over 5.24 million people living within a 25 kilometre radius of the farm shop. The data highlights above UK average SEC 1 and 2 social class sectors making up 37.2% of the local population.
The business is just 10 minutes from Biggin Hill and within easy motoring distance of Farnborough, New Addington, Green Street Green, Keston, Locksbottom, Orpington and Hayes, and 15 minutes from Beckenham, West Wickham, Shortlands, Bromley, Eden Park, Petts Wood.

Internal Details

Holwood Farm shop occupies a fantastic location being in a picturesque location yet within the M25 and close to a vast local population.
The site slopes gently from west to east and has a large well-maintained customer car park to the front.
The main barn is a fabulous historic building which offers exceptional character and a memorable retail experience.
The site has historic planning permission for a residential dwelling but it is anticipated that the current commercial use is of more value than the site as a single residential dwelling.
Holwood farm shop has mains gas and the main barn has underfloor heating.
Mains water and mains drainage.

The Opportunity

The property was acquired by the vendors in 2009 and has undergone substantial renovation. The former grain barn was comprehensively modernised and in 2012 opened as a farm shop and restaurant.
The green barn was also modernised and now houses the fish mongers and a café with outdoor seating overlooking the adjoining farmland.
The owners are looking to retire and the business has huge potential for new incoming owners to develop and grow the business. The farm shop is only trading a 6-day week and the online business offers great scope to increase trade as it is currently just click and collect.
The business is a great mix of passive rental income and trading income making it an ideal lifestyle business.
The business trades with the benefit of a premises licence and more could be made of the opportunity for private functions and events.

Staff

The café, fish monger and butchers are run by third parties as concessions on commercial licence agreements.
The owners, a husband and wife team, run the farm shop with the assistance of one full time member of staff and additional seasonal labour, as required.
The full time member of staff is leaving the business in autumn 2024.

Trading Hours

Tuesday – Friday: 9am – 4pm
Saturday: 9am – 5pm
Sunday: 10am – 4pm
Monday: Closed

Energy Performance Certificates

EPC 1

Brochures

Holwood Farm Shop, New Road Hill Keston, Kent, United Kingdom, BR2 6AB

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Hayes Station2.5 miles
  • Orpington Station2.7 miles
  • New Addington Tram Stop2.7 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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