Summary
Established and dynamic niche Mornington Peninsula business providing a one stop shop preparing deceased/elderley estates for sale/settlement handover. Income streams include secondhand dealing.
Revenue
$200,000 pa
Expenses
$100,000 pa
Net Profit
$100,000 pa
Location Details
Work from home. Most jobs are handled onsite at each client location. We currently own a warehouse in Tyabb which stores antiques, cars and other goods for sale either B2B, online, or at various soughtafter sites including Camberwell market monthly.
Potential
At best, this is a niche business waiting to be converted to a franchise opportunity which can service the real estate, aged care and probate lawyer industries. At present, this business presents unlimited opportunities to earn regular contracts providing clearing, cleaning, transport and gardening services relating to aged care residents and families of deceased estates looking for a one-stop-shop. In between contracts, this business allows the owner to acquire and deal in secondhand wares, furniture, cars, vintage items and collectibles.
Skills
Cleaning, gardening and retail skills are the base requirements of this business. Soft skills include good planning, customer service, communication and organisation (especially around stock handling and job planning). A solid knowledge of antiques, old wares and collectibiles will allow the owner to maximise their profits. A secondhand dealers license is a must if you wish to deal with most organisations such as probate lawyers.
Hours
Being a home-based business, you can set your own hours around the lifestyle you choose. Markets usually involve weekend
Lease
Not currently leasing a property as our space in Tyabb is already owned outright. Market fees for leasing a site vary.
Employees
A casual workforce is available. No permanent employees.
Reason for Sale
Retiring
About the Business
The Life on the Move website and Facebook page provide a good overview of the business along with before and after photos. Typical clients are usually involve dealing with families of the aged person or deceased as well as probate lawyers and real estate agents. This business is driven by referrals mainly from our business partners which have been well established over a decade. Consequently, minimal advertising costs are incurred other than business cards and the occasional flyer. However, this also presents as an excellent opportunity to really grow the business particularly if the new owner is willing to spend money on a coordinated and targeted advertising campaign. This business is very unique and customers are always saying that they never knew a business like this ever existed. It provides a good solid income stream but the gold is in the opportunities to make money from the contents within each property. As such, there is an opportunity to make non-contract cash sales via business to business contacts, online selling and market stalls. Finally, the business has a robust and professional suite of invoicing and quoting documents as well as marketing collateral. All of this makes this business an excellent franchise opportunity to the entrepreneur.
The sale price includes Mazda van 1996 Model E2000 with 200K on the clock value $7K, market stock estimated value being $20K, all artwork, marketing collateral and business documents including website, business cards and flyers, full suite of financial data going back over 10 years, all business contacts, referral partners and handover to casual staff, all cleaning gear including an Industrial vacuum cleaner model AS5 Pulman, cleaning products and implememts, on-the-job training as part of the handover and excellent goodwill in the community from handling over 600 estates over 12 years.
History
The business has been operating since 2014 and was developed around our interest in old wares and collectbles as well as our lifestyle. Much time was spent becoming an invaluable bolt-on service provider to our referral partners through many hand shakes, meetings, correspondence and simply showing them how good we are bydoing a great job. As such, we no longer need to advertise and haven't done so for many years given our excellent reputation as evidenced by client feedback on our Facebook page and website.
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