WTD: small building north lincs/ south yorkshire

[elevensies]

Hi all, im a budding new business, currently working full time, and i need a place to start, and really struggling getting somewhere.
I need a small place to sell tea/coffee and general hangout for motorcycle club enthusiasts. BSA Triumph Armstrong and the likes. My local Triumph club has had to move due to the pub that was used closing down.
This is a huge long shot, iv tried all my local estate agents and you just get treated with contempt because your not handing over hundreds of thousands of pounds.

so, small building with ability for electricity, and water. Somewhere that could be made to feel welcoming to all, and a hard standing/ parking area.

thanks
Mark

 

[teslacoils]

How small? Do you need it exclusively for you, or do you only need to use it occasionally?

 

[elevensies]

i need enough space to have a small workshop for bikes, and a small seating area for gatherings and tea coffee buns and the like.
currently i work full time, so as it stands i would be only there part time.

 

[elevensies]

i think 100sq meters would be ample

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

i think 100sq meters would be ample

and how much do you think a fair rate for this is ?

 

[elevensies]

honestly i dont know, but i read on another thread, £1/mt

i dont know what farmers would want, i honestly dont, i have a friend that lives in Kent, and rents a double unit to use as a race car prep and storage, and he pays something like £30 a month, but hes had it years, and he maintains the whole area its located on as a good will/ pleasant surroundings brings nicer people.

 

[teslacoils]

So you want to....rent out office and workshop space - Farmers Weekly

Letting buildings for non-farming uses is the most popular form of farm diversification. Conversion of former farm buildings to offices and workshops

www.fwi.co.uk

I think you would be looking more at the £3 per square foot, but that's still a bit dearer than a tenner a square meter.

When you find some reluctance from farmers, it's mostly because we have very little enthusiasm for any contact with planners / rates departments / building control. So what seems like a simple shed becomes potentially a can of worms unless done right.

 

[elevensies]

so let me get this right, you would look at a 100sq mt building at £10/sq mt
so you want £1000/ month?? wow and people actually pay that?

 

[teslacoils]

Per year.

 

[teslacoils]

£3 per square foot per year. My agricultural workshop is 30x30 ft, so roughly 85 square meters. At £3 per ft squared a year that's £2700, of roughly £30 per square meter per year, or £2.50 per square meter per month.

As a comparison, a proper "unit" in the local business park nearest me would be £9 per square foot per year......plus rates and bills.

 

[lloyd]

£3 per square foot per year. My agricultural workshop is 30x30 ft, so roughly 85 square meters. At £3 per ft squared a year that's £2700, of roughly £30 per square meter per year, or £2.50 per square meter per month.

As a comparison, a proper "unit" in the local business park nearest me would be £9 per square foot per year......plus rates and bills.

Spot on reasonable.
Sheds are not put up by fairies in the middle of the night.
Water and electricity connections don't come free either.

 

[elevensies]

phew, i thought you were taking per month,

Yes very reasonable, and what i would expect to pay, along with other facilities,

haha i always wondered who came and put some of those farm buildings up, a fairy never crossed my mind though

still it may as well be a million pounds per month, as i cant find anything !!!

 

[teslacoils]

I think for a building the size you're looking for, the rates would be below the threshold. Likewise your water and electric are likely to be low.

 

[elevensies]

i just need someone to make me an offer on somewhere,

im truly fed up with estate agents

 

[teslacoils]

I'm not in a position too at the moment unfortunately, and might be pushing it location wise.

Perhaps put a post in the "wanted" section.

 

[Agrifool]

Try a local self storage site. they might have something suitable other than shipping containers and their premises will be well guarded and wont mind people coming and going.

 

[elevensies]

i want to run a cafe business, as well as small restoration workshop, so a container company is hardly likely to want bikers turning up weekends and evenings through. I looked at a local container storage to store my 20 foot trailer, it was something like £90 a week !!!!
totally unrealistic. Im truly at a loss,

 

[Skintagain]

i want to run a cafe business, as well as small restoration workshop, so a container company is hardly likely to want bikers turning up weekends and evenings through. I looked at a local container storage to store my 20 foot trailer, it was something like £90 a week !!!!
totally unrealistic. Im truly at a loss,

Nor are farmers to be fair. What you are after isn’t quite so straightforward hence you are struggling. Not many folk are going to want bikers turning up at all hours around their farm different to renting it to someone who uses it solely as a workshop.

 

[Agrifool]

As you will need toilet facilitates on site this can be another stumbling block for a farmer to provide

 

[elevensies]

ahh true, good point.