Business for Sale Overview:
Established in 1992 and re-located to its current site just a few years later, having exclusively carried out landscaping work in local gardens in the early days, this business is now also firmly established as a major supplier of hard landscaping materials to the local area. Whether a customer is starting from scratch, giving their garden a mini-makeover or a major overhaul, just looking to select materials or already have all of the materials but are looking for some help with installation, then this is the place to come.
Ideally located on the same site as one of the most popular garden centers in South London, as well as a one stop garden design and construction service, this business supplies a wide range of quality hard landscaping materials. From decorative paving and walling, lap panels and decorative fencing, trellis, decking and gates right through to driveway and path aggregates, natural stone in the form of rockery, paving and walling, block paving as well as all kinds of sand, cement, gravel and chippings, pergolas, gazebos, planters and water features, turf, topsoil and bark - this business supplies the lot.
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Property Features and Assets:
This business is ideally situated on the same site of a branch of one of the UK’s leading garden centers – the vast majority of which is given over to merchandise display with a small Sales Office. The site is ideally located on a major thoroughfare with easy access across the South East via the M25 motorway. There is ample car parking.
Currently secured on a 6 month contract it is understood a formal lease with the Garden Center chain could be available, subject to negotiation. The business currently pays a percentage of turnover in Rent and it is anticipated that if a lease was to be agreed, Rent including Rates would be in the region of £20,000 per annum.
Market Competition and Expansion:
Well established at the current location for the last fourteen years and sharing the site with a leading garden center this business has little need of heavy investment in advertising. What advertising the business does is limited to entries, across a number of different categories in local editions of Yellow Pages – from which it is estimated between 80 – 85% of its leads are generated.
The business has a very well designed, informative and easy to navigate website which performs very well in all the major search engines for all appropriate search topics, however, by far its most effective form of marketing is word of mouth recommendation, testimony to the high regard with which this business is held in its local area.
Reason for Selling:
This is a genuine retirement sale.
Additional Details:
- The property is leased.
- The owner may be willing to train/assist the new owner.
- This may become a homebased business opportunity.
- This may become a franchise resale opportunity.
- This is not a distressed business or bankruptcy situation.