Garages are no longer just the place to keep the car or store excess boxes of junk. No, in recent years the garage has come to be an ‘extension of the home.’ Some of these garages may even outdo less-spiffy abodes.
Clean, well-organized attractive garages are in. Cluttered, oil-stained, catch-all storage spaces are out.
The garage-enhancement industry is also very definitely ‘in.’ While the consumer is putting in new cabinets, closets and kitchen fixtures, the garage is no longer overlooked.
Enter PremierGarage and Nevada franchisee Jamie Buck. The firefighter-turned-entrepreneur found that his unusual work schedule (48 hours straight on and 4 days off, for example) allowed him to work other part-time gigs. After 4 years of garage enhancement in Reno, plus a new Las Vegas franchise, the enterprise didn’t turn out to be that part-time after all.
What had started with a $225,000 investment has turned into a venture that grossed $800,000 in 2006. Buck hopes to crack the $1 million mark this year.
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