2 & 4 CHURCH ROAD M41 9BU EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

– Landmark building constructed over basement, ground and first floors. – Occupying an extremely prominent position at the junction of Church Road and Station Road. – Close to Urmston station and Urmston town centre. – Rent passing of £49,882 per annum. – Includes a potential development site of approximately 0.435 acres. – The property itself also offersfuture redevelopment potential, subject to planning. – Freehold. – Offers are sought in excess of£750,000 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds), subject to contract and exclusive of VAT. A68 Hartlepool Bishop Auckland A689

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A660 A1035 A61 A1079 Leeds A19 LOCATION 14 A650 A58 A658 Bradford 44 13 Shipley Airport A587 Beverley A64 45 A59 12 Aldbrough Leeds A614 UrmstonA583 is locatedM55 within32 the borough of A671 3 47 1 11 4 A59 10 Bradford 46 A165 , 6 miles (9.6 km)A6 southM6 west of 9 A610 M62 Blackpool A583 A666 M65 8 Burnley Selby Cottingham 45 A63 A1(M) A63 38 31 7 A164 Preston A603 M621 44 A63 ManchesterA584 city centre. 6 A63 A646 M606 Hull Blackburn 37 Heddon 30 26 28 A58 29 A19 5 A646 30 Brough A59 29 Halifax 29 3 4 32a 1 M62 31 36 It is a growing suburban area, and comprises the M1 32 Goole Leyland 28 M65 A681 25 33 34 M62 35 largest section of Trafford Borough, one of the ten A56 Wakefield A644 8 Metropolitan districts that form Greater . 24 23 Southport Huddersfield A628 A1 Urmston has an urban area population of M6 A58 A666 1 A642 6 approximately 41,000 and a wider district M66 M62 A56 A629 population in excess of 210,000. In addition, 38 21 approximately 640,000 people live within 6 miles A58 5 27 Bury 2 1 Scunthorpe 5 20 M181 M180 (10 km) of the town centre, while 2.3 million people 3 M1 38 Ormskirk 6 A58 19 live within 12.5 miles (20 km). A1(M) 2 Grimsby 3 5 Barnsley M58 37 M180 4 4 M61 37 3 4 19 17 A635 The town is popular with home owners, due to its5 short26 3 20 1 16 Atherton 15 21 A56 22 A695 Doncaster commuting distance to Manchester1 City Centre, good 14 A580 A627 25 Agecroft 36 quality housing and strong local schools. A616 36 A633 7 M6 M602 12 24 1 2 A6010 3 23 A628 6 M57 A6018 A580 A580 M62 11 A630 23 It benefits from excellent road4 communications, being 10 A635 35 St Helens 24 3 A629 M18 situated withinBootle one mile of junctions 9 and 10 of the Urmston Manchester 3 M67 Glossop M60 Orbital motorway. In addition, Urmston is served 22 2 11 A6 M1 A57 25 Rotherham 10 6 A34 34 A5058 21A 26 by a comprehensive regional commuter rail service, 27 A631 1 9 5 5 A56 which links into the national rail network6 at Piccadilly,7 1 4 2 Peak District 33 32 2 21 3 2 1 3 A553 via Oxford Road. M60 32 Birkenhead A557 Sheffield A60 A5300 4 A57 3 5 M56 31 A56 20 8 6 In addition, theA41 is within two milesWidnes and 7 A6 Prestatyn River 9 A57A57 4 Llandudno is the largest indoor shoppingMersey centre in the north west M6 Manchester A6102 10 Airport A557 A533 11 A61 Rhyl of , with over 30 millionLiverpool visitors annually. A523 A540 M53 John Lennon A34 Airport 12 19 5 6 7 Rhuddlan 8 A533 A537 A623 30 9 A619 Holywell A556 Ellesmere Port A537 10 14 Northwich Buxton St. Asaph 11 A49 Macclesfield A61 15 A537 Flint A6 M1 A60 A41 Chesterfield A5117 A556 A54 A34 A617 12 A533

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A34 A41 A519 Staffor14 d A518 B5405 SITUATION Boundary for identification purposes only. Not to scale. The property occupies an extremely prominent position at the junction of Church Road and Station Road.

The immediate surrounding area comprises predominantly residential, local retailers and some mixed commercial. Within a very short walk is Urmston station, as is the town’s main retail and leisure provisions.

The town has strong national retailer representation, with nearby occupiers including Sainsbury’s, , , Aldi, NatWest and Barclays. DESCRIPTION

Built in 1904 the property was formerly Urmston Police Station. It is an impressive landmark building of traditional brick and stone construction, beneath a pitched tiled roof. It provides accommodation over basement, ground and first floors.

It has subsequently been refurbished and The subject property benefits from split in to two demises; 2 Church Road 12 spaces, which are currently demised to (The Police House) and 4 Church Road the tenants. (The Old Police Station), both of which provide office accommodation over ground In addition, to the rear of the property and first floors. The basement comprises is a former bowling green, providing the old police cells and is currently approximately 0.435 acres of potentially unutilised. In addition, we understand developable land, subject to planning. there is storage accommodation in the loft space. The land has recently been surfaced and is currently being let by way of individual To the rear of the property is a car parking car parking licences. area which is shared with the adjacent Gladstone House and is accessed between the two buildings, directly off Station Road. ACCOMMODATION

We have have been provided with the following floor areas, which we understand were calculated in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (6th Edition):

Sq ft Sq m

2 Church Road 2,142 199.0

4 Church Road 2,552 237.1

Total 4,676 434.4

Please note these measurements exclude the basement. TENANCY, TENURE, VAT AND EPC

2 Church Road (The Police House): Tenure Let by way of a five year lease from Freehold. February 2016 to L&C Tenancy LLP at a rent passing of £25,000 per annum. The VAT lease is subject to a tenant’s option to The property has been elected for VAT. As determine on the second anniversary of such VAT will be payable on the purchase the term. price unless the sale can be treated as a Transfer of a Going Concern. 4 Church Road (The Old Police Station): Let by way of a five year lease from August EPC 2016 to Taylormade Finance Limited at a A full copy of the EPC report is available rent passing of £24,882 per annum, rising upon request. to £33,176 per annum on 15 September 2018.

The total rent passing is therefore £49,882 per annum rising to £58,176 on 15 September 2018.

In addition, the former bowling green has recently been surfaced and provides approximately 70 additional car parking spaces, which are available by way of individual car parking licences at £350 per annum. There are currently 30 such agreements in place, generating an additional gross income of £10,500 per annum. Please note that our client is currently in discussions with the Local Planning Authority with a view to seeking retrospective planning consent for this use. COVENANT ASSET MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Taylormade Finance The property offers numerous asset management opportunities, as follows: Taylormade Finance are a small, well established local business, incorporated on 06 November 2008. They currently post small company accounts and, for the year – Due to the properties construction type and prominent position, it offers potential for ending 30 November 2015, they posted shareholders’ funds of £35,640. future residential conversion, subject to planning.

L&C Tenancy LLP – The former bowling green to the rear provides approximately 0.435 acres of potentially L&C Tenancy LLP are a new company, having been incorporated on 8 January 2016. developable land, subject to planning. Whilst this land is currently accessible via the As a consequence there is currently no financial information available. Nevertheless, existing access to the car , there is also an additional access point on Royal we understand that they were created by the merger of two established local business; Avenue. This therefore offers the potential to separate the land from the two buildings. The Pilates Rooms and Occupational Therapy Services. – The adjacent Gladstone House, as identified by the blue boundary on the OS plan, is also owned by our client and could also be made available. This, together with the subject property and the former bowling green to the rear, would provide a purchaser with a larger holding and greater control over access to/from the site. Further details on Gladstone House are available upon request.

Photos above show Gladstone House PROPOSAL

Offers are sought in excess of £750,000 Further Information For further information please contact: (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds), subject to contract and exclusive of VAT. Martin Hamer 0161 833 9991 07792 00 44 67 [email protected]

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