Top 10 websites to find a nursery building in the UK

You can learn more about what buildings you can used for nursery on my last video so click the link here to watch we will start in reverse order.

No. 10 – Gumtree

I’m not the biggest fan of Gumtree as the listings aren’t always reliable sometimes the description of the properties are incorrect and it’s mostly office builders which aren’t usually suitable for a nursery.  Though, it has made it onto this as you can find some cheap gems on there if you look hard enough.

It’s difficult to search specifically for nursery buildings on this site but you can filter initially by leisure and hospitality failing that search the retail section and if you’re really desperate you might find a suitable building in the many office listings.

No. 9 – Claridges Commercial

Like with many sites on this list they haven’t updated their listings to represent the change in use class from d1 to e for nurseries so when using this site click on the d1/ d2 section.

This site is good as you can choose the use class of your building specifically however they don’t have many listings on the site so you might not always find a building in your area.

No. 8 – News Now

This website is like a newspaper listing.

They have quite a few properties on there you can search for properties by filtering via leisure and hospitality or retail.  Though, one tip is to use the search engine and search for e or d1 properties for sale in your area.

No. 7 – Prime Location

This site is easy enough to use filter again by leisure hospitality or retail or type in as with news now e or d1 properties in the search bar.

No. 6 – On The Market

Make sure you go to the commercial section of the website filter as before though it can be quite difficult to find a nursery building on here though it’s made it’s number six as I like how the site is presented as clear descriptions and pictures

So, that’s the first five websites that I use to find a nursery building.  These five I don’t use as often due to the number of irrelevant buildings you can find on the site, you end up having to scroll through loads just to find a good building.

However, my top five I use constantly and you should find your ideal building on there.

Before I get on to my top five websites to find a nursery building I want to remind you about the two courses that you can enrol on to help you open your nursery.

The first is the full course open your nursery in just six months without a massive budget this course takes you step by step teaching you everything you need to know in order to open your own nursery.

1. You’ll start off by researching your chosen area to make sure there’s sufficient demand in order to make sure that your nursery is successful
2. You will then start looking for your building learning more tips like in this video about where to find your building and what legal requirements you need to stick to
3. You’ll learn about running a business how to pay tax how to register as a sole trade a partnership or company whichever you decide as well as how to secure funding and how to write your business plan
4. Next we’ll learn how to do HMRC and all staffing stuff like recruitment paying staff registering as an employer etc
5. Then you will learn how to register with Ofsted
6. Finally you’ll learn how to market to children including how to create your own website learning about search engine optimisation as well as different marketing tips including creating your own brand and renting your trademark and or name

This course can be done in any order and registering today gets you lifetime access.

However, one of the biggest benefits that my students find is that I am available to them to help run ideas by and assist them whenever they need help.

If you want to join my other students then enrol on the course by clicking the link in the here the course is already discounted from £997 to just £249.99.  However, you can get an extra 10% off using discount code youtube1 at checkout.  Just click the link here to enrol.

If you have any questions about the course or anything to do with opening nursery you can always email me at nurserycourseuk@gmail.com

The second course is the starter guide:

As the name suggests this course helps you get started on your path of opening your own nursery.

This course is just £4.49 using discount code youtube2 and again you can enrol by clicking the link here.

On this course you will:

1. learn how to save over 70% opening a nursery
2. Create a survival budget
3. Work out how much it will cost to set up
4. Create your business plan
5. and learn more about the seven steps to open

Now onto my top five sites .

No. 5 – Zoopla

Zoopla is one of the most popular sites to find premises in general both for commercial and residential properties you can search for example by the size of the building or the many other filters you can use.  Though, it only gets number five on this list due to the fact you can’t filter effectively for nursery buildings.

No. 4 – Property Link

You can find some good properties on here they describe the properties well in terms of giving size information the type and with detailed descriptions.  The search page also makes it easy to compare the different properties.

You can find a decent number of properties here filtering initially by selecting option other and then healthcare.  If you can’t find any in this category you can then start by checking in others.

No. 3 – Realla

I love the presentation of this website you can filter specifically by the use class you need so search for use class e they’ve grown a lot in size since I last started looking for nursery buildings myself.

Though, I recommend them a lot to my students and I recommend them to you as well especially as they have a lot more buildings that can be used for nursery more than when I started looking anyway.

No. 2 – Bernard Gordon

Before Covid, this site would have been much lower down on my list.  However, since Covid they’ve been sending me the most beautiful buildings that I’ve been able to pass on to my students so this is becoming one of my go-to websites.

They don’t have loads of buildings on their websites but they do have ready-made sites that are great if you don’t want the stress of modifying your building.

They specialize in d1 buildings so you can search any building on the website or narrow your search to just nursery buildings this would have taken my number one spot however they are only based in London and I know a lot of you are selling nurseries all over the country.

No. 1 – Rightmove

This is the most popular property website in the UK and it also gets my number one spot.

This is primarily because they have most properties that you will find on other sites are likely to be here too it beats the other popular site Zoopla because it has much better filtering capabilities.  I always look here first when looking for building then move on to the other sites.

Set up notifications on this website to be the first to find out when new relevant buildings come out.  Just make sure you go to the commercial section of the site and filter out by different property types like healthcare facility childcare facility etc.