Ground floor commercial unit available to let in Hornchurch

Key Points

• Ground floor retail / office suitable for a variety of retail / office uses
• Located in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering (within walking distance of Emerson Park Station)
• With rear yard area
• Plentiful off street car parking
• Available to let on a new lease

Description

The property comprises a ground floor shop within a mid terrace building. We are informed the shop was previously trading as a beauty salon.

The shop provides accommodation over the ground floor level. The internal accommodation includes a front sales area and is partitioned as smaller treatment rooms (but could provide an open sales area), rear store, kitchenette, and WC. The shop includes laminate flooring, suspended ceiling, inset lighting, shop window frontage, and security shutters. Electricity, water and drainage to the ground floor.

At the front of the property of the property there is a front display area. To the rear of the property is a yard / garden area with access to a rear service access.

Available area

The accommodation comprises the following areas:

Location

The property is located on Hillview Avenue, Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering. The property is located within a suburban residential area, within a small retail parade.

The location is a short distance from the various amenities in Hornchurch town centre, close to Emerson Park and with good access to Gidea Park and Romford.

Rating Assessment

From the information obtained from the Valuation Office Agency website the demise is rated as follows:-

Address: 138, Hillview Avenue, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 2DL
Description: Shop and premises
Rateable Value: £4,450

Small Business Rates relief should be available to applicable parties, although we would advise prospective parties to verify the matter with the local rating office.

Planning

We have been informed the ground floor was previously used a beauty salon use (Sui Generis). Under the changes to the Use Class Order effective from 1st September 2020, we understand that these premises now benefit from an automatic permitted change to E class planning consent. This allows the premises to be used for the former A1 (retail), A2 (financial and professional), A3 (restaurant), B1 (offices), and D1 (clinics, health centre and day nursery) uses, without the need for a change of use.

Interested parties are advised to satisfy themselves with Havering planning authority that their use is acceptable under these new changes.

Rent Deposit

The landlord will seek a rent deposit of at least 3 months to be held over the terms of the lease.

Lease Terms / Rent

A new lease is available on terms to be agreed. Rent offers in the region of £15,000 pa. We understand VAT is not payable on the rent.

Identity Checks

In order to comply with Anti-Money Laundering Legislation, the successful tenant will be required to provide certain identification documents. The required documents will be confirmed to and requested from the successful tenant.