Freehold Plant Nursery with Home Near Edinburgh For Sale

Property Information

Property:

Freehold

Living Accommodation:

A spacious four-bedroom detached owner’s home is situated to the left of the property entrance and is approached via the main entrance roadway, with parking to the side and additional parking within a gravelled courtyard to the rear.

Constructed of block and render beneath a pitched slate roof, the house benefits from a private south-facing rear garden extending to approximately one acre (0.40 hectares).

The ground floor is entered through a porch into the hallway. Accommodation includes a family lounge with log burner leading to a spacious kitchen/diner with tiled floor, wall and base units and integrated appliances. Both rooms have bi-folding doors opening onto the private patio and extensive lawned garden.

The kitchen also provides access to an office/family room with bi-folding doors to the rear garden, together with a rear porch, WC and utility room.

Three double bedrooms and a family bathroom are located on the ground floor. The first floor provides further office space and a fourth bedroom, both with skylight windows.

Existing loft space is currently used for storage and offers potential for further expansion if desired.

Location:

Situated approximately 16 miles south-east of Edinburgh, the property combines a rural setting with access to major transport routes and the wider Central Scotland market.

The A1 is approximately 2.5 miles away, while the A68 is also readily accessible, providing road connections throughout the region. The property lies approximately six miles south of the coast at Longniddry and enjoys distant views towards the Lammermuir Hills.

Premises Details:

The principal plant nursery extends to approximately 0.86 hectares (2.12 acres), forming a roughly rectangular and relatively level area containing plant beds and structures used for cultivation, propagation and storage.

Growing facilities include four single-span Clovis Lande polytunnels measuring approximately 35m x 6.6m each, a Keder multi-span polytunnel measuring approximately 35m x 16m, a propagation glasshouse with mist propagation unit measuring approximately 15m x 5m and a shade tunnel measuring approximately 35m x 6.6m.
The brick-built retail shop has a pitched asbestos-sheet roof and is positioned to the right of the property entrance. Customer parking is provided adjacent within a gravel car park.

Two additional parcels of land provide potential nursery expansion space. A triangular paddock of approximately 0.45 hectares (1.12 acres) is located on the north-eastern boundary, while a second parcel of approximately 1.657 acres (0.36 hectares) is situated on the south-western boundary.

Size in square feet:

Principal nursery: approximately 0.86 hectares (2.12 acres). Additional north-eastern paddock: approximately 0.45 hectares (1.12 acres). Additional south-western parcel: approximately 1.657 acres (0.36 hectares). Owner’s private rear garden: approximately one acre (0.40 hectares).

Energy Performance Rating:

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Business Operation

Expansion Potential:

The nursery can be expanded by utilising two additional parcels of land if desired: an approximately 0.45-hectare (1.12-acre) triangular paddock on the north-eastern boundary and a further approximately 1.657-acre (0.36-hectare) parcel on the south-western boundary.

Existing loft storage space within the owner’s accommodation also offers potential for further expansion.

Competition / Market:

The business has developed a national client base with trade customers across the landscaping, garden design and garden centre sectors. It has served clients including Balmoral Castle, Historic Scotland, Holyrood Palace, the Royal Horticultural Society and the National Trust for Scotland.

The nursery specialises in hardy plants, including unusual varieties, award-winning autumn gentians bred on site and an extensive range of meconopsis cultivars.

Reasons for selling:

This is a retirement sale.

Trading hours:

The plant centre is open to the public from the beginning of March until the end of October. The nursery is open throughout the year for trade customers and by appointment to retail customers during the otherwise closed months.

Years established:

47 years

Other Information

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