Creating space, creating profit!
Access4Lofts is a franchise business that helps utilise wasted space by providing quick, easy and affordable loft access and storage solutions
This is a rare opportunity to join a very successful franchise offering loft boarding, hatches and ladders (with lifetime guarantees) and Which? Trusted Trader status, so if you want to launch your new business you really need to start the process as soon as possible because while there are still territories available across the UK the list is getting shorter all the time.
If you live in, or near, to any of these areas, there is a major opportunity waiting for you:
Why choose Access4Lofts?
- No previous experience required: we provide full business & practical training to all our franchisees.
- Huge demand: franchisees have several months of bookings.
- Safe hands: we’re proud to be accredited as members of the Quality Franchise Association and by Which? Trusted Trader.
- Great cashflow: customers pay you when you finish the job.
- Dedicated territories: at least 150,000 households per area.
- It works: former employees have invested to become franchisees.
- Bespoke IT System: which automates much of your admin, no more paperwork!
- We understand: because the management team have all been franchisees themselves.
- Committed to support: with full training and ongoing support.
- One big family: join a group of like-minded people who support each other and celebrate together!
The Access4Loft franchise opportunity
Access4Lofts offers two business models – owner operator and management (multi-van) operation.
1. OWNER-OPERATOR
Proven to generate £120K+ sales with 40%+ net profit within the first year.
Franchisees undertake all installation work and solely run the business. Complete one job per day over a four-day week, spend the fifth day on business development. Work around your other life commitments.
To become a successful Access4Lofts owner-operator you need:
- to be great with customers
- some basic DIY competence
- to follow the proven system
- the ambition to grow your business
2. MANAGEMENT BUSINESS
Proven to generate £300K+ sales with 35%+ net profit with two staff.
The franchisee works on developing the business and employs and manages fitters that do the majority of the installation work.
To build a successful Access4Lofts management business you need:
- to be a great communicator
- ideally some management experience
- ambition to grow a multi-van business
- extra finance to invest in your team initially
The investment
To setup and establish your new business the initial investment is £29,950 + VAT, however, if you have £10,000 financing can be secured via many of the high street banks for the balance OR as we are a business approved for the Government backed Start-Up Scheme, you could qualify to borrow up to £25,000, without investing any of your own money; and this figure doubles if the business has two Directors.We will provide you a detailed breakdown of where this money is spent, rest assured it is far better value than starting up on your own as an independent!
How we train and support you
As a franchisee, you will receive completely tailored ongoing support to help you on your path to reaching your goals. If you are practical, we support you on the business side and if you have business experience we train you on the practical side.
The Access4Lofts bespoke admin system is undoubtedly our unique selling point, it takes away the stress of admin and accounts, so you can focus on creating space for your customer and creating profit for you.
It has been built from the ground up and is the result of us working alongside a specialist programmer over several months to create an easy to use single system that streamlines our whole admin process. From taking the initial customer telephone enquiry, through to quotes, order confirmations and invoicing, our system automates the process, leaving you free from worry and stress about when you’re going to find time to type a quote and send it to a customer!
All our franchisees attend a 5 day residential training course held at our dedicated training facility in Devon.
You’ll be guided through health and safety issues and learn how to fit our full range of ladders, hatches and boarding and of course learn how to use the comprehensive set of tools you receive as part of the franchise package.
Regardless of the amount of training you receive, your first few jobs may be daunting, therefore, we follow the training with 2 days operational, on-site support so that we can observe, advise or just give you the moral support as you start your journey. We have an Operations Director who franchisees can call on for support and advice.
As franchisors we are committed to best practice, to doing it right. All of us have been franchisees ourselves; we’ve been where you are right now, so we know what it’s like! We remember the concerns, the steps on the journey to success and the feeling of contentment on achieving our respective goals.
We have spent a lot of time refining this business to make it as simple as possible to succeed if you follow the model.
If you would like to find out more about Access4Lofts please do get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
Is it weird that most of our reviews don’t even mention loft ladders?
There are thousands of five-star reviews for Access4Lofts, and if you read through them you'll notice something strange: hardly any of them mention the loft ladder, the boarding or the hatch.
That makes sense once you think about it, since that's just the job itself, and it's exactly what people ordered, so it's what they expect to get.
So what do the reviews actually talk about?
The same handful of things come up again and again. Customers mention that the installer turned up when he said he would, that he charged exactly what he'd quoted and not a penny more, and that he cleaned up after himself and left the place tidy.
Anyone who has ever had builders or tradesmen working in their home will understand why that’s such a big deal. Turning up on time, sticking to the quoted price and not leaving a mess shouldn't really be newsworthy but, unfortunately, that’s exactly where so many companies fail to deliver.
When a business actually gets it right, suddenly it’s building the kind of reputation which turns a one-off customer into someone who recommends them to a neighbour.
Not all loft franchises are created equal
Good marketing plays its part, and Access4Lofts’ works hard to bring the right people to the phone in the first place. Getting someone to make that call, though, is only ever the start of the story. What happens next, from who actually shows up at the door to how the job gets delivered, comes down to the systems behind the business as much as the advert that started the conversation.
Every Access4Lofts installer specialises in loft ladders and boarding, and nothing else. The person who visits your home to quote the job is the same person who comes back to do the work, so there's a continuity and accountability that customers notice straight away. That comes from how the business is built, and it's every bit as important as how the business gets found.
But the product still has to be good, right?
Yes, it is, Access4Lofts wouldn't put their name to it otherwise. Every installation comes with a lifetime guarantee, they hold Which? Trusted Trader status, which is genuinely difficult to earn and keep, and they carry £2 million of public liability insurance, well beyond what most jobbing tradesmen carry.
However, none of that is usually what earns them a five-star review. Customers write those because the entire experience felt like dealing with a proper, established business rather than taking a gamble on a stranger from an advert.
That's really the gap Access4Lofts has built a franchise around: professionalism, punctuality and consistently doing exactly what was promised, at the price that was agreed, delivered by a specialist rather than a generalist.
If this sounds like the kind of business you'd want to run, a no-obligation chat costs nothing. Simply click the button below to get in touch to book that call:
The training course was very professional and well planned. It was a good mix of classroom and practical and the manuals provided were easy to follow. I was made to feel part of the team from day one and at the end of the training I felt confident that I could do the job. I would say the training and ongoing support are fantastic
Having looked closely at several other franchises I knew immediately the Access4Lofts was head and shoulders above the rest. The whole process from initial phone call to securing my territory was relaxed, informative and there was absolutely no high pressure selling. The decision to invest in Access4Lofts was definitely the right one and I would highly recommend this franchise to others
I would recommend this franchise to anyone. I have been involved in franchising for 10 years operating my own gardening franchise. I was looking for a franchise business that my son could take over and came across Access4Lofts. I could immediately see the potential and was impressed with the support and professionalism of the owners. The training, marketing and support has been exceptional which meant that I hit the ground running.
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