MAINS POST OFFICE WITH SIZEABLE RESIDENCE in Stanley for Sale.
For those searching for a good Post Office business with good PO salary / commission in excess of £45,000 per annum and a very spacious family sized home - this is the one. This property and business represent tremendous value for money and is priced to sell quickly, as the owners wish to retire after 20 years’ service to the community. Located in Annfield Plain, a pleasant village and community in County Durham, just 2.5 miles from Stanley to the north-east, and 5 miles to Consett in the west.
The Business: This is a Mains Post Office in a busy and densely populated area. The Post Office has 3 counters. Services being offered include ATM, some Foreign Exchange (mainly Euro and Dollar) and they are about to be set up for Passport application processing. The shop offers a range of stationery, cards and gift items and also Lottery and PayZone transactions. Enterprising new owners could easily extend the retail premises into the ground floor portion of the residence if they so wished, as space is abundant and hardly utilised.
The Property: Single fronted, two-storey plus attic, stone-built property with long single storey extension to the rear. Ground floor lock-up retail shop with security roller shutters and external ATM. Entry to retail shop and two station Post Office counter. Security door to rear of Post Office counter and an additional door leading to the private residence, which has a lounge diner to the main building and pitched roof adding an additional dining room and well-fitted modern kitchen to the ground floor. Rear access to yard with electric roller shutter. In the main house there is a staircase leading to three double bedrooms and a house bathroom. A second set of stairs leads to an impressive and spacious, open plan, attic conversion. The property benefits from having been re-roofed some seven years ago and new electric roller shutters to the front of the shop and the rear yard have been recently installed.
EPC Band C. Stock £1,500.
