I can tell you all, this company thrives at regular repeat domestic cleaning,
they have franchisees turning over £250,000 and some over £400,000, over £100,000 in the first year is the norm,
I personally know one of the founding franchisors,
You are all mainly missing the point they clean for say £15 per hour-this is their business model, they have employees and think/realise to have them out earning is better than not/or sat not producing - as employee costs needs to be covered,
they base their model on this, and its all additional to their main money tree of weekly contractual domestic cleaning,
- they are a success already - very very successful , their average franchisee will earn circa £80,000 after 3 years and goodwill will be worth way over 150k where'as your average carpet cleaner with a top porty or those daft & vain enough to have a truck mount - then maybe you can get your equipment value back and maybe earn 30k - 50k if your in the top few % but most earn below 25k and have a business worth equip value only after years and years of trading.
If most carpet cleaners in general or on here advertised their business its worth equipment value only, very sad but very true, but this lot you are scoffing at - if they go away for a fortnight they still earn the same money and if they choose to sell then they get a premium as their business is contractual, repeat, scaleable and very very sought after ,|IMHO.