How much do I pay Boulder Designs for the initial 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.
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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, you must pay $12,000 for yourself and your initial manager to attend and complete the initial training. This payment is due upon signing the franchise agreement. The initial training spans approximately five business days and covers one level of training.
This $12,000 payment is considered fully earned and is nonrefundable once you complete the training. However, if you fail to successfully complete the initial training, Boulder Designs reserves the right to deduct expenses from this fee to cover their costs of providing the training. You may also be required to pay an On-Site Training Cancellation Fee.
If you purchase two Boulder Designs franchises, you only need to attend the training once, provided you have not appointed a new Internal Manager. However, transferring controlling interest to a new owner or appointing a new Internal Manager will incur additional training costs for those individuals. Note 8 also mentions re-boot training, which you may be required to attend if your work performance is poor, you have received customer complaints, or the quality of your work is not up to Boulder Designs' standards. You will not be charged a fee for re-boot training unless these conditions are met.