Cleaning Up In The Commercial And Home Cleaning Sector
In the bubious event that I ever come first on one of the National Lotteries, my first expenditurewill not be on a sports car, or a speedboat, nor even will I rush to pay off my mortgage. No, my first call will be to invest in the ongoing services of a house cleaner.
Nobody likes cleaning. Well nobody that I know anyhow. But without doubt in commercial premises such as offices and take aways it’s an essential element of the businesses operation and as the laws pertaining to cleanliness in employers premises coupled with the new breed of No Win No Fee lawyers, willing to take on your case if you slip on a dirty floor at work, means that cleaning services are in demand like not time in the past
Cleaning , both commercial and home ,is an excellent example of a low risk business that can provide a reasonable income at any stage in the economic cycle. Almost recession proof, as present rules and regulations require that offices and commercial premises are kept clean by law, of face a large number of civil claims for falls insurance premiums up to unaffordable levels.
It’s a good business to get into as , if you are willing to begin doing the cleaning yourself,an easy leaflet drop through local letterboxes will practically guarantee you a cleaning round and an instant business. A mop,vacuum and a number of cleaning products and a bit of persistence and you’re up and running.
If your ambitions are quite a lot higher then it may be time to start up your own cleaning company. Domestic and commercial cleaning companies are really management businesses. As the manager of the business you are not really expected to go round and scrub floors all by yourself. Your work will be dealing with the day to day operations of the business, hiring and retaining cleaning workers, handling existing patrons and generating targeted leads to find new clients. Your knowledge of the business will need to include a level of awareness of current regulations applicable to such establishments as retail premises, food outlets etc. Also people management will be crucial to making a success of a a cleaning business as ,more than with most businesses, you will be managing fairly large numbers of fairly poorly paid workers who will be on minimum wage or a bit above. There’s not much you can do about the wages – your outgoings on salary will be a large part of your expenditure and must be kept to a minimum or the competition will be in a position to undercut you. Therefore you have to think of other ways of building your team and retaining your staff.
As a short cut into a cleaning venture you could try having a look at one of the Franchise For Sale in this bustling sector and just keying in “cleaning Franchise For Sale” into your search engine will bring up a confusing variety of Franchises. In fact one of the Franchises , Domestique Cleaning, has got the domain name www.cleaningfranchiseforsale.co.uk and this may be a good starting point for you if you would like a Home Based Franchise as they offer a 150% money back guarantee!
It may well be you like the idea of a Home Based Franchise business, even if it is cleaning somebody else’s home, but you don’t have access to funds to get started. Well there’s a company out there, Start-Cleaning-Business, that have a low cost entry level package to get you going in the domestic cleaning business. They are not an agency or one of the Franchises and have a lower start up cost than full blown Franchises. Sort of a halfway house between a cleaning franchise and actually going it on your own but help at the start of setting up on your own is usually welcome.
