Any Advice would be welcome
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Originally Posted by
benandclare
Been running my own lawn mowing and garden business here in Christchurch and surrounds for 4 years now.
In that time I've only had one customer who has totally defaulted so not so bad . Recently though I have noticed a trend for folks to be a little late with their payments , indeed in the middle of Dec I was owed some $2,700, from some bigger tidy ups that I'd done. Thankfully all that came in eventually but took some phone calls and e-mails to give folks a nudge.
A lot of my jobs are done on trust, trust that once having done the work I'll get paid. I sometimes never actually meet the customer as it might be a rental they need tidying so it can be hard to gauge if they're going to be a bad payer or not.
I was talking to a builder the other day and he says lot of firms have pushed out their settlements to 72 days rather than the 30 of old. It is my commercial clients that are the worst payers
So what I'm saying to those who are thinking of embarking in a small business venture is ensure you've policy for late payments in place abd that your customers/clients are aware of it from the start, saves a lot of stress later on (and phone calls texts etc )
On the plus side I have some customers that are an absolute delight, always pay up front or by the time I've got home :clap
Hi
Have been doing lot of research on Forums as my I will be coming over with my husband in March 2013 as we have been accepted on my husbands LTBV, he runs a landscaping business her in UK and will be doing the same over in NZ, hopefully around Auckland. We have been looking in the areas of Rodney, Massey, Army Bay. Do you know anything about these areas to live and work in? Could you recommend a GOOD accountant, as this will be one of the first things we want to sort (along with house) once we get over there? What are prices like for tools in the landscaping/mowing game over in NZ or would you recommend we kit up from UK and bring it over?
Have been trawling the forums looking for someone in similar position to us, with same visa type and business. Sorry for all the questions, have so many more if you don't mind.
Thanks
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