[Len Gribble]

Richard

All well and good but still Looking for Golden nugget (wish I was still in the bank )
 

[Ian Gourlay]

But the door is a Golden nugget

[Rat-race]

Thanks  guys for you very very much appreciated advice.
I have evaluated and valued all the comments and now I am moving into that point of making the decision. I hope I will make a decision I won't regret in the near future.
I have prepared a draft business plan which I will be using to source the fund from the money plays i.e bank. I am not sure if it will be okay to post my list of the items which I need to procure for this process and maybe the will forumist can help me to add some figures in it.
Before I do that may ask for a confirmation from the moderators as I won't to break the rule of this very resourceful website?

Oh Richard just out of curiosity, why do you did you wish you were still in the bank?

Regards

[Paul Clapham]

Rat Race, you are going to leave a job earning £30,000 + PA , then borrow money from the bank to start a carpet cleaning business , !!!!

Stay in your employment , save the money to buy 2nd hand equipment, start working at the weekends, evenings, and holidays, payback to your self the money it cost to buy your equipment, and then have a really long hard think about "is this want I really want to do " ?

Do not , no matter how "stressed , bored , unhappy etc you are in your present employment give up your job, as all you are going to do is replace it with other problems, and have the extra stress of having no money coming in !!!!!!!!!

[from edge2edge]

Gotta agree with Paul  its a little bit like try before you buy.You never know if you are actually any good at selling carpet cleaning services or even at carpet cleaning itself.I find myself not the best salesman doing stairs on a really hot day when the phone rings and wiping the salty sweat from my eyes before talking to some lady who wants an in depth quote......................Alan

[Len Gribble]

It wasn’t Richard it was me in the bank 8 weeks paid holiday, sick pay, secondment overseas, mortgage supplement, no interest payment on rail tickets

[Rat-race]

Thanks guys for advice.
I feel I owe all of you a huge drink of whatever your brand is, Coming to this forum have completely enlighten me and now am starting I kind of have more ideas of what it take from the horse mouth, This forum is like an information gold mine.
I agree with most of people whom have ask me to stop of being silly and think twice before I probably jump from pan to the fire.

Let me tell you where I am after listening to you all, I will save a few quids for a few months (maybe earlier next year) and then I will start doing some part time bits and bobs, probably in summer I will pack up.
I really appreciated you wise information and advice, and therefore I will continue to visit the forum and where possible I will add my little penny knowledge and ideas.

Any comment will be really appreciated and probably if somebody hear of carpet cleaner idiot secondhand starter pack going for reasonable price drop us a a notch.
regards
Lawrence.

[Ian Rochester]

I have to concur with the majority here, leaving a good job to set up as a carpet cleaner is NOT a good plan, especially if you have to borrow money in order to do it, you're putting yourself on the back foot to start with.

Save enough in order to buy a good quality portable machine, get some training and start advertising your services, work weekends and evenings to fulfil any work that comes in. 

Carpet cleaning is not like other cleaning, they don't get you back in every week/month, you have to keep looking for new work all the time which costs both money and time.

If you are made redundant,which is what happened to me, then fine, use your redundancy to set up as a carpet cleaner, but DON'T put all your eggs into being a carpet cleaner if you don't have to, there are many good established cleaners on here who are only working 2-3 days a week in the current climate, do you think you can be better than them and find enough work to work 5-6 days every week?

[Paul H]

I have to concur with the majority here, leaving a good job to set up as a carpet cleaner is NOT a good plan, especially if you have to borrow money in order to do it, you're putting yourself on the back foot to start with.

Save enough in order to buy a good quality portable machine, get some training and start advertising your services, work weekends and evenings to fulfil any work that comes in. 

Carpet cleaning is not like other cleaning, they don't get you back in every week/month, you have to keep looking for new work all the time which costs both money and time.

If you are made redundant,which is what happened to me, then fine, use your redundancy to set up as a carpet cleaner, but DON'T put all your eggs into being a carpet cleaner if you don't have to, there are many good established cleaners on here who are only working 2-3 days a week in the current climate, do you think you can be better than them and find enough work to work 5-6 days every week?

as above

i had savings ... sold my car ...etc.. the start up money  just disappears... whatever your budget ... add some more..then some more..

good luck

[Carpet2Clean]

Rat-race (Lawrence),as other posts say try weekend work to see it works for you..See if you can hire a machine for the weekends from a cleaning supplier (not a rug doctor) and put an advert in your local shops  (newsagents/post office).

Its worth a try...Good luck in the future. 

Richard