@Mike Reynolds extremely interesting. This is the exact type of scenario my client is hoping to attract. By default he has already found himself with a few of these customers- holding and delivering their large overflow items for random periods of time. However, it is so erratic and he has almost no set up to the rhyme or reason as to how they are charged.
As a realtor I’m brainstorming how I can fit into this model and help him with growing and structuring this setup so it is predictable and makes sense for him and his customers. Do you think it is feasible companies may be open to paying a monthly commercial storage unit fee (similar to self storage)? Then they would know they always had a designated amount of space to utilize in his facility whenever they would like, without even having to make a call. It wouldn’t be anything crazy for a minimum space requirement, maybe 250 SF and could be expanded if the need was there so the monthly cost would not be outrageous.
Then our initial idea is that any additional services for delivery, unload, crane services, install etc would be billed to my clients construction service as they were needed by “commercial space tenants.”
does this make sense? I like your idea about calling companies to get more data about what their needs are and plan to do this. Of course this issue for me is how to structure this between myself and my client. As a realtor I can handle the tenant lease agreements, however all contracted additional work, which would be the bigger ticket items in this business model, would be paid directly to my clients business (which would be extremely advantageous to him.) I guess the long and short is trying to get creative and how to create a win-win that could offer a fantastic service to the local community.
