Bauds Pet Care and Garden Centre, Woodhead Bauds, Buckie, AB56 4DY

McEwan Fraser Legal are delighted to present to the market a genuinely unique opportunity to purchase Bauds Pet Care Centre and Garden Centre.

A thriving and highly successful dog and cat boarding business and garden centre situated on the outskirts of Cullen and Buckie, Morayshire. Sitting on approx. 2.5 acres of land in the sought after area of the Moray firth, the adaptable plot could also offer a fantastic development opportunity for the current businesses and long term development of the site with correct planning consent.

The business has been successfully trading for over 30 years. The Kennels and Cattery are currently licenced for 38 dogs and 24 cats. The business trades throughout the year and enjoys an established repeat client base and the kennels and cattery have become the ‘go-to’ within the vast area for dog and cat boarding.

The kennel building has underground central heating and the kennel accommodations offers individual indoor and outdoor runs. The cattery offers indoor cat cabins with outdoor covered runs.

The services offered could easily be expanded to include, grooming facilities, dog walking and daily dog care, and a secure dog park.

The garden centre and pet shop complement the kennels and cattery, selling a wide range of pet and animal feeds, food and accessories. The licenced pet shop has a generously sized store attached to the shop which offers ample space for stock storage. The garden centre stocks a wide range of plants, garden accessories, pots, compost, garden furniture and sundries, consisting of indoor and outdoor selling areas and displays also a large polytunnel for stocking seasonal bedding plants.

As well as the established kennel, cattery and garden centre business, situated within the 2.5-acre site is a traditional Scottish one and a half storey 3 bedroom croft which has been extended and where the current owners reside.

The property is accessed via a gravel driveway and is entered via an entrance hall which gives access to an open plan family lounge including wood burning stove and large dining room, leading outside to a generous fully enclosed rear garden. The property also has 3 double bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom. There is a large store room off the dining room which houses the oil fire central heating boiler and ample storage facilities.

The site also includes three small, fenced paddocks and two large outbuildings/workshops.

Bauds pet care and garden centre offers a flexible opportunity to either own a thriving business with prime real estate in a much sought- after, growing and upcoming location or indeed buy a fantastic development opportunity allowing diversification (subject to consent) within a sought-after local authority area making this site a small developers dream. The current owner has explored with Moray Council the possibility of (a) converting the Store into holiday lets, (b) adding glamping pods to the site and (c) building three new large, detached houses and has had a positive response, more information on this is available following a formal viewing of the site.

Tenure: Freehold.

Services: Electricity, mains water, internal septic tanks and drainage.

Accounts: These will be made available following a formal viewing or note of interest by your solicitor.