Wolvercroft. Alderholt Fordingbridge Dorset

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1 Wolvercroft Alderholt Fordingbridge Dorset

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3 Wolvercroft World of Plants Fordingbridge Road, Alderholt, Dorset SP6 3BE Fordingbridge 1.5 miles New Forest National Park 2.5 miles Salisbury 12 miles Bournemouth 17 miles (distances are approximate) A successful Garden Centre and Nursery set in 7 acres A great lifestyle business being able to work and live on-site Pleasant location affording flexibility to grow or consolidate Well-presented four bedroom detached house Landscaped gardens with summerhouse, triple garage and tennis court GARDEN CENTRE - shop, covered plant sales, plantarias, tea rooms and offices NURSERY supplying a high quality array of plants Profitable business with an affluent catchment population Caravanning and camping and caravan storage Pasture land suitable for amenity and equestrian uses Sole Agent: Symonds & Sampson LLP Sturminster Newton Office Contact: Andrew Tuffin E: atuffin@symondsandsampson.co.uk Wimborne office Contact: Nick Rymer E: nrymer@symondsandsampson.co.uk

4 Introduction The Garden Centre at Wolvercroft has been trading since 1978 and the present owners have operated it for the past 27 years and have now made the difficult decision to retire. In that time, the family have built a very successful enterprise, with a fine reputation and wide customer base. It is a target destination not only due to the wide selection of plants, paving and sundries, but also the Sticky Bun Tea Rooms which attracts many regular customers. The business offers the opportunity for a purchaser to continue to advance the whole business or specialise on one or more of the currently successful elements. Equally it is an opportunity to purchase a lifestyle property with land in a desirable area and take a smaller less intensive business income. Situation Wolvercroft is located in pleasant open countryside near Alderholt on the Dorset Hampshire border. The village offers a Co-Op store, primary school, part-time GP surgery, a pub and sports & social club. Fordingbridge on the River Avon nearby provides further facilities including a secondary school and supermarket. The good local road network provides easy access for customers from the surrounding areas such as Salisbury, the New Forest, Poole and Bournemouth and further afield. The House The house has its own private entrance to secluded and immaculately landscaped gardens complete with triple garage and a tennis court. The house is conveniently located adjacent to the garden centre which aides security and ease of management. The house itself dates from 1921 with extensions over the years. The accommodation is very light and the feature room is the living room with dining area, stone fireplace and woodburner, exposed beams and patio doors to the garden and summer house. The country style kitchen, with Rayburn, conveniently looks out to the garden centre. The Garden Centre A large covered retail area houses the main shop which stocks a range of tools, furniture, equipment, treatments, paving and accessories. Beyond the shop are extensive covered sales areas and plantarias offering a comprehensive array of shrubs, flowers and trees all neatly displayed and labelled. Tea Rooms The Sticky Bun Tea Room adjoining the shop is a rapidly growing element of the business and could easily be expanded. It has 50 covers inside with further covers outside and its own servery and kitchen. The Nursery Covering 2 acres the nursery supplies high quality bedding, herbaceous, shrubs and climbing plants. The buildings and polytunnels all benefit from an automatic watering system and the multi-span building has an oil fired boiler providing frost free protection all year round. The main gravel car park accommodates 50 cars with space for a further 150 in the overflow car parking field. Caravan Enterprises The property boasts a level grass field pleasantly sheltered by mixed woodland which currently has 5 caravan hook-ups and 10 tent pitches with toilets. Completing the property Wolvercroft operates a secure caravan storage service with 36 currently in store. The Business Wolvercroft World of Plants is a profitable business, which has seen a year on year increase in its operating profit since Approximately 20% of the plants sold are grown on-site in the nursery. The 2015 accounts return healthy figures: Turnover: 862,000 Gross Margin: 55% Operating Profit: 20% Buildings (refer to plan) Private 1. Dwelling 2. Triple garage Garden Centre 3. Offices, display area and WC 4. Tea Rooms 5. Kitchen 6. Uncovered Plantarias 7. Garden Centre retail areas 8. Covered plant sale showroom Total covered sales area: 2,063 sq.m (22,200 sq.ft) Nursery 9. 5-bay steel frame multispan erection with heating x Polytunnels 11. Nicotarp tunnel 12. Uncovered plant areas Total polythene covered areas: 1,505 sq.m (16,200 sq.ft) 13. Caravan storage compound

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6 Services Mains electricity and water to the house and business. There are two above ground water tanks, of 6000 and 2000 gallons, which serve the nursery and garden centre respectively. Oil fired heating to the house, garden centre and tea room. Private septic tank drainage serving the whole. Stock Plant, garden centre and restaurant stock available at market valuation. Fixtures & Fittings All free standing equipment not specifically mentioned above is excluded. TUPE The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 will apply for existing employees in the event the business is transferred. Local Authority East Dorset District Council, Tel: , House council tax band E. Garden centre Rateable Value: 38,000. Directions From the A338 Ringwood Salisbury road take the B3078 into the centre of Fordingbridge. Stay on the B3078 signed Alderholt. Follow the road for 1.5 miles to the property on the left hand side before entering Alderholt. Viewing All viewings strictly by appointment with the vendors sole agents.

7 Wolvercroft Approx. gross internal floor area 1,748 sq ft (162 sq m) For identification purposes only. Not to scale. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scale mapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office Crown copyright (ES ) House Ground Floor Tea Room Shop First Floor Office Important Notice Symonds & Sampson LLP and their Clients give notice that: 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the properties have all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Symonds & Sampson LLP have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. 3. We have not made any investigation into the existence or otherwise of any issues concerning pollution of land, air or water contamination and the purchaser is responsible for making his own enquiries in this regard. 4. The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way whether public or private, specifically mentioned or not. The vendors shall not be required to define any such rights, privileges or advantages. Photographs & Particulars May 2016.

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