Window Washers,
It may be big, four times the size of our old unit, however we are buying it not renting it so the actual monthly mortgage is only marginally higher than the rent we were paying for the old unit.
Total meterage is 288m2 (3192sqft) plus a mezzanine upstairs which is around 100m2, downstairs is a kitchen, large office, three store rooms, ladies, gents and disabled toilets, plus the work floor which is just under 200m2.
We should be able to get around 5 or 6 of our vans inside, but we're also putting up a 2m fence around the carpark soon so other vans and cars can be kept secure in there if necessary.
Part of the workfloor is going to be set aside for our bike hire business, part for the Furniture Clinic Franchaise and as for the rest, probably space for rug cleaning, maintenance work and other such tasks.
I think the full rates are around £6K but we'll get 50% relief on that.
It's busy getting painted etc at the moment so I'll post some more photos on here when it's all done.