Garage rental - how much?

[John T]

I've got chance to rent a garage / workshop, I'm very tempted - I'm getting too old to lay on a cold drive in the middle of winter  

It's a modern workshop that measures 60' x 30' and about 25' high (space for a ramp..... :D ) and a big roller door on the end.

Question is, what would be a fair price to pay?? I haven't seen anything similar on the market to compare with.

[smo]

Well a normal domestic lockup in a block can be 10-15 a week, not sure on dimensions but this is what 2-3x the size, and modern and high so i would imagine somewhere around 150-200 a month?

[winchman]

I was thinking of renting out 1 of my standard lockups and should get £30-£40 per month for it.
The problem you have is a business will pay far more than you as motor trade premises are very hard to  come by.
Try to buy it if you can.

[tomarse]

I really want somewhere to work too. around 6 months ago i found a 500sq ft  unit with roller door. It was around 17x30ft.
It was £200/month and that was about the cheapest i could find! :(

I couldnt get it in the end as I had to buy a house instead.

If anyone can tell me where i can get something of around 500sq ft for under £200 per month i'd love it.

[V8MoneyPit]

Don't want to make anyone jealous, but i have 600 sq.ft. for £50 a month split into 3 parts :D The main part is only about 400 sq. foot so it's a bit tight for the 110 length wise, but I can suffer!

[tomarse]

Don't want to make anyone jealous,

too late!  

[Range Rover Blues]

A garage added to a rented house adds about £25 a month, nothing special.

The unit I'm leaving was costing about £70 per month per car between us.

That's still cheap for a semi comercial place.

Thing is can you afford it and is it secure? no point going in with both feet if some thieving little scrote takes all your tools.

[Boggert]

I would say £60-£70 per week would be right. I wouldn't want to pay any more. And even then that seems lots.

[tomarse]

But where do you find places like that advertised?

[John T]

I would say £60-£70 per week would be right. I wouldn't want to pay any more. And even then that seems lots.

They're wanting £50pw for 1800 sq ft, so I guess that's not bad then?

[John T]

But where do you find places like that advertised?

Most seem to be word of mouth, rarely get to the advertising stage.

[John T]

I was thinking of renting out 1 of my standard lockups and should get £30-£40 per month for it.
The problem you have is a business will pay far more than you as motor trade premises are very hard to  come by.
Try to buy it if you can.

Buying isn't an option, the owner would never sell. I don't think a buisness would get permission to use as a motor trade premises because of where it is, it's on a farm in the middle of a National Park.

Although if you could get permission.........................  :twisted:

 Don't give me ideas  :D

Anyone know how planning applications work..

[Boggert]

£50 seems to be about right, I use to be a Surveyor and work in Commercial lettings, best way to find good lockup is go to your local Commercial surveyors and have a look at what they have. Some advertise privately but be careful of dodgey tenancy agreements and cash up front payments  

When coming to Planning remember the magic words "Farm Diversification" planners are always looking to help farmers. Ok residential planning will be a problem but most farm yards have big sheds used for maintaining tractors etc using one for car would not always be a problem.

[Hangover]

Location,location,location,farm buildings rented out tend to be cheap but they are often big old draughty places with little in the way of security so thieves can help themselves however much you lock it,something in town with planning for car repairs as said is getting harder to find and tend to be be let through the motor trade grapevine with an average cost of £80 per week plus the rates of course so call it a round £100.

[Range Rover Blues]

Problem is the value of land, how many units do you see get torn down to make way for houses or should I say "1 bed studio flats".  Even the garage at the bottom of the village has gone, although it had become just a car dealer.  The landlord of our unit used to own Millmore and flattens empty units for car parking at the weekends, it pays more.

[winchman]

My top tip
Visit every local farm, one will have some space, it might take a few visits but once you have got it, it is cash in the pocket for the farmer.
Buy a small shipping container and lock your stuff in that.
I have two parking spaces at a local farm out side and pay £168 per year, I am on the waiting list for inside but you cant work on them there only store them.
Planning is the thing to watch, most farmers have the building down as agraculteral, so dont pay any rates.
If the council can prove you are a business you will pay commercial rates on the building, but planning can also stop you as he might not have the correct permission.
I have just lost my inside storage as some one bubbled the farmer to planning for not having consent and the land owner for subletting, as most farms are farmed by tennants.
Have you tried looking for old foke who have a garage and dont use it?, pay them rent cut the grass etc.
Once saw a telly program about a car club that rented a big building and divided it up in to small areas and each member kept there car and pile of junk in there allocated space.