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rah

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Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #20 on: May 24, 2015, 08:52:14 pm »
Sorry to hear your news, I have NO knowledge of the dease, so not sure how it effects you, but I would be looking to manage it rather than sell it.

If your able to look more to finding work, than actually carrying it out
Life used to be full of up's and downs....now i hardly ever get up a ladder :) .

Positivity

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Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2015, 07:54:05 am »
Hi my wife's got the same disease. It can be managed. Have you been advised on an exclusion diet? Eliminate foods one by one.
Lamb and pears is a common exclusion diet. Eat only those two foods for a week and gradually introduce foods you think may trigger an attack. One friend of ours suffered the same and found out it was sprinkling PEPPER on his meals that triggered the attacks.

Mike #1

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Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2015, 08:38:53 am »
Sorry to hear your news mate must be a tough time try not to be to hasty and give yourself time to really consider all options .

£1,800 for 19 days work aint bad despite what has been said it is more than double the minimum wage so a new start up would see that as a great start .

Stoots

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Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #23 on: May 25, 2015, 10:59:09 am »
£95 a day flat out 9-5, say 15 houses? is a poor return, youre looking at what 60-70 a day after tax, pure water, diesel, etc etc etc

if thats the case it aint worth much at all imo. but to someone else it might be worth it.

Walter Mitty

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Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #24 on: May 25, 2015, 10:59:34 am »
Sorry to hear your news mate must be a tough time try not to be to hasty and give yourself time to really consider all options .

£1,800 for 19 days work aint bad despite what has been said it is more than double the minimum wage so a new start up would see that as a great start .

Indeed, but I think that if around £100 a day is the maximum turnover, it would HAVE to be a new start who isn't yet aware of the expenditure angle.  By the time expenses are knocked off, that £100 would shrink by quite a chunk (variable depending on how the business is run).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a huge earner either but that's because I choose to take time off.
I think the seller would do better to market it as £1,800 extra per month to be earned and let a buyer decide how quickly and cheaply they can do the work.
It was never my intention to come across as belittling the seller's daily rate - I don't operate like that.

Mike #1

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Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #25 on: May 25, 2015, 05:39:53 pm »
Crohn's disease my tattooist has had it for years and still works 60 hour weeks .

Some are more fortunate than others , it depends on each individual case I assume .

Without going off the subject to much , how many folks are in paid employment getting paid £1,800 a month for 5-6 days a week .

And still have vehicle loan repayments & Fuel costs etc to commute to and from work .

Us successful business owners are very lucky .  Would be nice if my wife was on £1,800 a month and she cares for the elderly in care home .

Soupy

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Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #26 on: May 25, 2015, 05:51:05 pm »
Advertise it on www.wforsale.co.uk
I have sold a few rounds in there, and believe me when I tell you there are lots of people wanting to buy work.
You will get some bad advice on this forum regarding work, don't listen.
You have to market the work right, and have all the facts, and figures, and look professional to give the buyers confidence.
Offering to work with the buyer for the first clean will be a big bonus, it amazes me when I see rounds for sale with a list og house numbers, and wanting a deposit before showing the work . . . . yeah right  ::)roll

www.wforsale.co.uk is a dead link?
#FreeTheBrightonOne
#aliens

Walter Mitty

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Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #27 on: May 25, 2015, 06:21:06 pm »
Advertise it on www.wforsale.co.uk
I have sold a few rounds in there, and believe me when I tell you there are lots of people wanting to buy work.
You will get some bad advice on this forum regarding work, don't listen.
You have to market the work right, and have all the facts, and figures, and look professional to give the buyers confidence.
Offering to work with the buyer for the first clean will be a big bonus, it amazes me when I see rounds for sale with a list og house numbers, and wanting a deposit before showing the work . . . . yeah right  ::)roll

www.wforsale.co.uk is a dead link?

This forum's software is set up to automatically trim links to forums of a similar genré because the owner feels that is for the best.  I'm not sure that I agree with that, but its his toy so he gets to decide the rules.

wpclean

Re: Selling my business due to ill health - advice.
« Reply #28 on: May 25, 2015, 06:33:54 pm »
If you were to search window cleaning rounds for sale you will find it  8)