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Automotive Servicing & Repair Business For Sale
Woodville, New Zealand
Honest, friendly, country service Woodville is the gateway to three provinces - Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa (and Wellington) and Manawatu. Woodville is a busy service town for the local farming community, mainly dairying and sheep farms. State Highway 2 (Wellington to Napier/Hastings) and State Highway 3 (Palmerston North to Napier Hastings) intersect at Woodville and the town is an ideal stopping place for travellers. Woodville is also becoming well known for its galleries that sell antiques and crafts. Agnews Auto Services is a long established business on McLean Street (SH2, right in the centre of Woodville. The workshop at Agnews provides a full range of car and truck servicing, including automotive parts and tyres. The business also undertakes general engineering work as well as servicing farm machinery and quad bikes. 
Car, truck and farm machinery servicing and repairs
This well- known business has come on to the market for the first time in 30 years. The sale includes land, well-maintained buildings, and a spacious workshop with an extensive range of plant and machinery. The business also operates an accredited breakdown service that complements workshop sales and services. Agnews Auto Services is a well-established business with a loyal customer base and a steady work flow. Annual turnover exceeds $400,000 and the business produces a sound net profit for the present owners. Agnews Auto Services is being sold at a realistic price that includes freehold title to land and buildings plus excellent plant and equipment. Woodville is an attractive rural town that offers quality housing at affordable prices and is only minutes from excellent secondary schools, Massey University, Polytechnics and big-city life at Palmerston North. If you have a background in automotive servicing or light engineering, you should seriously consider what this business has to offer. Agnews Auto Services for honest, friendly, country service Agnews Auto Services is a one stop shop for: - Automotive maintenance, servicing, repairs, Warrant of Fitness certification.
- Tyre sales (including tractor tyres), wheel balancing, wheel alignments.
- Servicing farm machinery including farm bikes.
- General engineering work.
Spacious and well-equipped workshop
The business has long-standing customers from the local township and from farmers in the surrounding area. Other customers include travellers who break down and need roadside assistance, particularly where SH 3 passes through the nearby Manawatu Gorge. Freehold premises The owners are selling the freehold title to land (1683 square metres) and building (672 square metres) at 56 McLean Street in the centre of Woodville. The building is constructed on a concrete floor with concrete block walls and steel truss roof. External cladding (end walls and roof is galvanised iron. 
Rear parking area and workshop access
The stud height (4.2 & 3.2 metres for walls) is 5.2 metres at the roof apex, allowing ample space for servicing large equipment and trucks. Interior walls in the showroom and office are lined with wooden panelling. There is also a separate office, staff toilet, and parts storage room. The building has a staff wash bay, customer toilets, and a small mezzanine floor that is used as a staff room. The capital value of Land and Improvements are $149,000, reflecting the lower cost of living in Woodville. Assets being sold A complete list of all fittings, fixtures and chattels being sold is available. Main items include: General - Shelving, display units, alarm system, smoko room appliances and furniture, service manuals.
Workshop - Work benches, vices, engine stands, tools, jacks, ramps, electric power tools.
- Hoists (2-post, 4-post), generator, compressor, cylinder hones, valve refacer spark plug cleaner.
- Electronic analyser, Carman electronic scanner, tester equipment.
- Plazma cutter, 3-phase welder, Mig welder, Tig Welder, gas cutting plant (2), pipe cutter.
- Bandsaw, lathe, 20 tonne press, drill press, radial drill, grinders (3).
- Equipment for Warrant of Fitness checks, oil changing & lubrication equipment.
Tyres - Tyre changer, wheel balancer, wheel aligner, bead breaker, tyre tools.
Office - Computer, Quickbooks accounting system, phones, fax/scanner/copier, furniture, air-conditioning unit.
Vehicles - Isuzu Tow truck 1994, tandem trailers (2).
Showroom and separate office
Day to day management Business Hours:
Monday to Friday – 8.00 am to 5.30 pm.
On-call 24 hours for AA Towage. Staff:
The business is operated by the two owners with assistance from two staff. Stock:
Stock will total about $15,000. Contracts:
AA Breakdown Service.
First Assist and Roadside SOS.
Police Impounds and Vehicle Recovery. Database:
The business sale will include a customer database and relevant catalogues and manuals. Advertising and Promotion:
Agnews Auto Services does little advertising other than building signage, MTA and AA signage, and an entry in the local telephone book. Everyone in the Woodville area knows where to go for great service. Call Lynne or Mike on +64 6 376 5239 (day) or +64 6 376 5900 (evenings)
or 0274 460 880 anytime Woodville
Woodville is the eastern gateway to the Manawatu Gorge, which runs between the Tararua and Ruahine Ranges. Central Power's Tararua Wind Farm, currently the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, sits high above the Gorge. In recent years, Woodville has become well known for galleries and shops specialising in antiques and crafts. The famous artist Gottfried Lindauer lived in Woodville from 1889 to 1926 and a replica studio has been built in the main street in commemoration of his work. Woodville also has its own community radio station - 'Radio Woodville, The Voice of the Tararua'. The area around Woodville is well known for its excellent fishing, hunting and tramping. At nearby Ballance are Clydesdale Wagon Rides, horse trekking, various other activities and attractions and beautiful bush walks. The city of Palmerston North, with a wide range of shopping and dining facilities, Massey University, a polytechnic, and an international airport is just 20 minutes drive away. Dannevirke is a similar distance and it is about 2 hours to Napier, the art deco centre of the New Zealand. Napier, Hastings and the Hawkes Bay have some of the country's best vineyards and orchards. To find out more about Woodville, click on: http://tararua.net/woodville.html
http://www.woodville.co.nz/
http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/W/Woodville/Woodville/en
http://www.woodville-rotary.wellington.net.nz/
http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/MuseumDetail.asp?MuseumID=305
http://www.pncc.govt.nz/
http://www.palmy.net.nz/
http://palmerstonnorth.massey.ac.nz/
http://www.hastings.co.nz/pages/index.php 
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