Location
Kettering Borough has a population of approximately 100,000 people.
The town is located on the A14, the east-west access.
Kettering has been identified as a major growth area within the UK and is within a 2 hour drive of 75% of the UK’s population. As such it is an ideal location for distribution trades. There is frequent rail service to London, St Pancras with a journey time of 1 hour.
The property is located on Pytchley Lodge Industrial Estate, two miles from Kettering town centre.
The Estate is accessed via Orion Way and Pytchley Road (A509) links with the A14 dual carriageway only half a mile distant at Junction 9.
Description
The property occupies a site area of 1.46 acres.
The detached property is currently used for manufacturing, storage and showroom/sales.
The property is split into three main elements in relation to the above uses. The front part of the building is the original, and is in use as a showroom, which has brick elevations under the flat roof with translucent roof lights. The eaves height is approximately 3.5m, has suspended fluorescent strip lighting and ceiling mounted air conditioning units.
The main offices are also within this accommodation.
The production area forms the middle and rear section of the original building and comprises steel portal frame construction under a single pitched profile steel metal roof with full height cladding to the elevations of profile steel metal. Loading to this area is via a door 3m x 3m.
To the rear of this block is the main warehouse which is
accessed via an internal gap to the manufacturing space of 4.1m wide x 4m high. It is constructed of a steel portal frame and a pitched steel profile clad roof with perspex roof lights. The property has block work elevations, concrete floor, fluorescent strip lighting and gas warm air heating. Loading from the self contained and secure yard is through a 3m wide x 3.6m high loading door.
Accommodation
Front retail and offices 10,174 sq.ft
Manufacturing zone 17,614 sq.ft
Storage / distribution zone 15,295 sq.ft
Total 43,083 sq.ft
Services
We understand that all mains services are available to the
property.
Planning
We understand that the property has consent for factory and warehouse use and that in 2000 (Planning Ref. KE00-0147) there was consent for a part change of use of the existing factory to ancillary sales use to the frontage area of the property.
Terms
The Freehold is available at a low capital value of £66.15 per sq.ft which equates to £2,850,000.
Business Rates
The Valuation Offices has given the premises a rateable
value of £82,500. For verification we recommend you contact the relevant Local Authority.
VAT
VAT is not applicable to the sale.
Legals
Each party to bear its own costs.
EPC
A copy of the EPC is available on request
Local Authority
North Northamptonshire Council
Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Rd, Kettering, NN15
7QX
Tel: 0300 126 3000