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 there ever a right time to start your own business?
Well… going by almost everything you see and hear on the news at the moment it would seem like now is a terrible time to start a business - or so you'd think.
Access4Lofts recently had a call with a man who was seriously considering the franchise, and he, more or less, put that exact worry to them: is this really the right moment to be going out on your own?
It was a fair question, and Access4Lofts completely understand why he asked it. They’re also glad he brought it out into the open rather than just going away and gradually talking himself out of it.
It deserved an honest answer: things genuinely are hard right now for a lot of people, and it’s no use pretending otherwise - the public is feeling the squeeze, the housing market has stalled, and you can't open the news without reading about another business closing its doors.
So, why isn't any of that showing up in Access4Lofts’ numbers?
The thing about hard times is that they don't always land evenly across every industry. Some sectors are struggling badly, and a few are quietly having their best year on record, and home improvement sits firmly in that second group, as one of the very few areas actually growing currently.
When money feels tight and the future feels uncertain, moving house or taking on a huge renovation can feel like a bit of a gamble. So, people start to think about how they can do more with what they have, such as better use of the space they're already paying for, a bit more storage, a little value added for whenever they do eventually move.
You can see it plainly in what's happened this summer at Access4Lofts. June, July and August are traditionally their quietest months, and yet July 2026 turned out to be the second highest month they have ever recorded, more than 30% up on the same month last year.
Still weighing it up?
Hopefully those figures paint a rather different picture for you. Access4Lofts can appreciate that doubt and uncertainty might still be holding you back, especially when everyone around you is advising caution. So, here’s the of one of their most successful franchisees, who very nearly didn't join them at all.
Mark Jowett joined Access4Lofts at the very start of 2022, when the world still felt deeply uncertain, and he got cold feet just a week before his training was due to begin. He'd paid his deposit and he was ready to go, right up until he told friends and family what he was planning and every one of them insisted he was mad to be starting a business in the economic climate at the time.
They all meant well, of course, and were just looking after his best interests as friends and family should, but they didn’t really know anything about our industry or how it worked. So, Access4Lofts put Mark in touch with five or six franchisees who had wrestled with those very same doubts before taking the leap, and each of them told him the same thing: “ignore the noise and get stuck in!”
Where’s Mark today?
When Mark joined the franchise, the average franchisee was turning over around £120,000 a year, which is already a business most people would be thrilled with. Mark now owns three franchise territories and has just done £460,000 in sales in the first seven months of this calendar year alone, which puts him on course to finish not far short of a million by the end of 2026.
It is amazing to think now that Mark almost didn’t join Access4Lofts! Mark was very understandably nervous about leaving his current job and investing a lump sum in a new venture. Even with a proven business model like Access4Lofts’, which had already brought success to its franchisees; even so, making the move to a new career is a major leap of faith, however, it sure has paid off enormously for Mark!
“I had such an easy job before, with a guaranteed income, so leaving that was scary. That’s one of the biggest reasons I chose to join a franchise. I could have that knowledge base and established reputation behind me from day one. It’s incredible really. By August 2023 I’d had my best month ever. My turnover in the previous weeks had even been more than I had earned in an entire year in my last job! Of course, that’s turnover, not profits, but it’s still a major milestone. I showed my wife, and she said “wow!”. It’s nuts – this really is the best thing I have ever done.”
Access4Lofts can see his journey climbing month by month on their central accounting system, from his very first month right through to today, and it's the sort of graph that makes you do a double take. The cautious chap they spoke to early this month certainly did, and his first reaction was that he’d like to learn how Mark did it!
So, shall we have that same conversation?
Access4Lofts will walk you through the real, live numbers with absolutely no obligation. Better still, if you'd rather hear it straight from someone who has actually done it, just say the word and they will put you in touch with a franchisee, or even two, so you can ask them anything you like, including whether they ever doubted it themselves.
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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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