The much-loved hardware, pet and garden retailer at Camp du Roi was founded by Raymond Gaudion in the 1960s.
His grandchildren, who now run the family business, are applying for planning permission to redevelop the house next to the store where their grandparents once lived.
Co-director Martyn Gaudion said they had been leasing the building out for the last few years but it now needed to be rebuilt.
‘Hopefully with planning permission we will be able to rebuild new accommodation as well as more retail space,’ he said.
Mr Gaudion said the area would be used to expand the store’s existing hardware store area.
‘It wouldn’t be changing the range but rather giving our customers more space and would also help with wheelchair access which is currently limited.’
As well as the new store area, the development would see a new two-bedroom maisonette apartment built on the site, ensuring that there was no loss of housing.
The addition to the store would add around 320sq. m of retail showroom and storerooms – a 13% increase on existing floorspace.
There are now four generations of Gaudions working in the business and Mr Gaudion said the development could help ensure the future of the business.
‘Our grandfather started it, although it was then on the other side of the road at what was Cycleworld,’ he said.
‘It then moved over here to where we are now, which used to be greenhouses. We’ve continued to expand and grow and the new space would help that continue.’
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