Renting a warehouse - how hard can it be?

[Byff]

I like my toys, but I don't have sufficient room for them.

There's a warehouse for rent just down the road from me, nothing special, it's not huge but it's far bigger than what I need.

What sort of extra expenses would I be faced with, council rates? Hidden small print tax?

Other than having indoor storage units/bays, I'm pretty much out of idea's what I could use the rest of the warehouse for, what would you suggest?

[Byff]

It's rateable value is £33,750 - is that how much I'd get charged a year if I rent it? That's extortionate surely - although the floor space is 14,000sqft so squeezing a go-kart track in might be possible.

[Byff]

ModernAndy said:

I think it'll be around £15k in rates.

14,000 sq ft. is quite a size. 2,500 sq ft. would be more than ample for at least 6 cars and may be eligible for rates relief too.

I quite agree, it's far too big for me but there must be opportunities to use a big a space, I just haven't thought of it yet....