Roxburgh Street, Kelso, TD5

Spacious office/retail space

Great frontage

Excellent town centre position

Ground Floor - reception/waiting area, three treatment rooms, kitchen & wc

First Floor - Two offices/stores, kitchen & wc

Net Internal Areas - 134.46 sq m (1,447 sq ft)

Guide Rent - £ 8,000 as a whole                                 Ref. GP5588

(May consider letting as two separate units)

Location

Roxburgh Street is situated to the north of Kelso Town Centre.

Kelso is a traditional market town, with a relatively affluent catchment area

providing a higher than average disposable income supporting a good range of

independent traders.

It is situated in a central position within the Scottish Borders approximately forty

miles south of Edinburgh, around eighteen miles east of Galashiels. According to

the 2019 Mid Year population estimate compiled by National Records of

Scotland, Kelso has a population of 6,880, an increase of around 11% over that

recorded at the 2001 Census (6,190).

The town is considered an important local employment and retail centre serving

a wide rural hinterland. It also benefits from a relatively strong tourism sector.

Situation

Roxburgh Street is a mixed-use area, predominantly characterised by commercial

units to ground level with residential accommodation above.

It is on the northern extremity of the town centre. The properties to the north of

Roxburgh street are predominantly within residential use.

Description

A self-contained shop and a first floor office/storage unit.

The units occupy part of a three-storey traditional terraced tenement building.

The upper levels were converted into residential accommodation which has

subsequently been sold off and is now in separate ownership. These ground floor

units were created in around 1997, following the redevelopment and sub-division

of the former Lothian and Borders Co-operative Society premises.

The front section of the building is of traditional stone construction, with

rendered finishes under pitched roofs clad in slate incorporating a standing

seam metal finish to the central section of some of the buildings. There are a

number of render faced cavity extensions to the rear predominantly with flat

roofs finished in mineral felt.

This is a Single fronted unit with display window to Roxburgh Street and off-set

entrance door.

21b occupies the first floor above the back shop of No. 21, this is again of

rendered faced cavity construction under a flat roof finished in mineral felt.

Rainwater goods predominantly comprise cast iron units. There are some PVC

replacements/additions to the rear. The front elevation has a parapet wall head

which appears to be capped in lead. A parapet gutter is presumed to be

incorporated behind this.

Areas

The property has been measured in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring

Practice to provide the following approximate areas:

21 Roxburgh Street -82.79 sq m (891 sq ft) 

21b Roxburgh Street - 51.67 sq m (556 sq ft)

Total - 134.46 sq m (1,447 sq ft) 

E & oe Measurements taken using a laser measurement device.

Accommodation

The accommodation currently comprises:

21 Roxburgh Street -

A ground floor unit which has been upgraded and sub-divided with plasterboard

lined stud partitions for current use as a beauty treatment salon and is generally

provided in good decorative order throughout.

Reception, two treatment rooms each with wash hand basin, treatment room 3/

sun shower room, rear lobby, kitchen, store room and WC

21b Roxburgh Street -

A first floor unit situated above the rear shop of 21 Roxburgh Street, accessed via

an external metal stair via the car park to the rear which is accessible via

Crawford Street to the east.

Entrance lobby, general office, office 2, kitchen and two WCs.

Planning

The property is understood to be Category C Listed. It is within the towns

Conservation Area.

Established Use of No.21 is understood to fall within Class 2 (Financial,

Professional and other Services) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes)

(Scotland) Order 1997. The Town and Country Planning General Permitted

Development (Scotland) Order 1992 permits change of use from Class 2

(Professional, Financial and Other Services to Class 1 (Retail).

Energy Performance Certificate

To be confirmed

Rateable Value

The subjects have been assessed to a Rateable Value of £7,300 effective from 01-

April-2017.

Small Business Rates Relief Scheme (SBRR) currently provides up to 100% rates

relief for units with a Rateable Value of £15,000 or less based on the combined total

of all the occupiers business premises within Scotland (subject to application and

eligibility). This relief is reviewed annually in accordance with the budget.

Rateable value information has been obtained from the Scottish Assessors

Association website. Whilst believed to be correct, this information has not been

independently verified.

Services

Mains electricity, water and drainage are connected. Electric heating.

Tenure

Presumed Absolute Ownership following the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc

(Scotland) Act 2000. This should be confirmed by your solicitor.

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Legal Costs

Each party will be responsible for their own legal costs incurred in connection with

this transaction.

In the normal manner, the in-going tenant will be liable for any stamp duty land

tax, registration dues and VAT thereon.

Value Added Tax

Any prices are exclusive of VAT. The subjects are mot understood to be elected to

VAT.

Viewing

By appointment with the sole agents.

Edwin Thompson, Chartered Surveyors

76 Overhaugh Street

Galashiels

TD1 1DP

Tel. 01896 751300

Fax. 01896 758883

E-mail: [email protected]