HOUSE of Mooshki, a vintage-inspired wedding dress company, has leased a 10,000sq.ft office suite at Lighthouse View in Seaham.

Naylors property consultants acquired the 70,000sq.ft office building at Spectrum Business Park last year on behalf of Andrew James UK Ltd, and were further appointed to market 24,000sq.ft of surplus office space on their behalf.

Simon Taylor, head of office agency at Naylors, said: “The first floor open-plan office suite provides the ideal space for House of Mooshki to showcase their stock. The building benefits from a fantastic glazed outlook with lots of natural light and ample car parking space for customers.”

House of Mooshki, formerly based at the quayside in Sunderland, will use this new space as a head office and design studio after rapidly outgrowing its former premises.

Vikki McCarthy-Wright of House of Mooshki said: “Due to the growing success of the business we were desperately in need of larger premises to house our extensive collection of bridal gowns. We literally had dresses hanging from the rafters in the ceiling of our old studio so we are absolutely delighted with the amount of space, which we are already making the most of.”

The company, which specialises in vintage-inspired, bespoke and custom wedding dresses, offers a national and international service to brides across the globe. It currently employs eight staff but is looking to expand its team over the next year.

“Now we have this fantastic space we have the room to grow our business to the level we want and will be looking to expand our team," said Vikki. "Our staff are finding the space amazing and the compliments from our visiting brides has been inspirational. They walk in and their mouths fall open at the sheer number of dresses and amount of fabric everywhere.”