HIGH QUALITY RETAIL GIFTS & CARDS EMPORIUM IN SANDBACH TOWN CENTRE

Very well established discerning shopper's 'Aladdin's Cave' offering stunning & eclectic market-leading product range from spacious & superbly fitted 2-storey air-conditioned parade showroom premises with high volume of year-round regular & passing trade in prosperous market town centre. Comes with prestigious 'Thorntons' chocolates franchise & scope for online sales & extended hours etc in fantastic location. Sensibly priced for quick genuine reluctant sale after many successful years trading in same hands with viewing absolutely essential REF 1923

The subject premises occupy an outstanding and highly visible corner trading position among other complementary independent operators in the busy heart of the vibrant and historic market town of Sandbach, which lies with excellent access to major road and motorway links (A533, A534 and M6 junction 17 etc.) in the affluent Cheshire commuter belt.

We are delighted to present this fantastic opportunity to acquire a thriving commercial proposition of exceptional quality and real further potential, which we are confident you will agree represents genuine value.

This long established and highly regarded, discerning shopper’s “Aladdin’s Cave” currently primarily conducts an extremely popular retail operation of a stunning and eclectic range of designer-led gift ideas and cards for all occasions.

The store’s products include an extensive selection of “Willow Tree” hand-sculpted figurines, “Yankee Candle” scented goods, “Jellycat” soft toys, “Border Fine Arts” collectables, “Hallmark” cards and a wide range of “Qualatex” latex and foil celebration balloons, all displayed to its very best advantage in charming, welcoming and superbly appointed ground and first-floor showroom areas.

“Burnells Ltd” also holds a prestigious and valuable “Thornton’s” chocolates franchise and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with ample scope for continued growth, not least with regard to considerable further development of its bespoke private and corporate venue decorating services and to the possible introduction of Sunday trading in order to fully exploit year-round local and passing trade demand.

The business would also benefit by adopting a more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing products and services, particularly with reference to the possible introduction of online sales through its own informative dedicated website and to further development of its social media presence, in order to improve upon the already impressive levels of turnover it has achieved since being established in its present form in 1993 by the two current ‘hands on’ directors, with the aid of an experienced and motivated team of two full-time and one part-time staff who would be an asset to any purchaser, and we would unreservedly recommend a viewing.

Fitted to superb contemporary industry specifications throughout, these substantial and extremely well maintained TWO-STOREY leasehold corner parade premises provide truly outstanding and 5-Star hygiene rated internal business accommodation which, to the GROUND FLOOR, briefly comprises an inviting and part-glazed corner public entrance directly off Congleton Road into the main, bright, welcoming and deceptively spacious, ‘walk round’ retail sales and customer service showroom area with suspended ceiling, diffused fluorescent lighting and full air conditioning.

The main showroom area houses a full range of high quality, fixed and freestanding, purpose-built display racking, shelving, furniture, glazed display cabinets and card carousel display units in addition to a large dedicated “Thornton’s” chocolates display department and a prominent and fully fitted display point-of-sale counter area with full complement of payment facilities.

The ground-floor premises also incorporate a large main general storeroom and a further store housing a small, fully furnished and computerised private and general administration office, with further ancillary accommodation consisting of all the usual washroom/WC facilities, together with separate doorway access to the rear and descending staircase access down to a large, dry, full-height CELLAR AREA which we understand is currently unused.

Accessed by means of a feature open staircase from the ground-floor showroom area, to the FIRST FLOOR the premises provide further excellent business accommodation which consists of two additional, charming and equally well fitted interconnecting display showroom areas, with further ancillary accommodation consisting of a large ‘walk in’ refrigerated chocolate store.

The premises also enjoy the benefit of dual purpose hot and cold air conditioning to ground-floor level and electric heating to first-floor level, in addition to the added security benefit of a full alarm system.

Externally:

To the front the premises are well signed and attractively presented and afford ample and inviting display window space onto a high footfall market town centre commercial thoroughfare, with customer parking available in a number of nearby local public car parks.

The premises also incorporate a useful enclosed private service yard area to the rear with separate access for deliveries.

For further information, why not visit the business’ excellent dedicated website at:-

www.burnellsgifts.co.uk

The business is well fitted throughout and a valuable inventory of equipment is to be included in the sale price