Business for sale

Business description

This highly regarded, premium quality, interior design and furnishing business was established by the current owners more than twenty five years ago. Since that time it has built an outstanding reputation as the supplier of choice in its locale – the an highly affluent Home Counties town of Amersham South Buckinghamshire to the North of London.

Operating from excellent high street premises, with local buses passing the door and nearby Underground services to Central London, the business benefits from opening from Monday to Friday only, allowing the busy current owners to enjoy a two day weekend – an unusual luxury for a retail business.

The highest levels of personal and discreet service, a number of well known celebrities use the company, are an integral part of the business. Clients typically visit the showroom when initial consultation takes place. Subsequently a visit will be made to the home when designs can be finalised and fabric choices made. At this stage accurate measurements are taken and the manufacturing process will then be commissioned. The quality of completed product is of the highest standard. This has directly resulted in much repeat business, even when people move away from the immediate area. Clients are now as far away as the South Coast, as well as Central London.

As further evidence of the reputation of the company, in excess of 80% of new business is gained through referrals and direct ‘word of mouth’ recommendation.

Over the recent past the business has developed a sound reputation in the commercial market place: this now represents circa 15% of total sales. Offices, banks and foreign embassies have commissioned interior designs. The company also enjoys sound relationships with a number of national and local housebuilders, who will commission the furnishing of show homes at local developments.

A major aspect of the company’s success is as a result of stocking a comprehensive range of exclusive fabric manufacturers, of which the business is the only local stockist, and include:

• Colefax & Fowler
• Jane Churchill
• Designers Guild
• Andrew Martin
• Romo
• Osborne & Little
• Nobilis Fontan
• Baker
• Zimmer & Rohde

The company will make an excellent acquisition opportunity for any business seeking an opportunity to expand their current services into this region. Similarly an owner manager can choose to take advantage of this established business avoiding time consuming, costly and risky start-up situations.