Garden Sheds Cleaning Business Opportunity
Garden Sheds Cleaning Business Opportunity
I recently spent an afternoon totally clearing out and methodically cleaning one of my garden sheds. Whilst doing my shed cleaning chores I put on my business opportunity-thinking hat! I have never ever heard or seen advertised any where a business offering a shed cleaning, re organising or valeting service. Maybe this is a well-established type of business in places but I have never come across one of these businesses around Lincolnshire where I live, maybe you know differently?
I can see a tremendous opportunity here for someone with self motivation, basic marketing skills, full driving licence, willingness to work hard and most importantly do a first class job.
To get started it might be an idea to draw up a few interior shed designs for various sized sheds, for 
shelving arrangements, cupboard standing areas, work benches/areas etc so as to give yourself a professional appearance when meeting clients and pricing up their jobs. Obviously if you get your price right and do a top class job you should find that once the word gets around about your business and standard of work you may well get plenty of referral work from satisfied customers, also you may well get repeat work as over a period of time I am sure a lot of customers would instead of keeping their garden sheds clean and tidy, would let them gradually return to their original untidy mess.
shelving arrangements, cupboard standing areas, work benches/areas etc so as to give yourself a professional appearance when meeting clients and pricing up their jobs. Obviously if you get your price right and do a top class job you should find that once the word gets around about your business and standard of work you may well get plenty of referral work from satisfied customers, also you may well get repeat work as over a period of time I am sure a lot of customers would instead of keeping their garden sheds clean and tidy, would let them gradually return to their original untidy mess.
Things you would require would be a vehicle to get you from A to B, a few basic tools ie:- brush, screw drivers, battery drill, dust pan and brush, probably an hammer and a few nails and screws etc.
Also you would require stationary for sending out invoices, and an accounts book for keeping your companies financial records. Don’t forget also to take out a liability insurance to safe guard yourself against disaster!
You would also require a trading name for your company although that could be something as simple as Ivor Job Shed Valeting Services, or Ida Newidea Shed Cleaning Company. Or just simply I B Trading as Garden Shed Cleaners etc.
To get your business up and running you would need to market it. The best way would be to do leaflet drops at targeted areas such as large houses with large gardens, council estates with attached allotments etc. Other ways to advertise your business would be newspaper adverts in your local paper and also telephone books, You could even get yourself a little website made up and so long as you had good search engine optimism (SEO) within the code and pages then enquiries would start coming your way. To give it an initial push you could use google adwords for carefully selected keywords and phrase like garden shed cleaning, summerhouse cleans, shed interior renovation etc.
Can anyone else see potential here? Or have I already missed the boat?
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Robin Harrison is the managing Director of Dolly Char (UK) Ltd. Dolly Char (UK) Ltd is one of the fastest growing domestic cleaning franchise companies in the UK today giving people the opportunity to work from the comfort of their own home.
Tags: battery drill, brush, dust pan, garden sheds, interior shed designs, liability insurance, methodically cleaning, screw drivers, shed cleaning chores, trading name, valeting service, various sized sheds
December 6th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I was on Yahoo and found your blog. Read a few of your other posts. Good work. I am looking forward to reading more from you in the future.
Tom Stanley
December 6th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Hi Tom,
I am pleased you enjoyed some of the posts.
Are you considering the garden shed cleaning business now?
Robin
December 7th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Robin,
This sounds like a great idea to me. If you or any one was interested I have a site all about sheds.
You or they could feature their shed cleaning company on this page - http://www.secrets-of-shed-building.com/shed_builders.html.
Feel free to contact me if this is of interest.
Regards
John
December 13th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I agree Robin everybody cleans their houses but not their sheds they are usually just full of things we no longer use garden tools etc and of course spiders and cobwebs unless you are well organised that is but i don’t think a lot of us are. Incidently just back on line and enjoying the blog keep it up sue
December 13th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Susan,
I am sure there is an opportunity there for someone but I am far to busy with Dolly Char to consider another project!
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March 17th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Many thanks I always try to write openly.
August 12th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Garden sheds can get messy and sometimes beyond repair! It can often be better to invest in a new one and vow to keep that clean.
I think your idea must have some merit and wonder whether you ever ran with it? Looks like an untapped market to me! Although I guess in these recessionary times….
October 3rd, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Thanks for your comment.
I believe that there is an opportunity there for someone but myself I am far to busy with my domestic cleaning agency and also my franchise company to consider another different venture.