As a garden services/maintenance company we do not provide decking, patios, brickwork etc, until now....
We often get asked for such things - and for the last fews years have always turned down that kind of work - however one thing that LJN taught us is that some of you sub-contract.
So to take advantage of all these leads and turn them into work, we have teamed up with our friend who is self employed and qualified in the above trades.
He will be joining our team on a self employed basis - he will go to quotes and has all his own tools etc He won't be doing any garden maintenance - just decking, patios etc.
So my question is - how do we advertise these services on our website?
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You dont necessarily need to tell the customers that you will be subcontracting the hard landscaping to another person, you could just include it to your list of current services. I used to employ a hard landscaper to do all our patios, brick work, etc. When a client called to enquire about hard landscaping i would go out and provide them with a quote and if they accepted i would send my hard landscaper round to do the job, the client doesn't need to know that it will not be you personally carrying out the work, as long as you are sure this guy is competent in doing a good job. Therefore i would just advertise these services in the same way you advertise maintenance.
That is really helpful- thank you. Yes we can vouch for his work as he has done alot of carpentry for our friends and family from our church. So we have seen his projects first hand.
My husband said exactly the same as you - it was me doubting that! oops....will have to say sorry now! lol
Does the sub-contractor have to turn up in his business clothes/van etc?
Is it reasonable to expect them to wear plain clothes?
If they turned up at a clients house to quote for the decking, but we were not there - would they use our business name or their own?
What do other people do?
Thanks for the help
Susan
Hi Susan,
Sure no need to say it sub contractor as this is just the business relations you have with him.
If he comes wearing , whatever cloths that does not matter.
You work together - or he works for you - thats all the customer needs to know.
It may sometimes not sound attractive top customers but not many people actually ask
how do you work together.
You can confident, people are happy that you 'bring' someone so they can trust him, as it is better than taking someone that they have no idea about him as a person and as professional.
I had a sub- contractor for painting/walling and metal work- never had any problems.