[Lee Pryor]

Big day for us. Aug was our first month to hit the target I set when I sold my house and below is a quick update video for that.

https://youtu.be/pwGDgcTDD4A

Now that I am at this point I feel like I want to push on a bit further and have been thinking about how to do that.  I was going to set up a new base the other side of London and try to mirror what we have here. Instead I have decided to push on with growth here instead.

The new plan is even more ambitious. We are now at 10 vans on the road and 1 spare, over £65k a month. We will be trying to get to 15 vans and 1 spare with £100-£110k a month by the end of next year/within 18 months. We will be adding new areas and plan to do our biggest leaflet drop yet...... 1.5million in 2019 with a goal of 3000 new customers. We will be ordering 3 new vans by March with another 2 by Sep if things are on track. The leaflets will go out 250k in the 1st week of each month from Apr-Sep We will also be buying a second static system to keep up with pure water demand each day total of 15000L accross 2 systems.

Have to say Im really enjoying watching things develop at the rate they are. I get a real buzz every day with it. It is stressful and I do get tired but I think I can push on for another year or so at this pace. Exciting times ahead.

[Smudger]

Nicely done lee

But you know  all the naysayers will think you’ve made it all up 😂

Darran

[Knocker]

Nice one Lee,  i think you are mad for sharing all this info on the forum but i do enjoy reading / watching your progress

you defo made the right decision  re expanding your current location instead of opening a second.

i have two depots 25 miles apart and its painful.....

[dazmond]

I've achieved all my goals in window cleaning terms.....No other goals now......

I'm happy and mainly stress free most of the time....

[bobplum]

Big day for us. Aug was our first month to hit the target I set when I sold my house and below is a quick update video for that.

https://youtu.be/pwGDgcTDD4A

Now that I am at this point I feel like I want to push on a bit further and have been thinking about how to do that.  I was going to set up a new base the other side of London and try to mirror what we have here. Instead I have decided to push on with growth here instead.

The new plan is even more ambitious. We are now at 10 vans on the road and 1 spare, over £65k a month. We will be trying to get to 15 vans and 1 spare with £100-£110k a month by the end of next year/within 18 months. We will be adding new areas and plan to do our biggest leaflet drop yet...... 1.5million in 2019 with a goal of 3000 new customers. We will be ordering 3 new vans by March with another 2 by Sep if things are on track. The leaflets will go out 250k in the 1st week of each month from Apr-Sep We will also be buying a second static system to keep up with pure water demand each day total of 15000L accross 2 systems.

Have to say Im really enjoying watching things develop at the rate they are. I get a real buzz every day with it. It is stressful and I do get tired but I think I can push on for another year or so at this pace. Exciting times ahead.

Might seem like a silly question but whats your end game....carry on growing, sell, expand to other parts of the country ??...cheers bob

[richyp]

Well done Lee amazing work.

[Lee Pryor]

Hi bob. My end game is as mentioned above. That is the size I want. Then just maintain and live on the money. Don't think I would sell. At that size the money gets to about 16/17k a month after tax so I would be more than happy with that.

[Scrimble]

nice plan

[JBC88]

Well done on your success Lee,

I'm currently almost fully booked and work alone. It would be a dream come true to build a company as big as yours and a few others on here.
I want to expand and find an employee, but for some reason I'm worried I'll struggle to find a good long term person for the job. I've had a couple of friends work for me in past and after a good start after 3 months the standard of work started slipping and they were sometimes calling in sick, I was paying £10ph so it's not like it was a low wage.
How was it for you when you first started employing and what pitfalls did you encounter?

Also how much would you spend on advertising and How many leaflets would you aim to have delivered in order to gain another 400+ customers for the new employee?

[John Mart]

So does that mean you reached your September goal of 500 more customers?

Anyway, well done. I still think it was mad buying the vans before you had the work but it’s obviously kept you focussed! An amazing achievement and somewhat beyond my goals. I think there’s a tendency to underestimate the effort, focus and nouse required to run profitably and professionally a multivan business.

[Lee Pryor]

Staff problems are no different for me than anyone else. To get 400 customers you need to know your return % and work back from there. I get 2.6 customers per 1000 leaflets. So I would deliver about 170k to get that or just over.

[p1w1]

Do you intend to use jogpost again or will you try a different way.

[Lee Pryor]

I no longer use jogpost as there service went very downhill. I use Royal Mail and a few others

[The Jester of Wibbly]

I no longer use jogpost as there service went very downhill. I use Royal Mail and a few others

How much are royal mail charging you?

[Phil J]

How do you select your staff Lee? I find it so difficult to find people you can trust and rely on.

[Lee Pryor]

How do you select your staff Lee? I find it so difficult to find people you can trust and rely on.

No different for me. Usually go through 3/4 to get 1 the difference with me is I don't get discouraged by this I just put the head down and push on

[Lee Pryor]

I no longer use jogpost as there service went very downhill. I use Royal Mail and a few others

How much are royal mail charging you?

The same they would charge you. Easy to look up

[paul alan]

It really is awe inspiring to read these posts.

[The Jester of Wibbly]

I no longer use jogpost as there service went very downhill. I use Royal Mail and a few others

How much are royal mail charging you?

The same they would charge you. Easy to look up

Thanks for the sarc answer

I already tried that but you have to call them for a quote. They don't publish prices.

Won't ask you again then sorry

[paul alan]

The van is off the road this week for accident repairs, would it be ok to call by on Friday for this coffee lee?