Bookshop for Sale ~ Profitable Business with Used Books Apartment included with purchase ~ PRICE REDUCTION Start Price - Current Price - Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 End Time Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Location Vandergrift, PA See more about 'Bookshop for Sale ~ Profitable Business with Used Books' Description   For Sale Established Profitable Used Book Store READS INK BOOKSHOP 171 Washington Avenue Vandergrift, PA 15690-1263 (724) 567-7236 Hours: Wednesday thru Saturday Noon until 6:00 P.M. and also by appointment. Any inquiries made during the hours listed above are guaranteed to be answered. SERIOUS INQUIRES ONLY SHOULD CALL OWNER AND LEAVE MESSAGE ON VOICE MAIL. This property is being listed for another party so PLEASE don't email me for information. The telephone number listed above is for contact information. A landmark business in operation for 14 years, selling 135,000 books. The owner, a sole proprietor and always, the sole employee, 62, seeking to retire and reinvent himself. The shop is housed in a former long-time funeral home located in the most attractive neighborhood of historic Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, 35 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh. This is the only bookshop, new or used, in the entire Alle-Kiski Valley, having no competition within a 15 to 20 mile radius and with an approximate regional population of 175,000, according to the local Chamber of Commerce. The Building Exterior measurements are 46 feet long by 39 feet wide. Total square footage is 3550, with 4 levels. Currently using 1,800 square feet for the shop and its storage, and 1,750 square feet for the upstairs apartment. Solid brick commercial building with newly repainted masonry. New roof with new soffit and fascia, new leaf guard gutters and downspouts. There are 8 exterior doors with security alarms and entrance chime. There are 23 new tilt-in double pane vinyl windows, with new glass block windows in the basement. There are 10 new aluminum awnings, added to the 7 original awnings. There are 3 new storm doors and all new thresholds. There is also a new attic blanket. The building is as weatherproofed as possible. Impressive hand carved woodwork and staircases. Major plaster repairs and major electrical and plumbing upgrades. New whole house fan and 4 newer window air conditioners. One is a 25,000 BTU‘s, another a 15,000 BTU’s and 2 10,000 BTU’s on three floors. New hot water tank Heated by hot water heat - gas furnace professional serviced annually. Have used the same electricians and plumbers for over a decade, and they know the building. There are 7 new ceiling fans, there are 32 three foot fluorescent lights on 3 floors (28 four bulb lamps and 6 two bulb lamps). Tested free of termites and radon gas and is very low maintenance. Currently using the basement and main floor for the bookshop. The owner resides on the top two floors in a large apartment, of course, filled with books. The apartment consists of 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room, dining room, and kitchen, with a covered tile floor back porch. Kitchen appliances are a gas stove, dish washer, and refrigerator that are included with purchase. Laundry appliances are a newer washer and electric dryer, and laundry tubs in the basement. Included, also is a dehumidifier. Live upstairs and walk down to work. Move in condition.  Or, live elsewhere and extend the store up 2 more floors, double you floor space and double your inventory. Add a coffee bar and have the only one around for miles. Enormous potential with this approach. Or buy the building and have an immediate world class personal library.   The Shop Entrance and main floor handicapped accessible, with heated outdoor ramp. Fixtures include 17 custom-made wood bookcases (6 foot by 3 foot, the smallest, to 6 foot by 6 foot, the longest).  20 commercial (store bought) bookcases (all 6 foot by 30 inches), plus over 50 smaller bookcases of various sizes and shapes placed to fill the nooks and crannies. There are 5 custom made book tables as well. The 2 basement rooms hold over 200 running feet of professionally constructed bookshelves. Also included are benches, carts, chairs, desks, stools, tables and a retooled antique safe. Whimsically decorated. Murder mysteries and horror books are located in the former embalming room. Bathroom books in the basement bathroom and coffee table books on the coffee tables. Inventory includes approximately 18,000 volumes on the shelves with at least 2,000 volumes in storage, mostly boxed on 16 new push carts. Approximately 60% paperback and 40% hard cover. This is a general book shop in nature, Bibles to Boy Scout Manuals. Fiction and nonfiction, adult and children’s, all genres included. Some antiquated, mostly out of print. Current owner specializes in contemporary first editions. Also a collection of leather bounds. Hundreds of signed volumes in all areas. Only dealt in clean books, good to excellent condition. Over 100 “Books on Books” and hundreds of periodicals for use as reference guides. Store currently listed in the Mid-Atlantic Used Bookstore Guide, and included in the Antiquarian Booksellers of Pittsburgh flyer. The inventory also includes hundreds of books on tape and CD, DVD’s, videos, compact disc, cassette tapes and a large collection of bookends and book curios. Shop has a restroom and a working antique water fountain, needed for serious browsers. Asking Price Building and Business $125,000.00 PRICE REDUCTION For information of the region check out these local web sites. www.officialvandergrift.com (Vandergrift Improvement Program) www.strongland.org (Strongland Chamber of Commerce) www.vvmhs.com (Victorian Vandergrift Museum & Historical Society)   Place a Bid!