[NorthLock Cleaning]

hi all,

if anyone selling any cleaning contracts or small domestic businesses in the north east area please contact northlock3008@aol.com

or if anyone knows where i can find out where to buy please get in touch

kind regards

charmaine

[Pristine Clean]

Theres a company called Global.

I dont recomend them. But you can purchase cleaning contracts from them.

regards


Dave

[Len Gribble]

You may buy but think they still own them.

Len

[wilclean]

DONT GO WITH GLOBAL WHAT EVER YOU DO

I went with global a few years back and now stuck with a contract I cant aford to get out of and owe global £3000. I've told them that when I've paid the money back that I was going to quit global.

Paul

[NorthLock Cleaning]

thanks guys for your help!

even just looking for small domestic cleaning businesses.....even if they r few homes to start with.....

charmaine

[NorthLock Cleaning]

hi again....

dont want to b a pain but if nothing goin for sale is there any places where i cud find out how to tender, quote etc.....

im living iin newcastle upon tyne


charmaine

[martin19842]

hi there

firstly lets establich what your position is ?

are you just starting, or are you an exising cleaning company looking for more work ?

what are your objectives, to build a solid business, or to find instant cash flow ?

companies that sell contracts are in the same boat as you, in that they cant sell you the contract if they havent won any new business, and business is getting tighter in different areas.

most companies that sell contracts are selling commercial works, not domestic.

there is also an argument that domestic work is the first to suffer in a tightening environmnet and the latter to recover.

therefore

if you are looking for instant cashflow, then commercial contracts purchased from the pseudo franchise guys is an easy route to take.

alternatively, if you are looking to build a solid business base, then the only cause of action is to do it yourself, and that requires sales activity, ie phone calls, leaflets, door knocking, and appointments.  only buy carrying out this sales activity and a lot of it, you will then create a pipeline of prospective business, once you have this then you are in aposition to start to win work.

therefore,

its not as easy as just buying work to create cash.

i dont know if this helps you at all.

regards

martin

[NorthLock Cleaning]

hi martin

thanks for that info.....im just starting out well been doin it a few months! and yes i want a solid business just like most of us....

i was chattin too some guy who gives out business information...and he was the one who mentioned abt buying contracts? found the information he give me not the best but did think the contracts was somethg to look into?

and when i was on abt the domestic...i know a woman who sold her round and was just wanting to know if anyone wanted to sell there domestic round??

charmaine

[martin19842]

hi there

ok, well i would seriosly advocate the build your business yourself method.

regards

martin

[newbroom]

why give money to others to purchase contract, use the same money to market and advertise your business and grow it that way.

[vacman]

re: domestic clients trailing off when times become tighter, well may be so if they lose their jobs, but for the rest of them its business as normal.

Therefore so long as they have to go to work, then the house will need cleaning, regardless of the economical climate. Also the retired people who have help will not suddenly become any more able-bodied and more inclined to do their own work, even if their savings are no longer earning as much interest. It is percieved that a domestic cleaner is a luxury, but in my experience my clients have never viewed it this way.

As for selling a domestic cleaning round, if someone has been able to do so then i applaud them...how on earth can this be done? I mean who would buy domestic work at the risk of each and every client saying 'no thanks, if that person/company isn't coming here anymore then i'll find my own replacement". You could very easily be buying a big fact nothing. 

[Gilbert Sprous]

One thing to consider when buying is that the client has the choice to say, "no I do not want the new company to service the contract" unless there is a clause that states the contract is transferable.  I know in my t and c's there is no clause that would allow this.  If I was to sell my entire business then the contracts would be serviced by the same contract and the client would not have much choice but if I was to try and sell them off individually to other cleaners that would service them under a different name then I think there is the potential for problems. 

In short if you buy a contract ensure that it is transferable and that it would be worth the battle if the client decided not to transfer.  For example if you bought a 100 pound per month contract for 200 pounds (I do not know how much it would actually cost) and the client decided not to transfer would the fight to keep the contract be more than the earning potential and do you really want to service a contract where they do not want you in? 

Cheers

[martin19842]

hi there

companies that sell contracts have very tight terms   and conditions, with regards to the transferance of the contract, what you usually find is that the company if a franchise style company, is actually sub contracting the labour, and and the benefit of the value of the labour to the sub contractor, and not the full contract.

therefore the franchise company has a set of t and c's for the client and for the contractor they are selling to, and both sets are heavily in favour for the benefit of the franchise company.

at the end of the day only you can make a decision as to whether purchasing contracts is the best way forward.

regards

martin

[NorthLock Cleaning]

thanks guys for all ur advise think there was good points in every comment again thanks

charmaine

[Big Al]

I contacted the local council and gave them all our details as there our small contracts that are not worth putting out to tender.

They then contact you direct, worth a go