Have you ever dreamt about owning your own pub, where locals would arrive down for a pint and a touch of small-town charm?
Well, that dream may not be completely out of your grasp.
Throughout Berkshire there are a range of turn-key and fixer upper opportunities that could be the perfect opportunity it your up for the challenge.
It’s not for the faint hearted though. Owning your own pub will take a strong stomach, hard work and an ability to knuckle down.
Here are some of the pubs that we found on the market in Berkshire.
Wokingham
£50,000
With its vast regeneration and rising quality of living rates, Wokingham would be the perfect place to start your first of your next project.
It is an affluent Berkshire market town with just the right amount of competition to keep any pub on their toes.
This turn-key opportunity is a private commercial lease, low rent and ready to trade opportunity. The building is leasehold and comes with a full inventory and fully fitted kitchen.
It is well presented with the ground floor comprising a bar servery, dining for 44, carved timber panelled walls and wood flooring. The first floor dines 56 with a sunken table feature.
This property has actually reduced in price from £85,000 to £50,000 over the last few months.
Sandhurst
£100,000
This public house, which is being listed by Davey Co is an established public house operated by the current owns for the past 8 years.
This was their first pub as new entrants to the sector and could be yours too.
The property has well presented trading area offering dining for over 80 people, two9 lounges and a large outdoor terrace that would hold an outstanding 230 pub-goers.
Not only is this a pub, but it also has six ensuite bedrooms with scope for five more in the owners accommodation.
The net sales for this public house exceed £750,000.
trading areas for 230+ outside. 6 excellent en-suite letting bedrooms with scope for more in 5 room owners accommodation. Net sales exceed £750,000 excluding VAT with genuine further scope.
If you would prefer to take on an established pub under a hospitality company, Greene King offer some fantastic opportunities in and around Bracknell Forest.
Wokingham
Bar 56 on Rose Street is a reputable pub renowned for the ‘finer’ drinkers and diners of the small village in leafy Berkshire.
The only wine bar in town is now looking for new tenants to run the sophisticated bar menu of cocktails, wines and a range of exclusive spirits.
The 16th century property comes complete with a full staff which would mean a ‘seamless takeover’ for the new tenant.
If you wanted to put your stamp of an established bar then this would be the one to do it in.
The annual rent comes in at £31,500 or £606 a week, with entry costs of £45,750.
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