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Regional Property Helplines :  01869 338866  and  01608 652888

For Sale - £85,000 - Middleton Cheney:  This property has come back on the market after a prospective client withdrew.  We think this is an incredibly good deal at £85,000.  See http://www.centre-p.co.uk/Middleton%20Cheney(hairdressing%20shop)JAN08.pdf.  It is a detached retail unit with two parking spaces, which continues to be used at the present time as a hairdressing salon but we think would be of interest to a variety of owner/occupiers or local investors.

Diary Dates:  This proved a very popular section in our January issue!  One correction I should mention, the London Marathon is on Sunday 13th April, not the day before as we told you...thank you to the seventeen people who corrected me ...sorry!  If you missed out in January you can still revisit the dates we gave you (of major sporting events this year) by going to  http://www.centre-p.co.uk/LATESTNEWS.htm and click on January 2008.

Google: Many thanks to those who continue to view our website at www.centre-p.co.uk on a regular basis.  It is you that helps us retain our position at the top of most of the major Search Engines. Examples of our listings are available if you click http://www.centre-p.co.uk/Google(1)-Banbury.pdf  if you are an agent working outside the geographical area of our work you will be interested in www.centre-p.co.uk/pdfs/Estates%20Gazette%204.pdf.

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Sale of Flat, Centrepoint:    The flat above our offices here in Deddington is being sold.  It has recently been granted planning consent for a Change of Use to residential, however it does of course have an historic use as an office. If you are interested please contact either this office - 01869 338866 or Hayward White - 01869 337001 or view the details at http://www.haywardwhite.co.uk/moredetails.php?propertyID=50000002079

Southam Road, Banbury  Offices:   The best 2,000 sq ft offices in Banbury at just £12 per sq ft per annum.  View  http://www.centre-p.co.uk/pdfs/Southam%20Road,%20Banbury%20(StarTraQ)Details&Map.pdf. We make no apology for marketing these at a very competitive rent . Our instructions are to find a tenant and hopefully avoid my clients having to pay rates on this property as from 1st April.  Some might call it foolish....but we really do believe these are the best offices in the region. Why pay more?

Rates - WARNING;  Only 60 days to go.  In 60 days time Councils up and down the land will start charging rates on all properties that have been empty for more than 6 months.  This is going to be a major problem for both small and large investors who will suddenly find that they have some fairly substantial bills being sent to them, particulary in relation to industrial property, which has been void of rate payments in the past.  The Governments intention was to try and bring down rent levels. It is unfortunate that with the economic situation as it is this new legislation has been brought in at this time.  These combined will cause financial hardship to a large number of people and companies. 

Money Laundering: New Regulations came into effect in December. "Estate Agents" along with other professionals are required to comply. Details are available at http://www.oft.gov.uk/advice_and_resources/resource_base/legal/money-laundering.

                                                                 PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS

We have been instructed to acquire, probably in a rural location in a triangle between Stratford, Banbury and Woodstock, a property providing approximately 3,500 sq ft of offices and 2,500 sq ft of warehouse/workshop.  We require parking for approximately 25 cars.  My clients are prepared to take on a new lease probably for 6 or 10 years. We would be interested to receive details of all proposals whether they are available freehold or on lease.  We anticipate this requirement may be met where smart rural locations have already been constructed and are now lying empty, and the conversion of part of these for workshop purposes may well be a much cheaper option than paying void rates!

We are still looking for premises to be used as ladies-only fitness centres. Our clients are prepared to pay a rent of £7,500 - £12,000 per annum for the right property.   This may be a first or second floor office that cannot be let in the current market or a former ground floor workshop close to the town centre.  The major requriement is that we need at least 750 sq ft of clear space (maximum 1,250 sq ft). 

Please will someone come up with a property in Banbury Town Centre for my professional practice clients.    We have been retained to acquire premises having a total area of between 4,000 - 6,000 sq ft, over half of which must be on the ground floor. We also need parking for at least 8 vehicles…but here comes the difficult bit, we want it located in Banbury, somewhere between Tesco's (to the north) and Adderbury (to the south), the closer to the town centre the better.   Freehold or leasehold.  Please telephone 01869 338866 with any ideas or e-mail details to reception@centre-p.co.uk.

Thorpe Way Industrial Estate, Banbury:  Over the years we have dealt with a large number of properties on this popular estate and we are delighted to draw to your attention three units of varying sizes and quality that we are currently marketing.   Unit 3, Thorpe Way,  http://www.centre-p.co.uk/pdfs/Units%203%20&%205%20Thorpe%20Way,%20Banbury.pdf is being offered on a short term lease and would be ideal for someone looking for an inexpensive unit who may have a short term contract.   Unit 7, Thorpe Mead,  http://www.centre-p.co.uk/pdfs/Thorpe%20Mead.pdf is only three years old, has an excellent first floor office and is a very well presented small factory unit having a ground floor totalling 1,600 sq ft with good access, lighting and parking.    At the top of the range(!) is a factory we received instructions on just before Christmas currently occupied by our clients, Exclusive UK Limited, who are relocating to nearby premises.  The unit becoming vacant has a ground floor of 12,500 sq ft, a very substantial mezzanine floor covering more than half the space, good on-site parking and benefits from a good security fence.  Details available at http://www.centre-p.co.uk/pdfs/Exclusive%20UK,%20Banbury.pdf.      

Shop/Office to let, Bilton, Nr Rugby:  We have just received instructions to offer on a new lease this well presented lock-up unit, adjacent to Gem Tool Hire in Main Road, Bilton.  It would be ideal for a variety of users including possibly solicitors, accountants, estate agents as well as a traditional retail unit.   The property is being offered on a new three or six year lease at a competitive rent of £7,500 per annum. See http://www.centre-p.co.uk/pdfs/Bilton,%20Rugby%20(JAN08).pdf.

Our web site  www.centre-p.co.uk  includes our latest Available Properties list and detailed maps of the major industrial estates in the area. Our Regional Property Helpline is 01869 338866 or e-mail reception@centre-p.co.uk 

For those of you who doubt the power and readership of OUTLOOK please consider the following.  Over the last 6 months we have regularly encouraged you to look at our WEB positioning...(and please remember we do not pay for sponsorship and therefore it is influenced only by you) ....if you type in 'Available Properties Banbury' on most search engines we are Number one...maybe even more remarkable, if you type in 'Estates Gazette Readers' we are Number one of over 180,000 on Google or .... if you just wish to write 'Estates Gazette' we are about number six of over 1,000,000 on MSN.  We are learning the power of the internet and by targetting our message very clearly and carefully we are reaching an ever increasing number of people in the Industrial, Retail and Office sector. We believe www.centre-p.co.uk  is the most read property related site in the region so please find five minutes, a cup of coffee relax and view.   Thank you.

                   BANKIER SLOAN

The longest established Chartered Surveyors in the region dealing exclusively with Industrial, Commercial & Retail Property.

North Oxfordshire, North Gloucestershire, South Northants and South Warwickshire.

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