House For Sale Boundary Road, Hove, BN3

Description
The property comprises a three storey mid terrace building with good sized rear garden.
The ground floor comprises a retail premises with aluminium double glazed shop front and good sized external display forecourt with storage area on the lower ground floor. To the rear of the retail premises is a small office area, staff WC with wash hand basin. The lower ground floor provides good, dry basement storage with excellent ceiling height and has been damp proofed in recent years. The maisonette above has been renovated with various large extensions added to the rear over the past 30 years to include a room in the roof. The accommodation has a separate self contained entrance via Boundary Road.

Location
This substantial and deceptive property is situated in a prominent position on the eastern side of Boundary Road close to the junction of New Church Road in a busy secondary retail location. The A259 Coast Road is 325m away whilst the A270 is 0.4 miles distant. Portslade railway station with its regular services along the southcoast and north to London (journey time of 51 minutes) is 500m away. Nearby occupiers include Hills Sound & Vision, Mishon Mackay, Powerplant, Portslade Post Office, The Foghorn PH and Papa Johns.

Portslade is an area within Brighton & Hove and is located approximately 4 miles from the city centre. Other nearby towns include Worthing (10 miles west), Burgess Hill (10 miles north) and Lewes (12 miles east).

Terms
The property is available freehold subject to the Leases noted within the property particulars.

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The accommodation comprises the following areas:

Opportunity
We feel that the premises has excellent future potential in terms of splitting the current 5 bedroom residential accommodation to form two or three separate self contained flats, subject to planning. It is also felt that the property could be converted into a HMO subject to gaining the necessary consents and licences.

Business Rates & Council Tax
The Valuation Office website suggests that from April 2023 the premises will have a rateable value of £8,400. At this level occupiers can expect to benefit from 100% rate relief subject to status. We advise interested parties to make their own enquiries to Brighton & Hove’s Council to verify the above and the level of business rates payable and small business relief.

The upper parts have a Council tax banding of A.