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How we took a broken business model and turned it into a profit making franchise system for LBP's who want a better work life balance.
How we took a broken business model and turned it into a profit making franchise system for LBP's who want a better work life balance.
The problem
The problem
In the property inspection game, you get paid per report. The trouble is, doing an inspection and then writing the report can take all day, seriously reducing the amount of money you can make.
On top of this, you have to understand and do your own marketing, do your own selling, collect the money and do all your own admin.
It's a big job for what should be a simple business.
As an LBP you're experienced at undertaking complex builds and running big jobs with big budgets, but... no one has taught you anything about sales and marketing let alone typing out reports - like we said, the business model is broken so someone had to fix it.
The solution
The solution
1. Easily producing three to four reports a day
1. Easily producing three to four reports a day
To be successful in business you need to make money, but if you're only able to turn around a report a day then you're going to have to work pretty hard to make the business "work" for you and your family instead of sacrificing your life to "work for it".
Red LBP was born out of this frustration. Owner Dan Paltridge, like most builders in Christchurch, New Zealand was a qualified builder with 20 years' experience and had been working as a building consultant after the 2011 earthquakes. Knowing this work had an end date, Dan chose to stay in the consulting field and switched his attention to pre-purchase property inspections but found the going was pretty tough.
Victoria, Dan's wife and business partner who owned a Quantity Surveying business knew there had to be a better way so together they developed a reporting system that streamlined the whole process. You literally walk around a house with an iPad gathering all the information you need and by the time you finish the inspection the report is 90% complete bar a bit of editing that'll take you anything from 20 to 60 minutes with a bit of experience.
Exclusive to Red LBP
Exclusive to Red LBP
Red LBP Franchisees can produce three to four times more full reports in a single day than similar competing services with our easy to use reporting software.
Red LBP Franchisees can produce three to four times more full reports in a single day than similar competing services with our easy to use reporting software.
2. A marketing machine that produces bookings with minimum effort
2. A marketing machine that produces bookings with minimum effort
As a tradie you've probably never had to do much marketing so we've taken all the guess work out of it and built a marketing platform that does all the hard work for you.
In November 2019 we launched a highly targeted campaign and the results were almost instant with sales for the whole group increasing by 474% in just three months.
The system we invested in handles all your marketing from targeting hot leads right through to booking your services and "pushing" the appointment through to the calendar on your phone.
"So how much can I make" you ask?
"So how much can I make" you ask?
Ah yes, the most commonly asked question, and fair enough too. The short answer is, we can't make any promises... but we can tell you, that on average our franchisees made over $208,000 during 2024 and we consistently inspect more than 5% of ALL houses sold each month in New Zealand, that's the power of a great marketing machine.
3. Admin done for you
3. Admin done for you
No one makes money by sitting around doing admin and to be honest, your time is better spent on more important things like family, hobbies and leisure. We take pride in the fact that our franchise system is highly automated and virtually paperless.
Here's a list of all the admin the system and support team take care of for you as a Red LBP Franchisee:
- Booking all your appointments.
- Collecting money from customers.
- Marketing, website and social media.
- In bound calls.
- All the other boring stuff.
The only thing you have to do is...
- Turn up and do your inspections.
- Do your own accounts and GST (or get a bookkeeper to do it for you).
- Block out time in your calendar for more important stuff... like fishing.
Trevor traded a highly stressful time sucking job for a Red LBP property inspection business and won back his time to go fishing whenever he wants.
Trevor traded a highly stressful time sucking job for a Red LBP property inspection business and won back his time to go fishing whenever he wants.
Being part of Red LBP means joining a nationwide team that truly supports its people. With coverage across almost the entire country and team events every six months focused on training, social connection, and continuous growth, Red LBP invests in its people.
For me, transitioning from a busy commercial construction career to this role has been a game-changer. I now have the flexibility to set my own schedule, take time off when needed, and tailor my work to suit my experience, skills, and qualifications.
It’s the perfect fit for my lifestyle at this stage of my career—and now I’m loving all the extra time for fishing!
Trevor Garrett
Kāpiti and Porirua Franchise Owner
Trevor traded a highly stressful time sucking job for a Red LBP property inspection business and won back his time to go fishing whenever he wants.
Trevor traded a highly stressful time sucking job for a Red LBP property inspection business and won back his time to go fishing whenever he wants.
Being part of Red LBP means joining a nationwide team that truly supports its people. With coverage across almost the entire country and team events every six months focused on training, social connection, and continuous growth, Red LBP invests in its people.
For me, transitioning from a busy commercial construction career to this role has been a game-changer. I now have the flexibility to set my own schedule, take time off when needed, and tailor my work to suit my experience, skills, and qualifications.
It’s the perfect fit for my lifestyle at this stage of my career—and now I’m loving all the extra time for fishing!
Trevor Garrett
Kāpiti and Porirua Franchise Owner
"No Hard Sell" Jamie Mackintosh on his experience joining Red LBP.
"No Hard Sell" Jamie Mackintosh on his experience joining Red LBP.
Being part of the Red LBP franchise means you are never alone, you have a whole team behind you. Whether that is in the form of knowledge sharing or taking the extra admin off your hands. As a franchisee you have access to all the amazing tools such as social media and business management to help keep your business at the top of the list.
We love the diversity in what we inspect, some days you're inspecting a basic townhouse then you may be inspecting a multi-million dollar property with expansive water views. We have explored so much more of our area and found so many incredible places that we would have never known existed.
Jamie Mackintosh
Northland Franchise Owner
"No Hard Sell" Jamie Mackintosh on his experience joining Red LBP.
"No Hard Sell" Jamie Mackintosh on his experience joining Red LBP.
Being part of the Red LBP franchise means you are never alone, you have a whole team behind you. Whether that is in the form of knowledge sharing or taking the extra admin off your hands. As a franchisee you have access to all the amazing tools such as social media and business management to help keep your business at the top of the list.
We love the diversity in what we inspect, some days you're inspecting a basic townhouse then you may be inspecting a multi-million dollar property with expansive water views. We have explored so much more of our area and found so many incredible places that we would have never known existed.
Jamie Mackintosh
Northland Franchise Owner
I joined Red LBP after hearing about it through colleagues... best decision I've made!
I joined Red LBP after hearing about it through colleagues... best decision I've made!
Since taking over an existing territory, the training, support, and guidance we’ve received have been absolutely amazing. The culture here is second to none, and we couldn’t be more grateful to be part of such a fantastic team.
Red LBP truly is one out of the bag!
Andy Vann
Christchurch East Franchise Owner
I joined Red LBP after hearing about it through colleagues... best decision I've made!
I joined Red LBP after hearing about it through colleagues... best decision I've made!
Since taking over an existing territory, the training, support, and guidance we’ve received have been absolutely amazing. The culture here is second to none, and we couldn’t be more grateful to be part of such a fantastic team.
Red LBP truly is one out of the bag!
Andy Vann
Christchurch East Franchise Owner
