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Been thinking about a business opportunity, im a professional detailer and have a pretty big unit i work from, its much bigger than i need for detailing really and thought about utilzing the extra space offering long term car storage maybe angled at the classic car market.
Does anyone use car storage services or involved in it as i would appreciate your advice.
PS im based just outside Aberdeen and dont know of any similar storage businesses up her.
Kind regards
Gav
Does anyone use car storage services or involved in it as i would appreciate your advice.
PS im based just outside Aberdeen and dont know of any similar storage businesses up her.
Kind regards
Gav
Yeh thats about the cheapest ive found although the average seems to be around the £30/week mark with carcoon storage coming in at around £35/week on average.
My thoughts are that if i can get 10 cars on long term storage that would gross me £1200/month which more than covers my unit plus i have a very successful detailing business income also.
There must be a market in and around Aberdeen for this as this is a very wealthy area with an amazing amount of high end cars, plus the offshore market may be a good avenue with people not wanting to leave their cars outside for 2-3 weeks at a time.
Not everybody with a nice car has a garage im convinced it would be a success.
My thoughts are that if i can get 10 cars on long term storage that would gross me £1200/month which more than covers my unit plus i have a very successful detailing business income also.
There must be a market in and around Aberdeen for this as this is a very wealthy area with an amazing amount of high end cars, plus the offshore market may be a good avenue with people not wanting to leave their cars outside for 2-3 weeks at a time.
Not everybody with a nice car has a garage im convinced it would be a success.
Yeh i had thought of that although i know from personal experience that i just dont feel comfortable with anuone driving my car no matter how much experience or insurance policies they have.
It would really depend on the client i suppose however i would encourage them to drop the car off, im only 5 minutes from Aberdeen airport and half an hour from city centre.
Gav
It would really depend on the client i suppose however i would encourage them to drop the car off, im only 5 minutes from Aberdeen airport and half an hour from city centre.
Gav
My friend who looks after my TVR does storage for a living mainly caravans and motor holms on his ex-farm has around 350 vans motor homes boats and cars all in. His CCTV system cost him nearly 30k and his insurance in very pricy but he has a gold star storage facility. If you make some sort of disclaimer stating that it is owner’s responsibility for liability you could get round that and make them aware and sign it. You will really have to look in to it.
Insurance for this could be interesting.
Depending on what cars are stored, you could easily end up with a collective value of over £1m.
Personally, from both your perspective and the customer's perspective, I would want a very robust system in place.
Also, if you'll excuse the tinfoil hattery, I would remove any references to your location in this thread. If I was storing a car, the last thing I'd want to do is store it in a well publicised place.
Depending on what cars are stored, you could easily end up with a collective value of over £1m.
Personally, from both your perspective and the customer's perspective, I would want a very robust system in place.
Also, if you'll excuse the tinfoil hattery, I would remove any references to your location in this thread. If I was storing a car, the last thing I'd want to do is store it in a well publicised place.
You raise a good point there and one that i have been thinking about, if i did go ahead with a storage business how would i advertise, obviously i need to make people aware that such a service exists but at the same time i dont want to advertise to much that it draws attention from the criminal element out there it would be a very fine balance.
ApexJimi said:
Insurance for this could be interesting.
Depending on what cars are stored, you could easily end up with a collective value of over £1m.
Personally, from both your perspective and the customer's perspective, I would want a very robust system in place.
Also, if you'll excuse the tinfoil hattery, I would remove any references to your location in this thread. If I was storing a car, the last thing I'd want to do is store it in a well publicised place.
Yeh if i went ahead with the storage business along side my detailing business i would look to source new premises, i dont and would not store any vehicles at my current location as having researched the issue a bit more i dont really think its viable in my present location.Depending on what cars are stored, you could easily end up with a collective value of over £1m.
Personally, from both your perspective and the customer's perspective, I would want a very robust system in place.
Also, if you'll excuse the tinfoil hattery, I would remove any references to your location in this thread. If I was storing a car, the last thing I'd want to do is store it in a well publicised place.
I think there's definitely a market for it, but it's whether the numbers add up and make it worth while for you to carry it out. I know my brother and his partners (Polished Bliss) seriously considered storage for a while but in the end it wasnt worth their time and money due to the huge insurance/security costs and demands etc etc.
I know my brother is currently looking for somewhere to store his Impreza so you can add him to the list lol!
I know my brother is currently looking for somewhere to store his Impreza so you can add him to the list lol!
Edited by Blukoo on Thursday 17th September 22:15
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