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Features and description
- Long-established garage & business
- Main road frontage on B6277
- Range of modern buildings including; office showroom, stores, workshop, MOT-testing building
- Offered as a going concern with stock at valuation
Due to the retirement of the proprietors this offers an excellent opportunity to acquire a long established garage and business. It has frontage onto the main road from Middleton-in-Teesdale to Alston. Currently operating as a filling station, car sales and workshop to include MOT's. It is an authorised Ford repair garage and is offered as a going concern with stock at valuation. Services offered include used car sales, Ford authorised repairer, MOT, service and repair, tyres, wheel alignment, air conditioning to most brands of vehicles, and filling station.
Due to the retirement of the proprietors this offers an excellent opportunity to acquire a long established garage and business. It has frontage onto the main road from Middleton-in-Teesdale to Alston. Currently operating as a filling station, car sales and workshop to include MOT's. It is an authorised Ford repair garage and is offered as a going concern with stock at valuation. Services offered include used car sales, Ford authorised repairer, MOT, service and repair, tyres, wheel alignment, air conditioning to most brands of vehicles, and filling station.
A range of modern buildings include reception, office and showroom, stores, workshop and MOT testing building and second showroom with customer and staff toilets. The forecourt has fuel pumps and tanks for road diesel, red diesel, and petrol.
The site is suited for a number of uses and would be suited to supermarket/shop with filling station or for residential development subject to the necessary planning approvals.
ACCOMMODATION
There is a site area of approximately 1,352 square metres (14,555 square feet) The Gross Internal Area is approximately 434.66 square metres (4,680 square feet) based on the valuation office agency rating assessment.
Showroom Reception Office
Steps down to:
Showroom
Canteen area and store
Office
Passageway leading to rear office and stores.
Workshop with car lift
MOT Testing Workshop
With roll up door, car lift and rollers.
Showroom/Valet Building
With disabled toilet and external staff toilet.
EXTERNAL
There is a forecourt with the fuel pumps. Multi compartment fuel tank with 9000 litre petrol capacity and 4,500 diesel capacity. (1 tank section for diesel is out of use). Red diesel tank 2,300 litres.
Parking compound to the bottom of the site with 3 vehicle steel frame and covered store.
RATEABLE VALUE
The property is presently assessed for business rates. The Valuation Office Agency website shows a rateable value of £11,500. There is a Gross Internal Area of 434.66 square metres.
SERVICES
There is a mains water supply, mains two phase electricity, mains drains and telephone.
TENURE
The property is Freehold.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL.
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PLANNING
There was a planning permission number DM/14/02019/FPA approved on 21st November 2014 for alterations and extensions to the existing buildings.
AVAILABLE LIVING ACCOMMODATION
(by separate negotiation if required)
The owner lives adjacent and the property could be available subject to separate negotiation.
VIEWING
Strictly by appointment through the selling agent.
Due to the retirement of the proprietors this offers an excellent opportunity to acquire a long established garage and business. It has frontage onto the main road from Middleton-in-Teesdale to Alston. Currently operating as a filling station, car sales and workshop to include MOT's. It is an authorised Ford repair garage and is offered as a going concern with stock at valuation. Services offered include used car sales, Ford authorised repairer, MOT, service and repair, tyres, wheel alignment, air conditioning to most brands of vehicles, and filling station.
A range of modern buildings include reception, office and showroom, stores, workshop and MOT testing building and second showroom with customer and staff toilets. The forecourt has fuel pumps and tanks for road diesel, red diesel, and petrol.
The site is suited for a number of uses and would be suited to supermarket/shop with filling station or for residential development subject to the necessary planning approvals.
ACCOMMODATION
There is a site area of approximately 1,352 square metres (14,555 square feet) The Gross Internal Area is approximately 434.66 square metres (4,680 square feet) based on the valuation office agency rating assessment.
Showroom Reception Office
Steps down to:
Showroom
Canteen area and store
Office
Passageway leading to rear office and stores.
Workshop with car lift
MOT Testing Workshop
With roll up door, car lift and rollers.
Showroom/Valet Building
With disabled toilet and external staff toilet.
EXTERNAL
There is a forecourt with the fuel pumps. Multi compartment fuel tank with 9000 litre petrol capacity and 4,500 diesel capacity. (1 tank section for diesel is out of use). Red diesel tank 2,300 litres.
Parking compound to the bottom of the site with 3 vehicle steel frame and covered store.
RATEABLE VALUE
The property is presently assessed for business rates. The Valuation Office Agency website shows a rateable value of £11,500. There is a Gross Internal Area of 434.66 square metres.
SERVICES
There is a mains water supply, mains two phase electricity, mains drains and telephone.
TENURE
The property is Freehold.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL.
Tel[use Contact Agent Button]. Web site: .
PLANNING
There was a planning permission number DM/14/02019/FPA approved on 21st November 2014 for alterations and extensions to the existing buildings.
AVAILABLE LIVING ACCOMMODATION
(by separate negotiation if required)
The owner lives adjacent and the property could be available subject to separate negotiation.
VIEWING
Strictly by appointment through the selling agent.
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Vickers & Barrass Chartered Surveyors - Darlington
Humbleton Park, West Auckland Road
Darlington
DL2 2YH
01325 617396Vickers and Barrass are a firm of Rural Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents offering a professional land agency and surveying service throughout the North East of England to farmers, estates and land owners alongside a professional sales and lettings service for residential and commercial property throughout the region. T H Vickers Limited was originally established by Harry Vickers in 1973. In September 2012 the business was acquired by Darlington Farmers Auction Mart Limited to provide a land agency service and the brand name of Vickers and Barrass was formed. In August 2018 the firm expanded further to merge with Broadley and Coulson. Vickers and Barrass is now managed by Adam Barrass MRICS FAAV. Our Client Money Protection (CMP) is with the RICS Client Money Protection Scheme and Redress scheme is with Ombudsman Service:Property.
















