Can the Focalpoint Coaching office be located in my residence?
Focalpoint_Coaching Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
-
- Your Office may be located in your residence. Your Office must primarily be used for the operation of the Franchised Business, but you may operate businesses that are not a competitive business (defined below) from your Office. If you choose to locate your Office in a non-residential location, the site location must meet our criteria for demographic characteristics; parking; character of neighborhood; competition from, proximity to, and nature of other businesses; size; appearance; and other physical and commercial characteristics. We may use reasonable efforts to assist you in designating the location of the Office, although we will not conduct site selection activities for you. If an Office has not been approved in writing by us as of the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement, you agree to locate an Office acceptable to us and obtain our written approval of the location within 60 days following the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement. We do not anticipate a situation where we would own the Site and lease it to you for the Office. If we and you cannot agree on an acceptable site and you do not open your Office within 60 days following the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement, we may terminate the Franchise Agreement. (Franchise Agreement − Sections 1.D. and 14.B.)
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 28–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Focalpoint Coaching's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the office for a Focalpoint Coaching franchise can be located in the franchisee's residence. The FDD specifies that the office must be primarily used for the operation of the franchised business. However, the franchisee is permitted to operate other businesses from the same office, as long as those businesses are not competitive with Focalpoint Coaching.
If a franchisee chooses to locate their Focalpoint Coaching office in a non-residential location, the site must meet Focalpoint Coaching's criteria for demographic characteristics, parking, neighborhood character, competition, proximity to other businesses, size, appearance, and other physical and commercial characteristics. While Focalpoint Coaching may offer assistance in designating the location of the office, they do not conduct site selection activities for the franchisee.
It is important to note that if the office location has not been approved in writing by Focalpoint Coaching by the effective date of the Franchise Agreement, the franchisee must locate an office acceptable to Focalpoint Coaching and obtain written approval within 60 days of the effective date. Failure to secure an approved site within this timeframe could lead to termination of the Franchise Agreement.