New Road, Skewen, Neath Retail property (high street) - £792 pcm (£183 pw)

The premises comprises a large ground floor retail unit, situated within an established commercial location within the popular district of Skewen.

The property accommodates the main sales area, which benefits from a shop depth of 16.62m and accessed via a standard sales display window over the main pedestrian walkway to the front elevation. Ancillary accommodation can also be located over the basement, via a trap door and internal stairwell over the main sales area. Additional storage and w.c. facilities, with restricted headroom, is located further to the rear of the main sales area via a separate internal stairwell. However, please be advised that additional w.c. facilities could also be installed to the rear of the main sales area at ground floor level.

The property also benefits from a large open garden area, which can be utilised for designated parking facilities located to the rear of the property, which can be accessed directly off Caenant Terrace.

Description - The premises comprises a large ground floor retail unit, situated within an established commercial location within the popular district of Skewen.

The property accommodates the main sales area, which benefits from a shop depth of 16.62m and accessed via a standard sales display window over the main pedestrian walkway to the front elevation. Ancillary accommodation can also be located over the basement, via a trap door and internal stairwell over the main sales area. Additional storage and w.c. facilities, with restricted headroom, is located further to the rear of the main sales area via a separate internal stairwell. However, please be advised that additional w.c. facilities could also be installed to the rear of the main sales area at ground floor level.

The property also benefits from a large open garden area, which can be utilised for designated parking facilities located to the rear of the property, which can be accessed directly off Caenant Terrace.

Location - The premises is situated along New Road to the front, which is considered to be the main retail location within Skewen, which is a popular village approximately 2 miles to the west of Neath town centre. The rear garden and designated parking area can be accessed directly off Caenant Terrace to the rear.

Skewen provides for a mixture of commercial properties such as general retailing, takeaways and public house facilities supported by densely populated residential housing.

The immediate area also affords good lines of communication via the main A465, A4230 and the M4 Motorway (J44), which is 1 mile from the subject premises.

Accommodation - The subject premises affords the following approximate dimensions and areas:

GROUND FLOOR

Sales Area: 61.13 sq.m (658.05 sq. ft.)

Shop Depth: 16.62m (54’6”)

Net Frontage: 4.30m (14’2”)

Sales (ITZA): 39.93 sq.m (429.80 sq. ft.)

BASEMENT

Net Internal Area: 48.66 sq.m (523.77 sq. ft.)

Ancillary Sales/ Storage (Front): 29.29 sq.m (315.27 sq. ft.)
accessed directly off the main sales area via a trap door and internal staircase.

Storage (Rear): 19.37 sq.m (208.49 sq. ft.)
with restricted headroom, door to rear garden and door to.

W.C. Facilities

Rates - As stated on the VOA website the Rateable Value for the subject premises is as follows:

Rateable Value (2023): £6,200

From April 2018 the Welsh Government set the multiplier according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and for the financial year 2023/24 the multiplier will be 0.535.

Rates relief for small businesses in Wales will apply up to 31st March 2024. Rates relief for small business with a rateable value up to £6,000 will receive 100% relief and those with a rateable value between £6,001 and £12,000 will receive relief that will be reduced on a tapered basis from 100% to zero.

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