Business for Sale Overview:
A well-respected builder, this company has established an excellent reputation within the local marketplace in which it operates based upon several years of successful trading. It carries out all manner of works within a twenty to twenty five mile radius of its base in Middlesex including extensions, renovations and refurbishments as well as smaller maintenance jobs which are taken care of by this business’s teams of highly skilled, sub contract tradesmen. Working in both the domestic and commercial sectors, projects have varied from the putting up of some shelves or pictures right through to the demolition and re-building of a house!
High quality workmanship and finishing together with reliability and competitive pricing means the services of this business are always in demand with many Clients considering this business to be ‘their builder’. Repeat work and its steady stream of referrals are such that this business has little need to look outside its existing customer base for work.
The Owner of the business works in a Project Management role with a Trainee/Labourer the only direct employee however the business has numerous contacts in the sub-contractors field, across the full spectrum of trades, many of which work almost exclusively for this business. All are highly skilled and well qualified to ensure they are capable of completing the tasks in hand.
Large enough to cope but small enough to care could easily be the motto of this business. It is careful to manage the expectations of its Clients, involving them as much as possible throughout the length of the project. As a result this company has an excellent reputation for delivering on time and to budget with any problems dealt with promptly and always to the customer’s satisfaction. With some Clients with very large and valuable properties it is an approach that pays significant dividends with regular on-going work.
With a turnover for the 2009 financial year of almost £175,000 generating gross profits of almost 30%, this is an excellent opportunity for an existing building contractor to acquire a well established general builder with a healthy level of turnover and profitability or for a new entrant into the marketplace to establish a foothold in the sector via the acquisition of a thriving building operation with a significant, affluent, loyal and on-going Client base.
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Property Features and Assets:
This business operates from a home office environment and as such it will need to be relocated.
Market Competition and Expansion:
This business has had little need to invest in marketing or advertising to date being able to rely on the most cost effective form of marketing, word of mouth recommendation and referrals from its accreditation by the Better Business Group.
What marketing the business has undertaken in the past has been limited to a minor presence within the local edition of the Yellow Pages. The business also has a well designed and informative website that performs very well in all the major search engines for all appropriate search terms.
Reason for Selling:
The Owner of the business is considering emigratio
Additional Details:
- The property is owned.
- The owner is willing to train/assist the new owner.
- This is a homebased business opportunity.
- This is not a franchise resale opportunity.
- This is not a distressed business or bankruptcy situation.