Cemetery Office Auction: New Life for Birmingham Site

0:00On March 11th, a former cemetery office in Celiope Birmingham heads to auction later this month. Bond Wolf auctions is selling the ground floor building on behalf of Birmingham City Council with a starting guide price of 35,000 pounds or more. It's located at the corner of Wheely Avenue and Wheely Park Road right within the Lodge Hill Cemetery and Crematorium site. This marks a first for the auction house as they've never sold a cemetery office in their long history of handling thousands of properties. The sale comes with a brand new 125-year lease at a nominal peppercorn ground rent opening of options for buyers. Experts see potential here for various changes pending planning approval like turning it into homes or even a coffee shop offering flowers, balloons and memorial items perfectly positioned for the location. The building includes a reception area, kitchenette, restrooms and storage. Birmingham City Council might offer the full freehold later once the new owner handles

1:00spencing upgrades and creates separate access. The auction kicks off Thursday, March 26th at 8.30 a.m., stream live online with options for remote bidding. Keep an eye on this one of a kind lot as it could breathe fresh purpose into a spot tied to the community's past.