Contemplating starting an oven cleaning business.

[MC Wright]

Hello, hope everyone is OK and enjoying their Sunday.

I have been looking into setting up an oven cleaning business. Both commercial and domestic in the new year.

Is this line of work still ticking over nicely? I from research heard from some operators that the presence of the air fryer has killed business off in some regards.

Open to advice and would be grateful.

Regards

 

[numbersrule]

Are you sure you would want to specialise in ovens?

There are plenty of things need cleaning in kitchens.

Including Air Fryers!

 

[Mark T Jones]

Hello, hope everyone is OK and enjoying their Sunday.

I have been looking into setting up an oven cleaning business. Both commercial and domestic in the new year.

Is this line of work still ticking over nicely? I from research heard from some operators that the presence of the air fryer has killed business off in some regards.

Open to advice and would be grateful.

Regards

I'm not sure how big the commercial market was, since most professional ovens are self-cleaning

There is still plenty of scope in domestic, if you want to spend your life surrounded by chemicals and grime (we use one occasionally, that's based on conversation with him)

 

[MC Wright]

I'm not sure how big the commercial market was, since most professional ovens are self-cleaning

There is still plenty of scope in domestic, if you want to spend your life surrounded by chemicals and grime (we use one occasionally, that's based on conversation with him)

I currently run a waste removal business, and it's failing.

It's a case of bringing in an income as much as anything.

 

[fisicx]

Chap who does our oven once a year is ticking over. It's not big money but he is happy doing 2-3 ovens a day. But he has a lot of repeat business which means his marketing costs are minimal.

If you want to earn £200/day that's about 15 oven cleans a week or about 800 a year. That's 400 new clients you need to find if they get a clean every 6 months. It could take you a long time to build up that number.

 

[WaveJumper]

What's the issues with the waste removal business personally I would have thought there are more opportunities here

 

[MC Wright]

Chap who does our oven once a year is ticking over. It's not big money but he is happy doing 2-3 ovens a day. But he has a lot of repeat business which means his marketing costs are minimal.

If you want to earn £200/day that's about 15 oven cleans a week or about 800 a year. That's 400 new clients you need to find if they get a clean every 6 months. It could take you a long time to build up that number.

I think £200 a day in this day and age for me would be a pipe dream haha

 

[MC Wright]

What's the issues with the waste removal business personally I would have thought there are more opportunities here

Competition, fly tipping, my area, cost of living, people haven't got the money to pay the prices. Admittedly it's a quiet time of year anyway what with Christmas round the corner.

While my vans are on the road and I'm not getting work in I'm losing money.

 

[fisicx]

I think £200 a day in this day and age for me would be a pipe dream haha

Wheelie bin cleaner makes more than that a day. Craig follows the bin lorry and finishes work by lunchtime.

 

[MC Wright]

Wheelie bin cleaner makes more than that a day. Craig follows the bin lorry and finishes work by lunchtime.

Good luck to the guy. I think it's a pipe dream for me personally. I think where abouts you are in the UK is a big factor also

 

[MC Wright]

Good luck to the guy. I think it's a pipe dream for me personally. I think where abouts you are in the UK is a big factor also

 

[MC Wright]

Wheelie bin cleaner makes more than that a day. Craig follows the bin lorry and finishes work by lunchtime.

The waste removal market was once lucrative to a degree but until the consumer accepts what disposal costs are it's only going to end up drying up. But I appreciate it's not the same for every operator and business.

 

[Lisa Thomas]

Personally, we have virtually stopped using our oven since getting an air fryer, so I wonder if the domestic market has declined.

 

[MC Wright]

Personally, we have virtually stopped using our oven since getting an air fryer, so I wonder if the domestic market has declined.

This is what I have also researched. However some operators report no change. I guess it's different strokes for different folks.

Seems like the airfryer wasn't a fad though! I like you, have literally stopped using the oven since having one.

 

[Mark T Jones]

Judging by your replies, I'd suggest that you go to a driving agency for work, kerp the business running whilst considering a strategy.

Whilst there is a part of the market where price is more important than ethics/legality, there are parts where people will pay the going rate and check credentials (including me)

It looks like you've pitched into the discount end without any real stategy

 

[fisicx]

The waste removal market was once lucrative to a degree but until the consumer accepts what disposal costs are it's only going to end up drying up. But I appreciate it's not the same for every operator and business.

Make your staff redundant, sell the vans and just be a van and a man doing house clearance, courier work, local deliveries and anything else that needs a van and a man. When you aren't shifting pianoes you can clean wheelie bins, do the ovens, pressure wash patios and anything else you can find room in the van for.

 

[MC Wright]

Judging by your replies, I'd suggest that you go to a driving agency for work, kerp the business running whilst considering a strategy.

Whilst there is a part of the market where price is more important than ethics/legality, there are parts where people will pay the going rate and check credentials (including me)

It looks like you've pitched into the discount end without any real stategy

Judging by your replies, I'd suggest that you go to a driving agency for work, kerp the business running whilst considering a strategy.

Whilst there is a part of the market where price is more important than ethics/legality, there are parts where people will pay the going rate and check credentials (including me)

It looks like you've pitched into the discount end without any real stategy

Hello Mark, thank you for your input.

I have done work for professional people who are willing to pay the price but have on occasions said to me for want of a better phrase " you can dump it down a lane for all I care, I just want it gone off my property "

The industry is alien for many of the public. Many believe I will just rock up to a household council tip in the van and unload there. Many of times people will say " what do you do pal, do you just dump it" this is even with my showing and providing Waste transfer notes and receipts.

A waste carriers licence credential is just the bare minimum. There are operators out there who have this and still fly tip.

We can only educate the public to a certain degree, we are just tradesman. It is up the powers that be to implement stronger laws with more severe penalties.

 

[Mark T Jones]

Hello Mark, thank you for your input.

I have done work for professional people who are willing to pay the price but have on occasions said to me for want of a better phrase " you can dump it down a lane for all I care, I just want it gone off my property "

The industry is alien for many of the public. Many believe I will just rock up to a household council tip in the van and unload there. Many of times people will say " what do you do pal, do you just dump it" this is even with my showing and providing Waste transfer notes and receipts.

A waste carriers licence credential is just the bare minimum. There are operators out there who have this and still fly tip.

We can only educate the public to a certain degree, we are just tradesman. It is up the powers that be to implement stronger laws with more severe penalties.

Way back when I built & trained sales teams, we noted that every sales person had their own pet objections, that 'every customer' would come up with, and was their barrier to doing business. The objection was seldom the same for any 2 sales people.

It was always legitimate to some extent, but not the actual barrier.

Which is a long-winded way of saying that whilst people may say that, there are plenty who don't live by it. (and you'll come up with similar barriers whatever trade you go in to)

The last clearance I arranged was this Feb, In Sutton - a garage full of furniture

We paid £160 - far from the cheapest - I guess the end-to end job would have taken 2 hours.

In the 20 minutes it took him to load, he handed out several business cards and picked up one job.

 

[MC Wright]

Way back when I built & trained sales teams, we noted that every sales person had their own pet objections, that 'every customer' would come up with, and was their barrier to doing business. The objection was seldom the same for any 2 sales people.

It was always legitimate to some extent, but not the actual barrier.

Which is a long-winded way of saying that whilst people may say that, there are plenty who don't live by it. (and you'll come up with similar barriers whatever trade you go in to)

The last clearance I arranged was this Feb, In Sutton - a garage full of furniture

We paid £160 - far from the cheapest - I guess the end-to end job would have taken 2 hours.

In the 20 minutes it took him to load, he handed out several business cards and picked up one job.

I can only surmise that the garage was full of wooden furniture otherwise I would be from experience shocked if he was able to make any kind of profit, did it fill a 3.5t tipper van ?