Handy Andy Car Wash
Financial Plan
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Total investment
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The Concept
- Year of creation
- 2008
- Implantations
- 16
- Sited in garden centre car parks, chosen for dwell time: a customer stopping for coffee or a walk spends around 45 minutes, long enough for a full valet.
A hand car wash franchise sited in garden centre car parks, where the franchisor handles planning, drainage and the cabin.
A Handy Andy Car Wash franchise is a hand car washing and valeting site in a garden centre car park, and the company has been operating for 18 years with 16 sites currently trading.
Handy Andy Car Wash is a family-run business registered in Ovingham, Northumberland. It operates in a number of Dobbies Garden Centres alongside Henry Street, Palmers, Pennells, Mere Park and Tongs, with four further sites holding planning permission and ready to open.
The choice of location is deliberate. The company’s reasoning is dwell time: a customer stopping for a coffee and cake or a walk around the centre spends around 45 minutes on site, which is long enough for a vehicle to be valeted. Garden centres increasingly add children’s play areas, which extends that further for grandparents visiting with children.
Why Choose the Franchise Handy Andy Car Wash?
The franchisor removes the parts of a car wash start-up that usually stop people. It secures the prime retail location, applies for planning and carries the associated costs, and installs the drainage needed to meet planning requirements. It also provides the office, store and canopy on site so the business can trade in all weather.
Compliance is handled centrally. Franchisees receive a health and safety folder, and the company writes a site-specific risk assessment and health and safety policy. Technical support comes through the network’s national chemical supplier, and the franchisor will speak to customers directly where a complaint cannot be resolved on site.
Every site has full HD CCTV with eight cameras, accessible from the franchisee’s phone, which the company presents as the answer to knowing what happens on a day off.
Sites run on a five-year lease with an option to renew for a further five years by agreement, and a guaranteed rent fix applies to anyone taking the second term.
No prior experience in car washing is required. The company asks for good communication skills, strong motivation, organisational ability and a willingness to work hard.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you open a Handy Andy Car Wash franchise in the UK?
Yes, and no prior experience in the car washing industry is required, since training is provided. The company asks for good communication skills, strong motivation, organisational ability and a willingness to work hard. Opportunities are listed by site, with locations currently in negotiation around Peterborough, Sheffield, Norwich, Nantwich and Alnwick.
What does a franchisee need to supply themselves?
High-pressure pumps, hoovers, and public liability and employers’ liability insurance. The company states that nothing else is required.
Where are Handy Andy car washes located?
In garden centre car parks. The network operates in a number of Dobbies Garden Centres alongside Henry Street, Palmers, Pennells, Mere Park and Tongs, with sites currently advertised at Deans Garden Centre in York and Sussex Country Gardener near Royal Tunbridge Wells.
What support does the franchisor provide?
The company handles planning and drainage, provides the cabin, office and canopy, supplies a health and safety folder and writes a site-specific risk assessment and policy. Support runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with regular site visits, and the franchisor will handle customer complaints directly where needed.
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