How Not To Lose Sleep Over Your Vacant Property

A It doesn’t matter if your building is on an out-of-town retail park, an ordinary high street or a secondary parade of local shops; nor does it matter if it can serve dozens of people at a time or just a small handful… if it has few or no customers, it has to close down. And then what?

Whatever the purpose of the premises: retail shop, pub, restaurant or leisure venue, as soon as it shuts its doors it becomes vulnerable, and just what is it about vacant buildings that attracts mindless vandals, trespassers or thieves?  No one quite knows for sure, other than they do. And therein lies the problem: how to stop this nightmare, this blight on our streets and this cost to already beleaguered landlords?

Changes to shopping habits, Covid, lockdowns, restrictions and pingdemics, they’ve all contributed to the demise of countless retail, leisure and hospitality businesses, large and small, and the premises are sitting vacant now, abandoned, unwanted, but still a cost to their owners while they try to re-let or re-purpose them, and meanwhile they need protecting.

The deterrent factor is the answer. Don’t make it easy for this criminal element and get your security right. It doesn’t have to cost a lot and expert advice is easily had to find exactly what is needed to protect your asset.

Clearway have been protecting vacant property nationwide for years. Their teams of professionals have seen the results of just about everything - from arson to fly-tipped hazardous chemicals, and squatters to ‘fast and furious’ boy racers… plus everything in between, and so they know exactly what risks a building is facing and exactly how to prevent trouble.



As an example, when DIY chain Homebase decided to close a number of their stores on out-of-town sites, Clearway went straight in to prevent trouble before it happened. This was a case of security not only on entrance doors and loading bays, but for large areas of customer parking. The risk here was to prevent invasion by travellers, squatters and fly-tippers… as well as keeping the fabric of the building protected so it could be re-let as quickly as possible.

Clearway Services at a Homebase site in Canterbury

Clearway Services soon made the buildings (like the one above in Canterbury) seem impenetrable – other than by those who needed authorised entry, and concrete blocks secured the perimeter. With wireless video alarms and regular inspections, the premises were secured and kept safe and any deterioration to the building itself soon detected. The owners were delighted and a potential headache averted.

Securing small high street shops is easy by comparison and Clearway’s ShopShield is the simple, effective and straightforward solution that ticks all the necessary boxes for a fixed price. Ideal for premises that hope to be quickly re-let or for hard-pressed property owners in for the long haul. Whatever is needed, Clearway can advise and provide.

Deterrent is the word, affordability the key, and peace of mind the result, whatever size building you need securing. Why wait? One call to the experts and we can solve your empty retail property security problem straight away.

https://www.clearway.co.uk/shopshield

Tel: 01322 479652

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How Not To Lose Sleep Over Your Vacant Property