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Franchises from £10,000 to £20,000
Ovenclean
Investment level:
£14,995 plus VAT
Website:
www.ovenclean.com
Email:
info@ovenclean.com
Phone:
franchise focus
0800 988 5434
classification:
Domestic oven cleaning services
Sarah adds: “Andrew is out and about,
working at the sharp end of the business,
while I’m based at home looking after
the administrative side. It’s given us great
fl exibility and has allowed us to plan our
time around the family. I can still walk the
dog or cook the children’s tea, without any
impact on the business – it’s been a real
success and the perfect family franchise!”
Ovenclean is the longest established and
most successful domestic oven cleaning
franchise in the UK, providing specialist
oven cleaning services to a large, virtually
untapped marketplace ranging from schools
to letting agents and private householders.
Two’s company
Franchisees operate from professionally
liveried vans and so benefi t from low
overheads and high fl exibility. The top
Ovenclean proves a perfect family franchise
quality, powerful yet eco-friendly Ovenclean
product range, exclusive to franchisees,
effectively cleans ovens and hobs, Agas,
H
USBAND-AND-wife team Sarah help from the franchise management
“Ovenclean
ranges and barbecues, restoring them to
and Andrew Parris have found team at head offi ce and, despite prevailing
seemed ideal,
pristine condition within a matter of a few
the perfect work-life balance economic conditions, we’re busier than ever. hours. The proven business model is easy to
with Ovenclean, the UK’s number one We’ve just taken on an employee to help
enabling
learn, simple to manage and delivers a high
domestic oven cleaning franchise. With us – he was previously an estate agent, so
the couple
earning, fl exible lifestyle. ■
seven successful years under their belt, they it’s a very different lifestyle for him, but he’s
to build a
are among the longest serving franchisees in thoroughly enjoying it!”
the network. Sarah’s role is to handle bookings and
successful,
Andrew was previously an area manage the marketing of the business, whilst
highly
manager of a well-known high street chain Andrew undertakes the oven cleaning –
profi table
restaurant; he was well paid, but worked processing around fi ve ovens a day.
long hours and was under stress much The pair advertise their services in the
business,
of the time. As Sarah explains: “Andrew local newspaper, which keeps enquiries based from
really wanted to become self-employed fl owing in, although Sarah says that
their home.”
and run a business of his own. When we much of their work comes from regular
spotted Ovenclean advertising in a national customers, as well as through word-of-
newspaper, we thought it looked like an mouth recommendation to family and
interesting opportunity.” friends. There is no typical customer, she
On closer investigation, Ovenclean adds. Some are very house proud and
seemed ideal, enabling the couple to build require a regular service to keep their
a successful, highly profi table business, ovens clean, others simply get to a point
based from their home – an important where they can’t face cleaning a really
consideration for their young family. dirty oven – unsurprisingly, Ovenclean
The business model is simple; it is franchisees tend to be particularly snowed
easy to operate, with a low investment under in the run up to Christmas, as well
requirement, providing opportunity for as other major holidays!
repeat, regular revenue and, as every “Ovenclean has worked really well for
household in the country owns an oven, us,” Andrew enthuses. “I’ve not had a single
it also offers a massive, virtually untapped, day without work since I started, we have
potential marketplace. a thriving successful business that yields the
“Business is really good,” Andrew rewards we’re looking for, but also allows us
Andrew Parris
confi rms. “We’ve had lots of support and to have great quality of life.”
November 2009
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