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Hi all,
Ive been a window cleaner for the past 20 years and had a good living from it.
I have decided a while back its time for a change .
Im currently on the verge of buying a franchise for lawn treatment company.
Must admit there are alot of nerves but excitement too.
I will be looking at some point at a work vehicle. Can anyone tell me the benefits to leasing a double cab pick up, maybe an Amarok or Ranger perhaps? The 4x4 will be handy but the 5 seats will help in general too.
Thanks
Beerok
Ive been a window cleaner for the past 20 years and had a good living from it.
I have decided a while back its time for a change .
Im currently on the verge of buying a franchise for lawn treatment company.
Must admit there are alot of nerves but excitement too.
I will be looking at some point at a work vehicle. Can anyone tell me the benefits to leasing a double cab pick up, maybe an Amarok or Ranger perhaps? The 4x4 will be handy but the 5 seats will help in general too.
Thanks
Beerok
beerok said:
Hi all,
Ive been a window cleaner for the past 20 years and had a good living from it.
I have decided a while back its time for a change .
Im currently on the verge of buying a franchise for lawn treatment company.
Must admit there are alot of nerves but excitement too.
I will be looking at some point at a work vehicle. Can anyone tell me the benefits to leasing a double cab pick up, maybe an Amarok or Ranger perhaps? The 4x4 will be handy but the 5 seats will help in general too.
Thanks
Beerok
Doesn't the franchise specify a vehicle? Aren't lawn treatment companies usually in mid sized vans? The ones I see all seem to be anyway. All the best with it.Ive been a window cleaner for the past 20 years and had a good living from it.
I have decided a while back its time for a change .
Im currently on the verge of buying a franchise for lawn treatment company.
Must admit there are alot of nerves but excitement too.
I will be looking at some point at a work vehicle. Can anyone tell me the benefits to leasing a double cab pick up, maybe an Amarok or Ranger perhaps? The 4x4 will be handy but the 5 seats will help in general too.
Thanks
Beerok
snobetter said:
Doesn't the franchise specify a vehicle? Aren't lawn treatment companies usually in mid sized vans? The ones I see all seem to be anyway. All the best with it.
You are right snobetter.I am buying an established business which will have 2 vans and 2 crewmen. They will use the vans for treatments etc.
I will be there to visit customers, get new business and run the day to day things and only out on lawn to cover holidays so will use a van then.
Get into the good books of your local garden centre. When I had ours, we had a local lawn franchisee in our place almost weekly through the Summer, buying (expensive) established plants to replace ones damaged by his crew. We gave him a decent trade rate, but many places won't do this.
On his worst week, he had to replace a 15 year old Acer. It cost him almost £1000, which made him winch somewhat!
On his worst week, he had to replace a 15 year old Acer. It cost him almost £1000, which made him winch somewhat!
I see you're in Wrexham, I once did some work for a lawn treatment company up there, annoyingly can't think of the name now, not green thumb... no help but bugging me now.
Ignore me if you want to as none of my business, but out of curiosity why are they selling the franchise when it's that big already?
Ignore me if you want to as none of my business, but out of curiosity why are they selling the franchise when it's that big already?
snobetter said:
I see you're in Wrexham, I once did some work for a lawn treatment company up there, annoyingly can't think of the name now, not green thumb... no help but bugging me now.
Ignore me if you want to as none of my business, but out of curiosity why are they selling the franchise when it's that big already?
No different to any other business sale really. Most common reasons are retirement, wanting to do some else, run out of motivation, work/life balance etc.Ignore me if you want to as none of my business, but out of curiosity why are they selling the franchise when it's that big already?
Frimley111R said:
snobetter said:
I see you're in Wrexham, I once did some work for a lawn treatment company up there, annoyingly can't think of the name now, not green thumb... no help but bugging me now.
Ignore me if you want to as none of my business, but out of curiosity why are they selling the franchise when it's that big already?
No different to any other business sale really. Most common reasons are retirement, wanting to do some else, run out of motivation, work/life balance etc.Ignore me if you want to as none of my business, but out of curiosity why are they selling the franchise when it's that big already?
Good luck with your new venture.
With leasing, you don't generally require anywhere near the deposit that you do with HP. HP normally requires you to put 10% and the VAT down. With leasing, it will be a number of rentals upfront, plus the VAT on each rental (3 is generally the most commom for us).
Can you get away with a Super Cab? I don't recommend the rear seats for long journeys, but they're adequate for short distances and you get a longer bed than the double cab.
With leasing, you don't generally require anywhere near the deposit that you do with HP. HP normally requires you to put 10% and the VAT down. With leasing, it will be a number of rentals upfront, plus the VAT on each rental (3 is generally the most commom for us).
Can you get away with a Super Cab? I don't recommend the rear seats for long journeys, but they're adequate for short distances and you get a longer bed than the double cab.
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