Comes In Handy
Got some work around the house, but can't find anyone who's up to the task? Just buy yourself a franchise.
So many customers need ceiling fans hung, garbage disposals
installed or any of a dozen other odd jobs handled, but don't
know whom to turn to. Contractors aren't interested in these
too-small jobs.
Stacy Swift and Tamyra Wallace ran into this very dilemma as
homeowners. They were hiring local handymen and hadn't been
pleased with the results. "We had been ripped off too many
times," explains Swift. "We knew there was a huge market
for the service, and nobody out there with a reputation of being
prompt, safe and reliable."
While looking for the right person to hang drywall in their
garages, Swift, 41, and Wallace, 43, were also searching for the
perfect franchise opportunity. Their experience in the franchise
industry (Swift is a franchise consultant; Wallace was a franchise
sales director) told them a service business was the way to go.
Their experience as homeowners, meanwhile, told them Mr. Handyman
would find an audience in Greenwood Village, Colorado. As Swift
reasoned, "There's no way we were the only people who
needed handymen on a regular basis."
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The pair founded Fix It Chicks Inc. in 2001 to operate their Mr.
Handyman franchise. Swift and Wallace handle the corporate end of
the business while their three licensed, bonded, experienced
handymen are doing odd jobs for customers. The franchisees would
like to expand their business into an additional territory and have
nine or 10 vans on the road, maybe a few operated by handywomen.
"We'd love to have a great handywoman," says Swift,
"but nobody's called for an interview yet."
Contact Source
Fix It Chicks Inc.
www.mrhandyman.com