Low start up business ideas

[Kingdom35]

NaePasaran said:

Been thinking of starting a 1 man "hotel/guesthouse/B&B assistance" service.

I work in hotels and since Brexit, housekeeping and cleaning staff has been a big struggle, especially in touristy cities were you literally can't afford to live on minimum wage.

Thinking during peak times book me out and I'll strip beds, remove rubbish, vacuum rooms and corridors leaving the professional stuff (cleaning and bed making) to trained housekeepers, less tasks for them should increase their productivity (turning rooms around).

The agencies that have employed me are emailing every other day and hotels struggling aswell ooking at Indeed and other job platforms.

No idea if it's a go-er, no idea how I'd get word out their, no idea what insurance i'd need. Just a thought as staff at this hotel are stretched and overworked due to employment numbers.

For me, its all about taking opportunities presented to you............look at the previous post to you........Add this to your service (if you can, as im no DIYer myself) and then you become even more appealing to a prospective customer.

Previous poster.....i can imagine that is a good idea, can be marketted well too as a "Finish The Jobs You Hate" type directive.

If you can afford to take a chance, go for it, as they say you miss 100% of the shots you dont take.......

[NaePasaran]

Kingdom35 said:

For me, its all about taking opportunities presented to you............look at the previous post to you........Add this to your service (if you can, as im no DIYer myself) and then you become even more appealing to a prospective customer.

Previous poster.....i can imagine that is a good idea, can be marketted well too as a "Finish The Jobs You Hate" type directive.

If you can afford to take a chance, go for it, as they say you miss 100% of the shots you dont take.......

I too am no DIYer, which is good for the previous poster to me's relative and anyone else looking at odd jobs/flat pack builder type businesses. Using Task Rabbit/Gumtree/FB Marketplace i've paid £35 to get a mirror hung, £60 for a kids bed to be built and £250 for a Pax install (which was £170 cheaper than Ikea's price!).

Regarding affording to take a chance i'm a student, and would keep this zero hours job on aswell. Morning/Afternoons/Days i have a lecture or a guranteed over-time rate shift I'd just book myself out. I'll check web hosting prices out and maybe knock a website up. Most i'll lose is a five quid domain name.

[48k]

Kingdom35 said:

Previous poster.....i can imagine that is a good idea, can be marketted well too as a "Finish The Jobs You Hate" type directive.

If you're a young good looking chap it can also be marketed as "I'll finish the jobs your husband hasn't".

Allegedly.

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48k said:

A young (early 20s) relation of mine has just finished his first year as a self employed "finishing business". He takes on the DIY jobs that you haven't finished or can't be bothered to do - hanging doors, building flat pack furniture, skirting / architraves, putting up shelves etc. He has work coming out of his ears and is booked up weeks in advance. Although he's trained as a joiner, he's not really taking on anything any competent DIYer couldn't also do. If you have some tools and are mobile it's a reasonably low barrier to entry business.

No surprise he’s fully booked I’d pay decent money for someone to do IKEA furniture I hate it with a passion.

[Paddymcc]

48k said:

A young (early 20s) relation of mine has just finished his first year as a self employed "finishing business". He takes on the DIY jobs that you haven't finished or can't be bothered to do - hanging doors, building flat pack furniture, skirting / architraves, putting up shelves etc. He has work coming out of his ears and is booked up weeks in advance. Although he's trained as a joiner, he's not really taking on anything any competent DIYer couldn't also do. If you have some tools and are mobile it's a reasonably low barrier to entry business.

Noticed a young lad in our local area doing something similar and posting good reviews / pics / customer testimonials of each job he does as well as booking availability. Seems booked up for the next 3 weeks at a time.

Tempted to use him myself to remove and redo some grout in the shower on a rental property where the tenant let it go all mouldy from not cleaning it properly.

[Kingdom35]

Give the guy a chance....weve all been there.......you may end up with a trusty "go to" contact.

They imho are like gold dust.

Great thread this. Keep it up

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Paddymcc said:

48k said:

A young (early 20s) relation of mine has just finished his first year as a self employed "finishing business". He takes on the DIY jobs that you haven't finished or can't be bothered to do - hanging doors, building flat pack furniture, skirting / architraves, putting up shelves etc. He has work coming out of his ears and is booked up weeks in advance. Although he's trained as a joiner, he's not really taking on anything any competent DIYer couldn't also do. If you have some tools and are mobile it's a reasonably low barrier to entry business.

Noticed a young lad in our local area doing something similar and posting good reviews / pics / customer testimonials of each job he does as well as booking availability. Seems booked up for the next 3 weeks at a time.

Tempted to use him myself to remove and redo some grout in the shower on a rental property where the tenant let it go all mouldy from not cleaning it properly.

Theres money at it, if someone is prepared to do the work.

Was talking to a guy on Saturday who was working at my parents house. Hes been doing outdoor handyman work for nigh on 30 years now. Nothing too technical. Mainly tidying gardens, weeding flowerbeds, clearing gardens, a bit of light painting of outdoor furniture, that sort of thing. I think he said he'd maybe 100 people on his books and between them they kept him busy the 3 days a week he wanted to work.

Very hard to get reliable people to do that.