maggie,
i was in office contract cleaning for about 5 years, then a friend of mine introduced me to a corporate property services company, who have board room level links with top ten house builders, and other links with approx 50 other developers.
At the present time we are concentrating with in 70 ,miles radius of cambridgeshire. this first year of business will see a turnover in region 150K, year 2 indicators show 300k. and a fleet of probably 5 vans. we also do other specialist work like factory unit ceiling cleans 50,000 sq ft as an example.
i know at least three other build clean companies that have turnover either in or around these levels. and all achieved in a short space of time.
what you must be ready for, is that the builder will require x number of plots cleaned ready on a cetain date. therefore the trick is your staffing. the week before xmas we handed over somewhere in the region of 24 plots.
We are in the future planning to expand our area of operations through the introduction of a pseudo franchise, but at the moment that isnt ready.
i donk know if that helps,but what you need to aware of is that the one man band build cleaning company doesnt really exist, as the customer dictates,and they only want one company on site. therefore you need to be able to supply, then that site manager will speak to another and so on.
we have picked up a lot recently where the original tender winning company has been throwm off site, for several reasons (1) not adhereing to haelth and safety (2) not turning up to do the work.
regards
martin
