LIVE PETS & AQUATICS town centre High Street BRECHIN

Turnover circa £110,000pa * An unopposed town centre High Street trading position * Well fitted freehold parade showroom premises * Very long established reputation & regular customer base * High volume of year-round 'walk in' trade * Lots of further potential * Valuable inventory of trade fixtures & fittings included * LEASE OPTION AVAILABLE if required * Priced for very quick genuine sale after many successful years trading in same hands * Early viewing essential REF MOB1194

The subject property occupies an outstanding and highly visible trading position with little in the way of direct local competition on the busy main central commercial High Street of the vibrant and historic cathedral town and former Royal Burgh of Brechin, which lies with excellent access to major road links (A90, A933 and A935) on the famous Caledonian Railway Line in Angus.

This very well established pet lover’s ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ is currently primarily fully licensed for the sale of a wide selection of live pets including small mammals, birds and tropical and cold water fish, and boasts a long-standing and still-expanding regular customer base drawn from throughout a wide surrounding catchment area.

This locally unopposed store also stocks an excellent choice of market-leading loose and pre-packed pet foods, treats, toys, clothing, accessories, bedding, cages, healthcare products and associated sundries, all displayed to its very best advantage in a bright, welcoming and deceptively spacious showroom area.

“Pets Pantry (Scotland) Ltd” additionally offers informed advice on all aspects of pet husbandry and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with considerable scope for continued growth, not least with regard to the possible provision of local delivery services, particularly for elderly customers in outlying areas, 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 greatly by adopting a far more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing products and services, particularly with reference to the possible introduction of online advertising and ordering, and to further development of its already very healthy social media presence, in order to improve upon the already high levels of turnover it has achieved since being established in its present form in 1993 by the current proprietor. who has laid the most solid of commercial foundations for any new owner in terms of reputation and customer trust.

The store is run on a day-to-day basis by the current proprietor, with the aid only of a small, experienced and motivated team of one part-time employed and one part-time self-employed assistants, and we would strongly urge any genuine interested parties to pursue the earliest possible enquiries to avoid disappointment.

These well fitted and maintained FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD terraced parade premises provide excellent and highly functional internal business accommodation, which briefly comprises an inviting, recessed and part-glazed, single-fronted public entrance directly off the High Street into the main, bright, welcoming and deceptively spacious, open-plan retail sales and customer service showroom area with diffused fluorescent strip lighting and durable industrial anti-slip flooring throughout for easy cleaning.

The main showroom area houses a full range of well maintained, fixed and freestanding, purpose- built display racking, shelving and furniture for an extensive selection of market-leading pet foods, associated supplies and sundries, together with various pet display cages, a dedicated aquatics section with full complement of illuminated and thermostatically-controlled display tanks and a prominent and fully fitted display point-of-sale counter with electronic till point.

Further ancillary internal accommodation consists of a shop kitchen/pet food preparation area, together with all the usual washroom/WC facilities and two large general storerooms with separate delivery door access to the rear.

The property also enjoys the benefit of mains electricity and water supplies, in addition to the added security benefit of a full alarm system.

EXTERNALLY

To the front the premises are well signed and presented and afford ample and inviting display window space onto a high footfall town centre commercial High Street, with unrestricted customer parking available locally.

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

The business is well fitted throughout and a full and valuable inventory of all the well maintained trade fixtures and fittings necessary for the successful operating of the business is to equipment is to be included in the sale price, further details of which will be made available upon request to any genuine interested parties.