Does Boulder Designs charge a fee if I or my Internal Manager attend training?
Boulder_Designs Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Note 3. When you sign the franchise agreement, you will also pay us $12,000 for You and your initial manager to attend and complete one level of training (Initial Training) over the course of approximately five business days. See Item 11 for more details on Initial Training. Initial Training amount is fully earned and nonrefundable upon completion of your training. If you do not successfully complete the initial training, we reserve the right to deduct any amount from your Initial Training Fee to cover our expense and the cost of providing the initial training course in addition to you paying us the On-Site Training Cancellation Fee. If you purchase two Boulder Designs franchised business, you will only need to attend the training once so long you have not appointed a new Internal Manager. If you transfer controlling interest to a new owner, and/or you appoint a new Internal Manager, you are subject to additional training costs associated with training such new owners and/or internal managers.
Note 4. If you do not own acceptable office and storage space for vehicles, equipment and materials, you may need to lease space adequate to store your equipment as well as maintaining an office. We recommend a minimum of 1,000 square feet of production space which includes a 10 foot tall doorway that is also 10 foot wide. This space should also have access to water and a minimum of 150 amp single phase electric service.
Note 5. The list of required and optional equipment is set forth in Schedule 1 of the Key Terms Page Exhibit 1 to the franchise agreement that is Exhibit D of this disclosure document Any upgrades and related costs must be paid before signing the franchise agreement. The purchase price does not include shipping costs, which are your responsibility. The shipping costs range from $0, if you transport the equipment yourself, to $5,500 if you use a third-party shipping service.
Source: Item 7 — ESTIMATED INITIAL INVESTMENT YOUR ESTIMATED INITIAL INVESTMENT SINGLE FRANCHISE (FDD pages 16–19)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Boulder Designs' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company generally does not charge a fee for franchisees or their Internal Managers to attend re-boot training. However, Boulder Designs will charge a fee if the franchisee's or their Internal Manager's work performance is poor, if they have received customer complaints, or if the quality of their work does not meet Boulder Designs' standards. Payment of this re-boot training fee is required before attending the training and is non-refundable.
Item 7 also states that when signing the franchise agreement, franchisees will pay Boulder Designs $12,000 for themselves and their initial manager to attend and complete one level of initial training over approximately five business days. This initial training fee is fully earned and nonrefundable upon completion of the training. If the franchisee does not successfully complete the initial training, Boulder Designs reserves the right to deduct from the initial training fee to cover their expenses and the cost of providing the initial training course, in addition to the franchisee paying the On-Site Training Cancellation Fee.
The estimated cost of travel and living expenses while training is between $500 and $1,500. This covers expenses such as airlines, hotels, car rentals, and restaurants during the training period, before the Boulder Designs location opens.