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What did you do last weekend? I have mentioned discreetly a few times that I am involved in moving a gym to a new unit. We finally got possession of our new unit on Friday at 5pm. This thread will have some pics and videos, which may or may not be in date order. We open again this afternoon at teatime, at least in part. The two owners are both under 30, which is good to see. I am one of the friends and family who put some finance in 3 years ago. The unit is about 6000sqft, and the gym is called Crossfit Hexis. The location is just off the A38 in near the M1 J28.. The planning and landlord-restoration process has been a saga taking almost a year; that is *after* a search which took about 18 months before that. The place is 1/3 of the front bay of a textile company known as The Sockmine. The history is that they moved some manufacturing to China some years ago, then moved it back as circumstances changed, but that still left 18k sqft of empty space, which has been largely unused since. Now we are a long term tenant (subject to Planners making silly Use Class decisions at some point) they have refurbished it to be 3 units of around 6k sqft, of which we have the first. The refurnished part is known as the Sockmine Business Park - which I quite like. I've learnt a few lessons over the weekend, which I'll point out. (Note to readers: Copyright is asserted and the pics below may not be reused without permission, licenses from individuals etc). A few pics of the unit: The new car park Our new shopfront (with boys toy) Views from opposite ends inside Shopfront from the inside. The wall on the left is new - this is a third of the larger building. Changing and showers - former dye-house judging by the number of coats of paint it required: