Lucas House - Retail, St Helier
Description
Location, The former Auto Express Parts building which is located on the St Clements Road and which is opposite the Normandie Hotel on the roundabout, with other surrounding commercial business including Rob Willder Lifts, Cleveland Stores, Joe Jennings Bookmakers and the White Horse pub. Description, The Property comprises a retail unit with large store behind and warehousing plus additional residential, which are directly fronting onto the St Clements Road. There is a mezzanine level with a small office and stores., The property is currently in a dilapidated condition throughout and any tenant will need to undertake repair works to make the property wind/watertight., There is also a small forecourt to the front of the property providing circa 8 parking spaces. Accommodation, The Property has been measured in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice and provides the following gross internal floor areas, Ground floor, Retail 2,915 sqft (270.81 sq.m), Warehouse 4,008 sqft (372.36 sq.m ), Car Garage 4,729 sqft (439.35 sq.m ), First floor, Office 238 sqft (22.15 sq.m ), Warehouse 1,349 sq.ft (125.37 sq.m) Availability, The property is available immediately, subject to completion of the legalities. Lease terms, The premises are available as a whole and the repairing and insuring basis. In line with normal market practice a suitable covenant or guarantee will be required by the lessor. Rental, An asking rent of £168,000 pa for the whole property and consideration would be given to a sale of the property, subject to negotiation., All rentals quoted are exclusive of all other outgoings and exclusive of GST if applicable. Legal costs, Each party to bear their own legal costs and any other cost incurred in the letting of this property. Viewing, Strictly by appointment with the Lessor’s sole agent., Nick Trower MRICS, Director –, www.broadlandscommercial.com
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What would improving it be worth?
Modelled for this property in St Helier, 270.81 m² of known floor area. Adjust build quality or size for this property
Value added is the extra floor area priced at £7,019/m² — the midpoint asking price per m² among 143 St Helier properties currently for sale that publish a floor area. Cost uses £4,000–£6,000/m² new build and £2,000–£4,000/m² refurbishment, depending on quality. Net is against the mid rate. The last column is how often Jersey actually approves that kind of application.
Unlike the value side of this table (priced from Jersey's own current asking prices), the £4k–6k new-build / £2k–4k refurbishment rates are carried across from guernseyproperties.gg, where they were supplied by that site's owner from local Guernsey experience — they have not been independently verified for Jersey, and construction costs plausibly differ between the islands. Treat the Cost and Net columns as an unverified placeholder until a Jersey-specific quantity surveyor's rate replaces them.
| Improvement | Value it might add | Likely cost | Net | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add a bedroom (single-storey extension) A modest double plus circulation, built new. ~14 m² |
£98,261 | £70,000 14 m² · mid spec new build range £56,000–£84,000 |
+£28,261 | 86% (569) |
| Loft conversion with a bedroom Works inside an existing roof, so it prices as refurbishment rather than new build — which is why it usually wins. ~20 m² |
£140,373 | £60,000 20 m² · mid spec refurb range £40,000–£80,000 |
+£80,373 | 86% (84) |
| Two-storey extension Roughly 14 m² on each of two floors. ~28 m² |
£196,522 | £140,000 28 m² · mid spec new build range £112,000–£168,000 |
+£56,522 | 83% (193) |
| Garage, annexe or outbuilding Detached space is worth less per m² than main-house floor area. ~18 m² |
£75,801 | £90,000 18 m² · mid spec new build range £72,000–£108,000 |
−£14,199 | 82% (216) |
Two things it cannot see. First, it prices floor area at the local average rate — it doesn't know your plot, your roof, your outlook, or whether an extension is physically possible; nor whether your street has a ceiling price that no amount of extending beats. Second, the rate comes from asking prices of other properties currently for sale that state a floor area — a minority of Jersey's live stock, so treat the sample sizes shown as real limits, not decoration.
The obvious alternative method is worse, which is why it isn't used here: comparing a typical 3-bed with a typical 4-bed suggests a bedroom is worth far more than it actually is — a bigger bed-count usually means a bigger house on a bigger plot, so that figure measures the mix of what's for sale, not the value of adding a room.
Before spending anything, get a builder's quote and talk to an architect — the type-of-work approval rates show how often that kind of application actually succeeds.
Sale history
No prior sale found in the Jersey property register for this address.
Planning history
No planning application found in the last 3 years for this address.
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The work type shown is inferred automatically from the wording of the planning application's own description — it isn't stated by the applicant. The base cost range comes from published UK national renovation/build-cost guides for that type of project, and a ~25% uplift has been added to reflect higher shipping/import and skilled-labour costs in the Channel Islands — this is an estimate, not a published index. These figures are indicative only, not a quote: actual cost depends on specification, finish, ground conditions and the contractor. For anything serious, get a quote from a local quantity surveyor or builder.
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