- Original Poster
- #1
Hi everyone
Just in the process of writing my business plan for my dog daycare centre (some of you may have read my other posts) and I'm currently just researching what my options are realistically in the way of premises.
My initial idea was to rent a warehouse. This would give me a large indoor dry space for the dogs to play and hopefully the warehouse will have a bit of access to the outdoors too for toileting etc. I would estimate the size I would need would be approx 3000-5000 sq ft if possible, to allow for growth and plenty of dogs!
Another idea was to rent some grazing land hopefully with a shelter on site for the dogs in wet weather, but this would no doubt be a huge pain as sending a load of dogs home wet at the end of the day is not really the idea. Plus in the winter they would all be freezing! An ideal thing would be to be able to rent a riding arena (are they called menages or something?) on wet days and it would be good to have use of it on dry days too, but I'm afraid I can't think of anywhere where there even is one round here, let alone one which would allow me to use it 5 days a week from 7am-6pm.
Another idea I had was asking if a local dog training school would rent me their hall, but alas after emailing them and asking them if they would consider it, they just ignored me. I thought this would be a great idea as it would give them an income from their premises where it is currently empty all day (they only train at night).
The issue I have is that firstly, I need to most cost effective premises at all possible (both to set up and to run once established), but I also need to be able to get sui generis planning permission to run such a set up from it. I will also need to obtain a boarding license from the local council in order to run this, even though the dogs won't be housed overnight.
So, does anyone have any bright ideas for cost effective options for me?
I am very new to commercial property, I read somewhere that you have to have a solicitor involved to get a lease set up, is there not a way of doing something a bit more similar to residential letting as in on a monthly basis initially? Does anyone know the costs to get a lease set up, and do i still have to pay 2 months rent in advance on top of this? :| Confused!
Sorry for all the questions, hope someone can enlighten me a bit!
Just in the process of writing my business plan for my dog daycare centre (some of you may have read my other posts) and I'm currently just researching what my options are realistically in the way of premises.
My initial idea was to rent a warehouse. This would give me a large indoor dry space for the dogs to play and hopefully the warehouse will have a bit of access to the outdoors too for toileting etc. I would estimate the size I would need would be approx 3000-5000 sq ft if possible, to allow for growth and plenty of dogs!
Another idea was to rent some grazing land hopefully with a shelter on site for the dogs in wet weather, but this would no doubt be a huge pain as sending a load of dogs home wet at the end of the day is not really the idea. Plus in the winter they would all be freezing! An ideal thing would be to be able to rent a riding arena (are they called menages or something?) on wet days and it would be good to have use of it on dry days too, but I'm afraid I can't think of anywhere where there even is one round here, let alone one which would allow me to use it 5 days a week from 7am-6pm.
Another idea I had was asking if a local dog training school would rent me their hall, but alas after emailing them and asking them if they would consider it, they just ignored me. I thought this would be a great idea as it would give them an income from their premises where it is currently empty all day (they only train at night).
The issue I have is that firstly, I need to most cost effective premises at all possible (both to set up and to run once established), but I also need to be able to get sui generis planning permission to run such a set up from it. I will also need to obtain a boarding license from the local council in order to run this, even though the dogs won't be housed overnight.
So, does anyone have any bright ideas for cost effective options for me?
I am very new to commercial property, I read somewhere that you have to have a solicitor involved to get a lease set up, is there not a way of doing something a bit more similar to residential letting as in on a monthly basis initially? Does anyone know the costs to get a lease set up, and do i still have to pay 2 months rent in advance on top of this? :| Confused!
Sorry for all the questions, hope someone can enlighten me a bit!
