How Ambition and Proper Marketing Forged a Thriving Bathroom Business.

From £2,500 in the bank to fully booked: the Streamline Solutions story 🎙️🛁 Nathan and Fynnlie have been best mates since they were five years old. They went to college together, trained as plumbers together, and finished their apprenticeships around the same time. Fast forward 7–8 years of working for other companies, and they decided to go it alone. In this episode of the Social Hotspot podcast, the co-founders of Streamline Solutions open up about building a bathroom business from scratch, and how they went from relying on builders for work to being booked back-to-back with their own clients. In this episode: 🚐 Starting out after lockdown in 2021 with £2,500 in the bank, and spending every penny of it on their first van 📅 How they went full-time self-employed by doing weekend jobs and gradually cutting down days with their employer ☯️ Why their friendship works as a “yin and yang” business partnership, with Fynnlie on the phones and organisation and Nathan on the tools 🏗️ Going from 90% of their work coming through builders and loft conversion companies to 85% coming direct from their own clients 📈 Getting so many leads they had to scale back their ad spend to avoid burnout 👷 Their next big step: hiring a plumber or labourer so they can overlap jobs and step off the tools If you’re a tradesperson still relying on other contractors for work, or you’re thinking about taking the leap into running your own business, this one’s for you. Want a steady flow of direct clients for your trade business? Let’s chat. 👉 https://social-hotspot.co.uk #SocialHotspot #TradeMarketing #BathroomFitter #Plumber #SelfEmployed #BusinessGrowth #SmallBusiness #BusinessPodcast