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What do you need to consider when trying to choose the perfect building for your new early years setting? Mary Evans offers a blueprint on how to identify a suitable premises in the right location Opening a nursery involves making many difficult decisions: how big to make it, who to employ, and most important, what building to choose.

Opening a nursery involves making many difficult decisions: how big to make it, who to employ, and most important, what building to choose.

Below is a checklist of the some of the key decisions that you should consider when trying to pick the perfect building for your setting.

Location

'The first requirement is location, location, location,' says Caroline Fraser, architect and enabling adviser for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. 'Do a preliminary survey to check the existing facilities and find out if there is a need for a new nursery in the area: is the property in a good catchment area?'

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