41-45 High Street, Selkirk, TD7 4BZ

BRIEF RESUME
- Ground Floor Retail Unit
- Self-Contained Maisonette above
- Sizeable garden area to the rear

DESCRIPTION
A traditional 19th century terraced building providing accommodation on two principal floors plus attic level configured to provide a retail unit to the ground floor level and self-contained maisonette to the upper levels with separate ground floor access. Rainwater goods are of PVC specification.

ACCOMMODATION
Retail unit:
Ground Floor: Triple fronted retail unit with recessed entrance door, front shop with service counter, rear shop with former post office counter to west corner, door through to store room fitted with base unit and single drainer stainless steel sink, rear hall with wc off, further under stair cupboard; stairs to upper level.

Upper level: Sizeable store room with kitchen area to south, door to rear providing access to rear garden. Externally, there is a sizeable garden to the rear which can either be accessed via a door from the upper level of the ancillary accommodation serving the shop or, alternatively, there is a right of access through the garden serving the adjoining property.

LOCATION
The subjects are situated in a prominent position fronting on to the High Street within Selkirk town centre. The Royal Burgh of Selkirk lies on the Ettrick Water, a tributary of the River Tweed. The people of the town are known as Souters which means cobblers (“shoe makers and menders”). It is one of the oldest Royal Burgh’s in Scotland reportably the site of the earliest settlement in the Scottish Borders. “Selkirk” means “Church in the forest” from the old English sele (‘hall or manor’) and Cirice (‘church’).

Selkirk has a population of approximately 6,000 and is conveniently situated within the centre of the Scottish Borders with good road links to the main towns in the area and the national roads network via the A7 arterial route.

The town in located approximately 5 miles to the south of Galashiels, 11 miles to the north of Hawick, the two largest population bases within the Scottish Borders with populations of 14,000 and 16,000 respectively.

The High Street is predominately characterised by a mix of retail and office uses at ground level, generally with residential accommodation to upper levels.

AREAS
The property has been measured to the following areas:

Net Internal Area - Retail Unit: 110.60 sq m / 1,190 sq ft
In Terms of Zone A: 61.50 sq m / 667 sq ft

E & o e measurements have been taken using a laser measure.

SERVICES
All main services are connected.

EPC
TBC

RATEABLE VALUE
The subjects are currently assessed to a Rateable Value of £7,500 effective from 014-Apr-26.

The Small Business Rates Relief Scheme (SBRR) currently offers up to 100% rates relief for premises with a rateable value of £12,000 or less based on a combined total of all the occupiers business premises within Scotland, subject to application and eligibility. This is reviewed annually but is current for the Financial Year.

OFFERS
Offers Over £105,000 are invited as a whole.

The vendor would consider selling the units individually:
Commercial Unit :Offers in the Region of £60,000
Residential: Offers in the Region of £50,000

ENTRY
On the conclusion of legal missives.

VAT
Unless otherwise stated the prices quoted are exclusive of VAT. Any intending purchasers must satisfy themselves independently as to the instances of VAT in respect of any transaction.

LEGAL COSTS
Each party will be responsible for their own legal costs incurred in connection with this transaction.

PLANNING
Established Use is understood to be Class 1A of the Town and Country (Use Classes) Scotland Order 1997 (as amended) which incorporates former Class 1 (Retail), Class 2 (Financial, Professional and Other Services). Class 1A also has permitted development rights for change of use to Class 3 (Hot Food) and Class 4 (Business).

VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
By appointment only with the sole agents.

Edwin Thompson
76 Overhaugh Street
Galashiels
TD1 1DP
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract.

2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness.

3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor.

4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn.

5. Edwin Thompson is the generic trading name for Edwin Thompson Property Services Limited, a Limited Company registered in England and Wales (no.07428207). Registered office:28 St John’s Street, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5AF