Unique Beauty & Tanning Salon For Sale

Business description

A visit to this salon helps clients escape the stresses of day to day life in a sanctuary of comfort and style.

Rejuvenation is offered in the quiet and relaxing Balinese style rooms, away from life’s stresses.

The salon’s beauty therapists treat clients in an atmosphere of tranquility and peacefulness, tending to both their therapeutic and emotional needs.

The Retreat Room offers clients an opulent, luxurious, indulgent and escapist environment.

A wide range of services are offered including:

? body treatments
? facials
? nail treatments
? massages,
? hair removal
? tanning
? treatments for men


Treatments can be customised to suit client’s needs.

The business has been operated by its current owner since 1994 and has always been located in Portland. It has been at its current location since 2002.

This high profile, contemporary salon specialises in both Beauty & Tanning treatments, offering its customers a broad range of quality services. The salon provides its customers the convenience of having their complete body care needs provided for at one place.

The salon offers a range of personalised treatments and services, designed to not only immerse its clients in relaxing and indulgent experiences, but also to cater for their every day beauty requirements.

Strategically located on a main road in the city centre, the salon enjoys excellent exposure to a high volume of passing traffic.

Included in the sale is:

? All existing Plant & Equipment
? All Fittings & Fixtures
? An excellent lease on well located premises
? Well trained staff
? An extensive client database of over 4,800
? Any required training
? The goodwill of the business, built up over 13 years

The vendor needs to sell her business due to changed personal circumstances, and the asking price has been set “at market”.

Growth opportunities for this salon are excellent as considerable excess capacity currently exists and no money needs to be spent.


Operations

The business commenced trading in 1994 and has operated out of its current purpose-built premises since 2002.

Current hours of operation are:

9am – 6pm Monday - Friday
9am – 2pm Saturday

The business is closed on Sundays.

The management software used by the salon is Shortcuts.

Market / Customer

Over the last 13 years the business has provided beauty services to a vast number of residents living locally and surrounding areas. The client database exceeds 4,870.

Although the salon provides its services to both males and females, the vast majority of its current customers are female.

Services

The salon provides customers the convenience of having their complete body care needs provided for at one place, saving valuable time for its busy clients.

Products for sale

The salon is a distributor (not a franchisee) of Ella Bache products which form the main skincare range of the salon.

The new owners would be required to sign a distribution agreement with Ella Bache if the existing product range is retained.

The unique Ella Baché approach to skincare involves the use of a woodslamp blue light, which distinctly fluoresces different skin conditions such as dry skin patches, excess oil and pigmentation.

The Ella Bache website can be found at: www.ellabaché.com.au

The salon also sells Lafine cosmetics.

Premises:

Strategically located, the salon enjoys excellent exposure to a high volume of passing traffic and excellent street parking is available.

This stylish and contemporary salon has been designed to reflect a “sophisticated Balinese” style with floating timber floors, accented bluestone walls interspersed with gentle earthy color tones on treatment room walls.

The current term of the lease on the 226 m2 premises is 2 years with two 3 year options. The monthly rent is $1,549.46 plus rates (approximately $132/m)

Plant & Equipment:

Some of the major Plant and Equipment includes:

? Quantum Intense pulsed light machine with 6 treatment heads
? Visia computerised photographic unit
? Citroen Berlingo 1999 model
? Alisun solarium
? Massaging pedichair
? 4 rooms equipped with bed, 2 x wax pots, trolley, and implements for waxing and tinting, chair and drawer/table (both Balinese style) mirror and framed print.
? Electrolysis machine ( Claireblend)
? 3 Doz x-large towels, 4 doz medium size towels and 12 doz small towels, 2 doz face washers, 8 sheets, 10 facial gowns and 6 robes. (an approximation)
? Sundry – 5 tables (display and coffee), 3 stools, 8 black and s/steel chairs, 3 manicure tables, various framed prints and display vases, refrigerator, kitchen table and 4 chairs, office desk, cupboard and stool, hot/cold spring water dispenser, various display tables and shelves, 2 extra wax pots, high frequency machine, galvanic machine, 2 pedistools, 2 nail drills, airbrush machine, computer and more.

Current Replacement Value is approximately $127,500 and all existing Plant & Equipment is included in the asking price.

A comprehensive Plant & Equipment list will be provided during due diligence.

Management / Staff:

The current owner has managed this business since 1994 and has now decided to sell the business for personal reasons.

Existing staff include:

? 2 PT Cert 4 Beauty Therapists
? 1 FT Receptionist Trainee
? 1 PT Cert 4 Beauty Therapist Trainee
? 1 FT Cert 4 Beauty therapist Trainee
? 1 PT Waxing & Facial Beautician
? 1 PT Cleaner

The staff is generally well trained and it is anticipated that all of the staff would choose to remain with the business following its sale, subject to satisfactory conditions.

The vendor is a qualified Beauty Therapist who, in addition to managing the business, works part time in the business as a beauty therapist.

The vendor will provide any required training and assistance during a suitable transition period. She would also consider staying on part time if required.

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Alternately, please click on REQUEST MORE INFORMATION below and follow the prompts to complete the required Confidentiality Agreement which can be printed. On completion, please fax the agreement to Sigi Kotz

Property information

Real Estate:

Lease

Lease terms:

2 Years + 3 x 3 options

Other information

Support & training:

The vendor will provide any required training and assistance during a suitable transition period. She would also consider staying on part time if required.

Trading hours:

9am – 6pm Monday - Friday
9am – 2pm Saturday

The business is closed on Sundays

Furniture / Fixtures value:

$127,500