[roundbuilder]

if your 170 houses are all well priced and you can make over 2k from them and  charge your mate 1.5 cleans to join forces with you, it could work without losing out on much money. It will allow you a month n half to not worry about your earnings being halfed and with 2 of you doorknocking to double what you have now could be done with a small effort. The hard part is sticking to a plan. In reality you have only spent 11 months building so far so what have you got to lose. If it fails and he isnt happy give him hes 1.5 of the business back.

[chopsie]

is he buying in,  or just going to get half your business for nothing,  nwhat if he decided wc isnt for him

i looked at business partner a few months ago, bloke wanted half my business for nothing,  he didnt/couldnt knock told hime to build, up his business and we will see in a few months,  he lasted 2 cleans in his own business and sold it all,

who would decided that pressure washing was/wasnt going to happen,  who decideds on prices,  etc

We would have to discuss that, I was thinking he could buy in by buying extra equipment for example, the bits necessary to convert van to two man, and also the pressure washing stuff if thats what he wants. We would decide the pressure washing as that would be how it should work, joint decisions, agree pricing between us etc. Also as a way of a buy in he would be door knocking along side me building up the business.

[andyM]

If it were me I would help him where possible with advice and training but I would not get involved in a partnership. You could still work together by helping one another to increase your customers through canvassing etc and sub-contract work between yourselves when you are busy( as has already been mentioned).
This way you have nothing to lose and you are not putting a friendship in jeopardy.
Do you know if he would even like that type of work? Because if he later finds he doesn't he might then be asking you to buy him out!

[chopsie]

if your 170 houses are all well priced and you can make over 2k from them and  charge your mate 1.5 cleans to join forces with you, it could work without losing out on much money. It will allow you a month n half to not worry about your earnings being halfed and with 2 of you doorknocking to double what you have now could be done with a small effort. The hard part is sticking to a plan. In reality you have only spent 11 months building so far so what have you got to lose. If it fails and he isnt happy give him hes 1.5 of the business back.

Sounds like a plan! Its worth slightly over £1900 for 1 clean. A lot of thought required

[chopsie]

If it were me I would help him where possible with advice and training but I would not get involved in a partnership. You could still work together by helping one another to increase your customers through canvassing etc and sub-contract work between yourselves when you are busy( as has already been mentioned).
This way you have nothing to lose and you are not putting a friendship in jeopardy.
Do you know if he would even like that type of work? Because if he later finds he doesn't he might then be asking you to buy him out!

Thats another idea, and i do not want to be buying him out.

[bad trippy]

in one word chopsie "no"

[chopsie]

dont you work with you mrs trippy?

[Ian101]

Chopsie your numbers are exactly same as mine bar the odd one or two.

Me personally I would not go into partnership as it would mean a massive drop in wages though I can understand your thinking that it will give you more scope to get more customers and add another income stream.

Like me you have put your all into building it so far so it would be very difficult for me to start sharing.

however if you really wanted to go ahead with this you could get him to buy into the business NOT perhaps with cash but with customers ... get him out canvassing (like you had to) and agree a target of say 80 customers over the next month or two then perhaps a partnership could be formed ... this will test his character and also boost the income for the partnership from day 1 ... however he then may choose to go alone with his 80 customers  

[darren clarke]

a lot of the partnerships on here are hubbys and wifes,  which is complete different from business partners,  a lot basically just empoyee the wife and say she is a partner for tax reasons

[chopsie]

thats the sort if thing i was thinking ian 101, he would be buying in with customers (through door knocking) and with equipment

[bad trippy]

dont you work with you mrs trippy?

I do mate but the sex is free 

[KLEENAWAY]

Iv tried the partnership thing with a good mate of mine and that went realy wrong! We are frinds now but just doing our own things and helping each other out. I think you are making things hard for yourself chopsie, you dont "need" a partner so why complicate everything with one. Honestly mate its harder than what you think. Little things like you being faster than him cleaning will get really annoying eventually! If i was you id let him work for you self employed. Just my thoughts pal

Danny

[clearlyclean]

Get your mate out canvassing now to build his own round up and just work the odd day together a week and help each other grow their own rounds.Two men never do twice the work it more like one and half.Before his redundance you look after his customers or work a saturday morning together and if its not for him buy the work off him if it is for him he may have a few customers to build on when he leaves his job.

[chopsie]

bumped up for ernie