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Features and description
- Outstanding detached Lake District freehold opportunity
- Successfully trading as a thriving established licenced café, food to go and gift shop
- Additional rear retail or ancillary accommodation with a kitchen / preparation room and utility room
- Prime central village location in the tourist honey pot of Pooley Bridge beside Lake Ullswater
- Exceptionally spacious and tastefully appointed self contained two bedroom first floor apartment
- Currently approximately 940 square feet of main retail trading area
- Generous outdoor frontage providing al fresco seating or additional trading area
- Extensive rear garden and courtyard with great potential for additional lucrative trading
- High profit level on the current owners chosen seven month annual trading period
- Enormous scope to further maximise profit or apply an alternative trading use
Offering an exceptionally spacious and tastefully appointed self-contained first floor two bedroom owner's apartment together with a main ground floor retail sales, food to go and café area of approximately 940 square feet plus additional rear retail or ancillary accommodation with a kitchen / preparation room and utility room. The adjoining frontage owned by the property provides generous al fresco seating spaces and the extensive rear garden and courtyard offer great potential for additional lucrative trading such as a dining / beer garden or holiday let cabins etc subject to all necessary consents. Consistently high profit levels have been achieved by the current owners who choose to operate an annual trading period of seven months so there is enormous scope to further develop the existing business and increase profit.
This is an ideal purchase for either investors or resident owner operators who are seeking a life style change with the ability to further develop the existing business and increase profit or adopt an alternative trading use in a stunningly beautiful location and renowned tourist destination.
Situated within the Lake District National Park, recently voted a UNESCO World Heritage site and nestling on the northern shores of Ullswater surrounded by the iconic fells, Pooley Bridge is conveniently located approximately 6 miles south west of Penrith and junction 40 of the M6, 15 miles from Keswick and 33 miles from Ambleside. Benefitting from a recently completed new state of the art bridge, the famous picturesque village is an all year round tourist honey pot and provides a wide range of amenities being surrounded by breath taking countryside with excellent local walks, cycle routes, pony rides from the local trekking centre and water sports available on Ullswater with its award winning iconic cruise steamers which sail from the nearby Pooley Bridge pier. There is a regular bus service and several public car parks.
Accommodation
Shop / Café
Ground Floor: 33' 4" x 29' 8" overall (10.16m x 9.04m) Providing approximately 940 square feet of space with main entrance door and double patio doors from the external forecourt, under stairs cupboard, open plan to
Additional Rear Retail or Ancillary Room 23' 1" max x 22' 3" max (7.04m x 6.78m)
Kitchen / Preparation Room 14' 4" x 12' 8" (4.37m x 3.86m)
Utility Room With sink unit, central heating boiler, plumbing for washing machine.
WC
Apartment
Ground Floor:
Self-Contained Entrance Hall With access door into the shop and stairway leading to
First Floor:
Landing With radiator, access to extensive loft area.
Living Room 17' 3" x 13' 5" (5.26m x 4.09m) With feature stone wall, two radiators, recessed ceiling spot lights.
Dining Kitchen 13' 11" x 13' 8" (4.24m x 4.17m) With fitted base and wall units, central dining unit, stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, ceramic wall tiling, integrated oven, hob, extractor unit, dish washer, radiator, recessed ceiling spot lights, built in cupboard.
Bedroom One 16' 1" x 11' 10" (4.9m x 3.61m) Front bedroom with window seat, radiator, recessed ceiling spot lights, range of built in wardrobes,
Bedroom Two 13' 11" x 12' 10" (4.24m x 3.91m) Rear bedroom with radiator, storage cupboard.
Bathroom 8' 2" x 7' 4" (2.49m x 2.24m) With WC, vanity wash hand basin, panelled bath, large shower, ceramic wall tiling, recessed ceiling spot lights, heated towel rail.
Utility Room 9' 10" x 7' 5" (3m x 2.26m) With fitted base and wall units, plumbing for washing machine, radiator.
Outside Extensive tarmac surfaced frontage providing generous al fresco seating spaces or an additional trading area. Side pedestrian path. Large rear garden and courtyard with views to the Ullswater valley and offering potential for further lucrative trading uses such as dining / beer garden or providing holiday let cabins, subject to all necessary consents. Decked terrace, large storage shed.
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil central heating. Air conditioning units installed within the shop. LPG installed for gas cooking.
Tenure Freehold.
Licencing The premises are licenced for on and off sales.
Business Rateable Value £9,800.
Apartment Council Tax Band B.
Apartment Planning Restriction A planning restriction currently applies on the apartment use.
Storm Desmond 2015 The property experienced some water ingress during Storm Desmond in 2015, following which, remedial measures have been implemented.
Viewings By appointment with Hackney & Leigh's Penrith office.
Energy Performance Certificate The full Energy Performance Certificate is available on our website and also at any of our offices.
Directions Leave the M6 motorway at junction 40 and proceed onto the A66. At the roundabout by the Rheged centre turn left and proceed onto the A592 and turn left at the road junction leading into Pooley Bridge. Proceed across the bridge into the village centre and Tree Tops is situated on the right.
Price Offers over £995,000 are invited for the freehold interest and good will. Contents and stock are available by separate negotiation.
This is an ideal purchase for either investors or resident owner operators who are seeking a life style change with the ability to further develop the existing business and increase profit or adopt an alternative trading use in a stunningly beautiful location and renowned tourist destination.
Situated within the Lake District National Park, recently voted a UNESCO World Heritage site and nestling on the northern shores of Ullswater surrounded by the iconic fells, Pooley Bridge is conveniently located approximately 6 miles south west of Penrith and junction 40 of the M6, 15 miles from Keswick and 33 miles from Ambleside. Benefitting from a recently completed new state of the art bridge, the famous picturesque village is an all year round tourist honey pot and provides a wide range of amenities being surrounded by breath taking countryside with excellent local walks, cycle routes, pony rides from the local trekking centre and water sports available on Ullswater with its award winning iconic cruise steamers which sail from the nearby Pooley Bridge pier. There is a regular bus service and several public car parks.
Accommodation
Shop / Café
Ground Floor: 33' 4" x 29' 8" overall (10.16m x 9.04m) Providing approximately 940 square feet of space with main entrance door and double patio doors from the external forecourt, under stairs cupboard, open plan to
Additional Rear Retail or Ancillary Room 23' 1" max x 22' 3" max (7.04m x 6.78m)
Kitchen / Preparation Room 14' 4" x 12' 8" (4.37m x 3.86m)
Utility Room With sink unit, central heating boiler, plumbing for washing machine.
WC
Apartment
Ground Floor:
Self-Contained Entrance Hall With access door into the shop and stairway leading to
First Floor:
Landing With radiator, access to extensive loft area.
Living Room 17' 3" x 13' 5" (5.26m x 4.09m) With feature stone wall, two radiators, recessed ceiling spot lights.
Dining Kitchen 13' 11" x 13' 8" (4.24m x 4.17m) With fitted base and wall units, central dining unit, stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, ceramic wall tiling, integrated oven, hob, extractor unit, dish washer, radiator, recessed ceiling spot lights, built in cupboard.
Bedroom One 16' 1" x 11' 10" (4.9m x 3.61m) Front bedroom with window seat, radiator, recessed ceiling spot lights, range of built in wardrobes,
Bedroom Two 13' 11" x 12' 10" (4.24m x 3.91m) Rear bedroom with radiator, storage cupboard.
Bathroom 8' 2" x 7' 4" (2.49m x 2.24m) With WC, vanity wash hand basin, panelled bath, large shower, ceramic wall tiling, recessed ceiling spot lights, heated towel rail.
Utility Room 9' 10" x 7' 5" (3m x 2.26m) With fitted base and wall units, plumbing for washing machine, radiator.
Outside Extensive tarmac surfaced frontage providing generous al fresco seating spaces or an additional trading area. Side pedestrian path. Large rear garden and courtyard with views to the Ullswater valley and offering potential for further lucrative trading uses such as dining / beer garden or providing holiday let cabins, subject to all necessary consents. Decked terrace, large storage shed.
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil central heating. Air conditioning units installed within the shop. LPG installed for gas cooking.
Tenure Freehold.
Licencing The premises are licenced for on and off sales.
Business Rateable Value £9,800.
Apartment Council Tax Band B.
Apartment Planning Restriction A planning restriction currently applies on the apartment use.
Storm Desmond 2015 The property experienced some water ingress during Storm Desmond in 2015, following which, remedial measures have been implemented.
Viewings By appointment with Hackney & Leigh's Penrith office.
Energy Performance Certificate The full Energy Performance Certificate is available on our website and also at any of our offices.
Directions Leave the M6 motorway at junction 40 and proceed onto the A66. At the roundabout by the Rheged centre turn left and proceed onto the A592 and turn left at the road junction leading into Pooley Bridge. Proceed across the bridge into the village centre and Tree Tops is situated on the right.
Price Offers over £995,000 are invited for the freehold interest and good will. Contents and stock are available by separate negotiation.
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We are pleased to announce our brand new office in Penrith is now open! This now gives Buyers and Sellers and Landlords and Tenants NINE places to pop in and see us, and obtain the very best agency service in the region. We have also welcomed Dan Brown who joins us in the new office in Penrith, arriving with a wealth of experience in Sales and Lettings, and an overriding positive attitude to customer care that many will envy! Dan will be part of the team very ably run by Nick Elgey MRICS, that not only cover both Penrith and Keswick, but also the surrounding areas within, and bordering the Lake District National Park. The experience, enthusiasm and expertise that Nick and his team have makes all the difference when it comes to buying, selling and renting property, so give them a call today and see if they can help you too!