Who we are looking for -Suitability:
Farming families are responsible and trustworthy. The older generation tends to have passed down strong and trustworthy values to their offspring. Farming life is to nurture and protect similar to preserving an automotive storage facility. Like a car storage franchise but not a storage franchise. Usually, members of the family have a keen interest in cars. Most often they are good mechanically and experienced in maneuvering vehicles around.
Because of these traits, we feel farmers are an ideal match for a growth project:
- Tend to have a family member with a passion for automobiles of all types.
- Are usually on-site 24/7.
- Good mechanical and manoeuvrability skills.
- Trustworthy.
- Responsible for taking care of possessions.
Things to be aware of:
- Presentation: many clients who own expensive cars for storage are typically successful CEOs, Engineers, and Businessmen for global organizations. Ultimately, they expect a certain level of service and communication. Confidence in communication and presentation is needed.
- Customer retention: things that can be done to ensure the customer continues service, and it's the little things that count. Customer retention has been paramount to our success. We have had vehicles stored with us since our doors first opened. Often, doing a small thing to help a customer for free will benefit the longer term. Some storage companies always seek money for doing extra things.
- Secure premises for safe storage: allowing a client who stores, to feel confident inside, by doing so.
- Operating vehicles: often they require special techniques to start them up and manoeuvre in close space. Maneuvering can include the use of two people. Bonnet catches, locked doors, oil leakages, flat tyres, alarms and immobilizer problems do occur.
We can provide help and support.
Key Responsibilities:
- The facility is to be manned 7 days a week, not essential but a good (USP) unique selling point.
- Facilities to be locked up, with alarms set every day.
- Meeting and greeting customers and new prospects who view.
- Available sometimes for airport runs.
- Keeping the site clean (includes clean of vermin, and rat poison) and maintained for better presentation.
- Offering to clean/wash a car but some customers prefer you don't touch their vehicle (just ask).
- Keys are kept securely in a proper key box and can be found.
- On request - Start and warm through a vehicle.
- Ensure battery packs are secured correctly and safe.
- Check dust covers are in place.
- Tire pressures should be maintained to eradicate flat-spot damage.
- Be alert for any leakages: oil, water, fluid (clean/advise customer of any problems).
- Ensure the vehicle remains mold-free inside by checking around it every 3 months. A light dust and hoover is sufficient.
Investment Requirement:
£15k-£250k
Access provided to some of the most well-known Automotive professionals / luxury Automotive brands around.
Investment with us begins at £6k - includes: training / admin documentation / site visits / digital business development.
We begin providing new prospects / clients within 30-days.
Investment:
This depends on how your farm was previously maintained. When we first started all we required was a chicken barn, good quality CCTV, the latest intruder alarms and some strong contacts within the motor trade. The sister site without maintained barns required extensive construction work to bring the facility up to standards using the majority of the budget above.
Note: Bio-mass heating system is as much as £65000.00 including installation.
Having the right type of facility does bring down the costs of set-up. Having the right location and the right type of facility does increase business earning potentials .