Building and Property Development Company For Sale

Business description

The owners of this business have been within the construction industry all their working lives and set up this business back in 1998. In that time the business has built up a sterling reputation within the industry for providing clients, both corporate and private, with innovative and cost effective design and build solutions from outline discussions through to final completion. This professional and experienced business provides a complete building service, offering high quality property maintenance, repair and alteration services.

This privately held limited company has extensive experience in many areas of the building industry and as such is able to provide the following services:

• Design and Construction Service
• Planning Applications and Building Control
• Budget Costing (to assist customers considering extending their properties).
• Commercial Refurbishment and Build(including factories, shops, offices)
• Extensions and Alterations
• Barn Conversions

The business employs many people both directly and by using a subcontract workforce, including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and gas works, plastering, decorating, roofing and bricklaying. Many of the workforce have in effect worked for the business since it was formed, such is the consistent flow of projects the business enjoys. As such staff are fully conversant with the high standards the business adheres to and this ensures a high quality and professional service is provided with projects being completed on time and within budget.

Clients

Over the years, the business has grown, forging a reputation for itself by providing a quality service. Clientele include many private professional clients, and also some very well known blue chip companies with extensive estates that require maintaining and refurbishing. Because of the quality the business provides it enjoys extremely high levels of recommendations and repeat business.

Customer Service:

This business has expertise, highly skilled personnel, honesty and reliability. As well as its dedication to customer satisfaction it has attracted and continues to attract new referrals.

This company enthusiastically offers a high level of customer service. It develops and presents all its building services with the utmost attention to detail, offering a high quality of service, guaranteeing standards and after sales customer care. This is further represented by its NHBC membership. NHBC, (the National House-Building Council), is the standard setting body and leading warranty and insurance provider for new and newly converted homes in the UK. an be tailored to place candidates directly into ongoing employment on successful completion
Key Strengths:

The business has built a reputation for providing a high standard of both workmanship and customer support. A strong emphasis is placed on providing complete customer satisfaction and this ethos is shared by all staff, both direct and indirect.

The business continues to grow as a direct result of its excellent relationship with clients. The company has held contracts with several clients for many years and offers a very personal service. With word of mouth recommendations this business has maintained an impressive base of satisfied repeat accounts and clientele, while continuing to attract both new referrals and customers.

The company also has very well established supplier relationships which ensures reliability and competitiveness.

Because of this the business benefits from a steady stream of projects and as such the order book boasts high value projects that are scheduled in for up to 12 months in advance.

Property information

Location:

The business is currently run from high specification offices located in a semi-rural location close to the local village. There is no reason why a new owner could not remain in these offices or relocate to new premises should they so require. The premises comprise 2 offices with a total floor space of some 600 square feet. Rent is very reasonably priced at £45/week.

Other information

Expansion potential:

The opportunities for continued success and growth are probably limitless. Being the preferred company of several large corporate clients, this will ultimately generate further business. The company has never really proactively looked at developing many of its larger customers to fully utilise their potential. A new owner with new initiatives and better sales and marketing skills could certainly tap into these clients still further.

The strong financial strategy of the company undoubtedly provides opportunity to achieve
impressive profit margins.

Key Opportunities:

The business has grown year on year since it was formed, forging a reputation for itself by providing a quality personal service. As a result of this excellent track record the business has secured contracts with major companies, offering plenty of opportunity for further expansion and growth.

By recruiting a sales team a substantial rise in profits and turnover could be achieved within a sort time period.

Competition / Market:

This successful company does not use any formal advertising or marketing strategy, most new business is generated from client referrals and word of mouth recommendations, bearing strong testimony to the business’s excellent reputation. An immense opportunity exists to build on this unsurpassed reputation and implement further and more assertive methods of advertising to expose the business to even greater markets. Various methods could be used in this regard, including the local press, a direct sales force, trade exhibitions, leaflets, brochures, direct mail, internet or a telesales initiative.

Support & training:

The owners will provide full business familiarisation, training and handover. Both owners are willing to stay on within the business for an agreed period of time should a new owner require. Furthermore one of the directors is also happy to remain indefinitely within the business subject to separate negotiation.

Reasons for selling:

Semi-Retirement.

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