Mr Fix It home improvement DIY franchises

The franchise solution for the home improvement, repairs and maintenance industry

The Mister Fix-It franchise has revolutionised the way home improvement, repairs and maintenance is carried out. Our franchisees have benefited from being part of an increasingly recognised brand name, adopting the principles of high quality service, strong moral values, and knowing that customer trust has to be earned. This way we ensure the highest levels of customers satisfaction at all times. Mister Fix-It as a franchise always aims to offer your customers reliable, high quality craftsmen at an affordable rate at the most convenient time.

If this type of business opportunity appeals to you, then discover the job satisfaction that comes with being your own boss. Realise your potential while managing your hard-working, profitable company with all the benefits of being a franchisee.

Be Part of a winning team

Mister Fix-It was the birth child of Ian Southworth and Mike Le-Gallez. Whilst renovating properties in the 90’s they began to find it increasingly difficult and frustrating to find reliable, high quality craftsmen at an affordable rate. Soon after, the conceptual idea was born and then the inception of Mister Fix-It as it is today, a household brand name. The company has a very simple idea of how things should work and we believe that everything we do must at all times, without exception, be underpinned by the highest levels of Customer Service, ensuring our customers are always satisfied.

Due to the overwhelming success of Mister Fix-It, we have decided to launch our services nationwide. Your success can be achieved with a very simple philosophy; provide your customers with what they need, when they need it, at competitive rates.

Mister Fix-It is currently looking to recruit highly motivated, intelligent and dynamic individuals, with the ability and flair to effectively run their own business, managing and motivating Mister Fix-it handyman personnel, whilst safeguarding the exceptionally high level of customer service Mister Fix-it’s customers have become accustomed to.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the ability to hit the ground running in a fast moving, ever changing and exciting environment. We believe this will be one of the fastest growing, most exciting franchise opportunities to be found anywhere. The rewards for suitable candidates with the correct attributes are limitless in this forward thinking, fast moving organisation.

Huge Growth Potential

Mister Fix-It has successfully launched franchises in Manchester, Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale, Preston and Blackburn. Our franchise model is steadily growing and will continue to do so due to the high quality of service that we provide and the excellent business opportunity that we offer. The growth potential is huge and this is your chance to get in early and establish your own company in your own area.

Supporting you

No experience is required to manage your own Mister Fix-It franchise and due to our intensive training program, ongoing support and encouragement you will have no need to worry about the initial start-up of your new business. Our fully comprehensive training and support package will develop people with no previous self employed experience into dynamic Managing Directors of their own business, in control of their own destiny.

By using tried and tested business systems Mister Fix-It Franchisees avoid the costly expense of business development mistakes and by also using an established and marketed brand you will be starting your business with a level of credibility that would normally take years to accrue. All these positives are backed by franchising statistics stating that 95% of franchisees succeed where some 80% of new business start-ups fail.

MISTER FIXIT Headquarters will help you through:

Your application

• Guidance and independent advice through all the stages of your application.
• Comprehensive Business Planning.
• Introduction and support for presentation of business plan to bankers that are supportive of our franchise and sympathetic to helping with your funding requirements.

Your quick and simple set-up

• VAT and company registration and insurance, etc.
• We supply and install all necessary I.T. requirements.
• Helping you find and equip your office.
• Provision of your required stationery, uniforms etc.
• Provision of a rebate against your first company-owned vehicle.

Your successful launch 

• Training you in all the elements of successfully operating the Mister Fix-It system through an in-house induction training program with an existing franchisee and your on-site training with your training mentor.
• Assistance and training in recruiting appropriate handymen/tradesmen.
• Fully inclusive leaflet distribution.
• Assisting you with direct mail solicitation templates, etc.
• Provision of a valuable launch marketing program to generate custom.
• Attending your office during initial operation to assist in your success.

Your continuing success 

• Access to Mister Fix-It advice and support 24-7.
• Access to our (third party) impartial professional advisors.
• Regular opportunities for additional training for you and your staff.
• Regular one on one review visits.
• Annual business planning and business development advice.
• Annual franchisee gatherings and monthly development meetings.
• Constant product and service development.
• Ongoing introduction of new profit streams.
• Local and national marketing and advertising campaigns.

Set Up Costs

Overall, including all the franchise fees and set-up costs mentioned above, an average franchisee can expect to require around £35,000 to cover start-up and initial working capital.

Fees Structure

The principle of the MISTER FIXIT franchise is to afford you, the Franchisee, the greatest level of profitability from the operation of your own business.

Like many franchises we do this by: Providing a franchise package of:

• Initial training
• Planning, launch assistance and marketing
• Fully inclusive equipment package
• Comprehensive training and support package that gives you the head start in your own business without the cost of trial and error that a normal small business suffers.
• Allowing you to retain the lion’s share of turnover
• Structuring multilevel income for you, so that every part of the business is profitably funded
• Asking you for a small share of your turnover to provide for our support services which in turn help ensure that you maximise your profit

Asking you for a joining fee that ensures that all franchisees:

• Have the same quality start-up package and equipment
• Are of equal calibre and reflect well upon your own image
• Enjoy high quality initial training and support
• Are part of a properly funded network with ongoing service development

Franchise Joining Fees

To join Mister Fix-It (or any other franchise) you pay a joining fee that secures you exclusive territory rights, this enables you to operate from within this territory, to use our brand and business system and a start-up, training package and manuals.

We have carefully structured our joining fee to reflect the true potential for the business in your area and to include our tailored start-up package without unreasonable expense.

Currently, the Mister Fix-It franchise package is structured so that you pay:

• £16,471.07 for the basic equipment and start up package (detailed below) at cost plus 10% administration, delivery.
• 5 pence for each owner-occupied/purchased household in your territory (i.e. you don’t pay for council or rented accommodation)

We suggest that an exclusive territory of 250,000 such households (about 2 average postcodes) is enough for a really good business and so an average franchise-joining fee thus works out as £28,971.07 (Plus reclaimable Vat).

Unlike other handyman franchises, we do not charge you any extra franchise fees for each handyman you operate – thus, with Mister Fix-It, you are free to grow to any size within your territory.

You will receive:

• All important office equipment, including computer, fax, printer and licenses.
• Job Management, Scheduling, Invoicing and Accounting Software.
• A £1,000 rebate upon your first company vehicle in Mister Fix-It livery.
• Staff Uniforms and Employee Handbooks.
• Mister Fix-It stationery and marketing materials pack.
• A comprehensive Training Program.
• A complete set of Mister Fix-It Operations Manuals covering all aspects of operating your new business.
• Your first year Business Plan and Business Presentation to your bank to raise any required funding.
• A valuable marketing launch package.
• £1,000 rebate towards handymen salaries for first three months.

To be a successful Mister Fix-It franchisee, you should consider that in our experience you would need:

• An excellent level of customer service orientation.
• Good telephone skills.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills.
• Good man-management skills.
• The ability to be focused, committed and dedicated to your business.
• Access to, or ability to raise (with our assistance to introduce you to a franchise-aware high street bank if you wish), the total initial investment required (from around £35,000)

To find out more about Mr Fix It home improvement DIY franchises please complete the franchise enquiry form below