How many extensions can a Big Blue Swim School franchisee request to sign the lease?
Big_Blue_Swim_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
(2) A Lease must be signed by the end of the Site Selection Period. However, if you cannot sign a Lease by the end of the Site Selection Period despite your diligent efforts to do so, you may request (at no cost to you) two separate thirty (30)-day extensions to sign the Lease. We will not unreasonably deny your request if the reasons for each extension request demonstrate your diligence in the site selection and leasing process. However, these extensions are not available if we exercise our right to terminate this Agreement because you reject a Qualified Site.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 75–76)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Big Blue Swim School Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee is allowed to request two separate extensions to sign the lease. These extensions are each thirty days in length.
To be granted these extensions, the franchisee must demonstrate diligent efforts in the site selection and leasing process. Big Blue Swim School states that it will not unreasonably deny the request if the franchisee can adequately demonstrate their diligence.
However, these extensions are not available if Big Blue Swim School chooses to terminate the Franchise Agreement because the franchisee rejects a Qualified Site. This means that if the franchisee declines a site that Big Blue Swim School deems suitable, the option for these extensions is forfeited.