Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1PD

This four bedroom family home comes with planning permission for a 15 doggie daycare / grooming business that Whittlesey’s pampered pooches already love. If you've ever dreamed of turning a love of dogs into a proper lifestyle business, someone's already done the admin for you. The planning permission's in place, the business is already trading, so the next bit could be just like a walk in the park. And don’t forget that you’re also getting a proper family home that happens to come with business premises too. Behind the 1930s exterior, the layout has grown room by room over the years into something really flexible - a study, a snug, a family room, living room, kitchen-diner and conservatory, so there’s room here to actually live, not just run a business from the kitchen table. There are four bedrooms upstairs, including an en-suite to the main bedroom and an additional shower area in bedroom 2. Part of the former double garage is now used as the grooming parlour, with a cloakroom alongside. There’s no internal door from the house into the grooming parlour, so home and work can stay nicely separate. The original garage doors are still there too. If somebody wanted to turn this area back into a garage, the internal timberwork and cloakroom could be removed and the space opened back up again. The garden is north facing, but because of its length it catches sun for most of the day. It also has much more of a countryside feel than you might expect from the address, with silver birch trees, fruit trees, vegetable plots, a chicken coop , a pond with a walkway over it, even a covered hot tub area!!! There’s a paved seating area too, so plenty of space to sit out and enjoy it. There are 28 solar panels on the roof, with the boiler, solar inverters and batteries housed in the garage area, to help keep electricity bills in check - especially handy if you’re blow drying bichon frisés all day. Both lofts are partially boarded, giving useful extra storage, and front and rear driveways offer plenty of off-road parking - handy when clients are dropping off and collecting throughout the day. The electric gates are currently disconnected, although the wiring is still there if someone wants to bring them back into use. The doggy daycare set-up sits in the outbuilding at the back, with planning permission in place for looking after up to 15 dogs at a time. And this isn’t a little shed at the bottom of the garden. The outbuilding was originally built to house a bus, which gives you some idea of the size of it. It has since been insulated and adapted for the dog daycare business, with a mezzanine level giving even more space. The large double doors to the front have been altered as part of the current set-up, but they could be reinstated easily enough if someone wanted to use the building differently in future. It’s the kind of planning permission that can be difficult to secure - but here it’s already done for you. The grooming parlour is fitted and ready. The property is right on the edge of town but it still takes less than 5 minutes to drive to the centre of Whittlesey. Being on the western edge of the town means it only takes around 15 minutes to drive to Peterborough. If you love getting out into the countryside with your four legged friends, Kings Dyke Nature Reserve is right on your doorstep. And if you have younger children, Park Lane Primary School & Nursery is less than 5 minutes drive away, with Sir Harry Smith Community College just a couple of minutes further away. If you want a family home with plenty of room, a more rural feel and a dog grooming and daycare business that's already proven itself with the local community, this one's well worth a look. It won’t be for everyone but for the right family it could be the best of both worlds - a proper family home, and a business where every day starts with a wagging tail at the door. If it sounds like your kind of opportunity, get in touch to arrange a viewing.