Growing Pains in your business - Wash Rite NZ

As the owner of a house wash and pressure wash business based in Hamilton New Zealand we have had amazing growth in our first full year in business. We went from 1 trailer rig till now we have 2 trailer rigs, 1 van set up and 2 flatbed set up all set up for house wash and pressure washing, The van and 2 flat beds both have pressure wash and soft wash set ups and the trailers are set up for pressure wash.

We have reached a point where we are feeling the growing pains, We find it hard to get decent staff and when i talk to friends whom own other business not in the house wash industry they are finding it hard as well to get decent staff.

Now we have built up a company that can meet all its cost's purely on the cash flow it makes we are now going to try and concentrate on the higher end jobs that have a min costing of around $500 and above. This will mean we will have less reliance on a large staff number to reach the large turnover and profit margins we want out of our house wash company.

The next issue which is a small one and does not bother us is the next faze of investing in equipment, We have purchased all our vehicles second hand and with cash, Its now time to go and buy a couple new trucks and get them kitted out and put them to work, 2 trucks kitted out will cost us around $100000 which is no problem as we would have them paid off within 12 months, This will allow us to have 2 back up trucks in case one is off the road and also allow for easy expansion which we expect we will need.

This year we have invested heavily in advertising, marketing and promotional events. We will be at the Waikato home and garden expo and we believe this will be a great place to get leads and pick up extra high value work. Plus 2 of our biggest competition are there and i will spend what ever amount is needed to even take one job of the,.

The other growing pain we feel at the moment is all the professional and business contacts we have are all compounding at the moment and we are getting 3 to 5 referrals a day from these people which is great but we are starting to run out of time in the day to get out and quote there house wash jobs or roof cleaning jobs. This on top of our website http://washrite.co.nz/services/house-wash/ is bring in all the leads we need at the moment.

So all in all these are our growing pains at the moment, Great problems to have and i hope they continue to happen to us as it means our house wash business is growing which is what we want.

Feel free to check out our website at www.washrite.co.nz or give us a call on 0800101216