I recently read that 30-year-old tree surgeon, Shaun Tookey, from Hertford, Herts, made £30,000 in just 8 months working weekends cleaning headstones and graves.
He realised that people wanted and needed to keep the graves of their loved ones looking good for when they visited, but with life being hectic many of them couldn’t find the time to do it themselves.
Shaun had the idea of offering grave maintenance as a service and once he had raised the money to buy the tools needed, he set himself up as a dedicated grave and headstone cleaner, and posted his service online.
Shaun charges between £350 and £450 per grave. It’s a job that does not need doing regularly, maybe once or twice a year.
People are willing to pay the price.
It takes just two hours to clean a grave, and Shaun does it at the weekend.
He told a journalist that it was “a peaceful and satisfying job”.
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I don’t know if Shaun plans to stop working as a tree surgeon and focus on this full time, but as it stands now, it is a brilliant side business that is incredibly profitable.
£30,000 in just 8 months for work that takes around two hours a piece is really good going.
This is a perfect example of catering to a specific need.
People may not always realise that they need a specific service until it is offered, but the need is there bubbling away below the surface.
It was while cutting back trees in a graveyard, Shaun realised the need for a grave cleaner.
Some people visit graves regularly and they want them to look perfect. They need to be looked after; it’s just that most people do not have the time or tools to do it.
And in stepped Shaun offering his grave maintenance and cleaning service.
He is cleaning up… literally.
Sometimes you just need to stop and look around you to see if there is something that you can offer busy people.
You may be surprised to find that the easiest and quickest jobs could be the most profitable.
Kind regards.
John Harrison.
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