need a bit of advice... renting a workshop...

[Jay18]

as in title im looking to rent a workshop so i can start buying a few cars fixing and selling them on to make a bit of money...

wanted to know how much a workshop/unit is to rent, just need one big enough to fit a car in and have enough space to move around it to work on it... needs electric supply so i can use tools to get a car working good, i know scottie has a wrokshop and maybe a few others so what do you pay for yours?...

any help is appreciated...

thanks..

[ScottieJ]

I'm quite lucky and managed to find a unit that is damn cheap for it's size. I don;t really want to share how much that I pay for it though.

Your best bet is to find a farm with converted outbuildings etc as these tend to be a lot cheaper than small industrial estates and business parks. It all depends where in the country you are as well, I know a guy over in Hampshire who has a unit on a small business park that is about half the price of most business parks around where I am.

When I was looking around most places wanted around £120 a month for something with electricity that you could barely get 2 cars in then about £200 for a larger unit that you could get about 3 cars in.

Just do lots of searching and phone around, also you need to make sure that you find somewhere that isn't subject to business rates like a lot of units are as you aren't going to be running a business out of it and that will knock the price up a lot!

[trotter]

yea me and dan2k gave up looking as anything we found local and suitable was £300-£500 a month... would be ok if we were running a business but not for just weekend use.
we found plenty of garages for rent for 50-100 month but no power, lights, or noise allowed!

like scottie said best bet is to go ask local farmers about renting their unused outbuildings.

[Newtomud]

Also check how much the standing charges for the electricity supply are.. For a business it can be about £1 a day.. If you can get it changed to a domestic supply it comes down to about £0.24p a day.
(Get a contract to say it's a domestic garage if you can)

[Jay18]

found a unit for rent for a good price 25ftx16ft and is all inclusive so electric is included in the price...

[Newtomud]

found a unit for rent for a good price 25ftx16ft and is all inclusive so electric is included in the price...

My unit is 26ft x 28 ft + electric so nearly twice the size and I need more space.
How much have you been quoted?

[Jay18]

haha sounds good mate! im only looking for something cheap to get started off...

[Newtomud]

haha sounds good mate! im only looking for something cheap to get started off...

What's cheap?

[Jay18]

the one i have got £265 a month all inclusive...

[ScottieJ]

I think mines about 22x30ft and I could definitely do with more space. Starting to think I should rent another bay