A PRIME BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Unit one is available to rent in The Avenue, Sark’s main shopping area.  The unit consists of spacious Ground and First Floor rooms connected by a spiral staircase, with versatile  online, commercial, retail or business space. Available to rent on an annual basis for up to 5 years.

SITUATION The Avenue House Courtyard  has 4 bespoke 2-storey cottage-style units, comprising a total of 8 rooms or shops, in The Avenue, the heart of the islands village.  With a prominent situation such as this, it goes without saying that the units, if used commercially, are all easily accessible and visible to every visitor to the island. Map ref (when printed) H7

  Sark itself is located about nine miles east of Guernsey and twenty-three miles north of Jersey with convenient access from regular ferries to Guernsey and Jersey where there are international airports.  Flight time to Gatwick is about thirty minutes by jet.

SARK  Sark is spectacular in both its scenery and its simplicity; its tranquil beauty is unmarred by cars or tarmac roads and yet enhanced by excellent modern facilities and telecommunications for residents and visitors alike.  The only independent feudal state remaining in Europe, Sark is self-governing through ‘Chief Pleas’ and is presided over by the Seigneur.  Transport on Sark is restricted to the horse and carriage, the bicycle and ‘shanks pony’. Tractors are, however, allowed by licence for general farm work, carting of goods from the harbour, and personal transport by arrangement.  Everyday shopping facilities are available on Sark together with a selection of excellent hotels, restaurants, and public houses.

TAXATION Sark does not levy any income tax, property gains tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax or value-added-tax on its residents.  Other local taxes are modest and easily calculable.

THE DEVELOPMENT Each unit is finished to a high specification; externally rendered with traditional quoins, cottage style ground floor windows adjacent to the road, rear high level windows on the ground floor with first floor dormers, and plain painted internal finishes with plenty of space for shelving, counters and display. 
  The individual rooms on each floor measure 22’ x 12’ with a room height of 7’6”.  The First Floor rooms each have a fitted bathroom comprising shower, hand washbasin and WC, while the Ground Floor rooms have provision for a kitchen or WC, to be fitted according to individual preference. A spiral staircase connects the Ground and First Floor rooms and the Ground Floor rooms can also be connected if more than one unit is required.  Ground floor rooms have individual access from each gable approached through an attractive courtyard or an arched opening.

NOTES FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN A COMMERCIAL OUTLET: 
1. Sark attracts approximately 60,000 visitors to the island during the spring and summer months.
2. The island has 5 hotels (total capacity 137 residents plus staff), 10 Guest Houses (total capacity 101 residents), 2 licensed campsites (total capacity 100 campers) and 16 self-catering cottages (total capacity 75 residents) that are all thriving during the spring and summer months.
3. Sark has approximately 600 permanent residents, the majority of whom have a preference for shopping locally if at all possible.
4. Generally one Hotel, a number of Guest Houses and the majority of the shops will stay open during the quieter winter months to cater for the smaller number of winter visitors.
5. The Avenue presently has shops offering everyday groceries, newspapers and magazines, a post office and hardware store, perfumes and general chemist goods, jewellery, hand-blown glass, pottery and local paintings, hairdressing, 3 cafes and a bicycle hire shop.
6. As the islands economy relies greatly on tourism it is encouraged as much as possible.

VIEWING   Strictly by appointment only through Sark Estate Agents as the Vendors Sole Agents.

VACANT POSSESSION By Arrangement

RENTAL   Yearly, 5-year rental agreement.  

SERVICES  Mains electricity, septic tank drainage, water from shared borehole, oil tank.

RENTAL PRICE £9,500 per annum payable monthly, quarterly or yearly, in advance

Sark Estate Agents
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