What are the requirements for a 'Franchise Location' for a Precision Door Service franchise?
Precision_Door_Service Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- A. Franchise Location. You are responsible for finding and purchasing or leasing a site that meets our site selection guidelines and standards and is located in the Territory. We will approve your site as long as it meets our site selection guidelines and we will attempt to provide our approval or disapproval within 10 business days after you submit the location information (together with evidence of compliance with our site selection guidelines) to us. In addition, your Franchise Location must meet the following conditions:
- (i) You must begin operating your Business within 6 months of the date we sign this Agreement, although you may not commence operations of your Business until you have satisfactorily completed our training program and complied with your other preopening obligations. We are not responsible or liable for any of your pre-opening obligations, losses or expenses, including those you might incur for your failure to comply with these obligations or your failure to open by a particular date. We have no responsibility for any lease; it is your sole responsibility to evaluate, negotiate and enter into a lease or a purchase agreement for the Franchise Location premises.
- (ii) You must construct and equip your Franchise Location in accordance with our current approved specifications and standards as set forth in the Operations Manual. You must maintain and periodically refresh the building, equipment, vehicles, fixtures, furnishings, signage and trade dress (including the interior and exterior appearance) used in the operation of your Business in accordance with our requirements established periodically and any periodic evaluations of the premises by our representatives.
From time to time as we require, you must effect items of modernization and/or replacement of the premises, trade dress, vehicles, equipment and grounds as may be necessary for your Business to conform to the standards for similarly situated new PRECISION GARAGE DOOR SERVICE® Businesses.
Each Transfer of any interest in this Agreement or your Business under Section 10 and each renewal under Section 4 are expressly conditioned upon your compliance with our then-current modernization or replacement requirements.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 91–92)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Precision Door Service FDD, franchisees are responsible for securing a location that aligns with the franchisor's site selection guidelines and standards within their designated territory. Precision Door Service retains the right to approve or disapprove the site, with a commitment to respond within 10 business days of receiving the location information and evidence of compliance with site selection guidelines.
The FDD stipulates that franchisees must commence business operations within six months of signing the Franchise Agreement. However, operations cannot begin until the franchisee has successfully completed the training program and met all pre-opening obligations. It's important to note that Precision Door Service bears no responsibility for any pre-opening obligations, losses, or expenses incurred by the franchisee, including those resulting from failure to comply with obligations or meet specific opening dates. The franchisee is solely responsible for evaluating, negotiating, and securing a lease or purchase agreement for the franchise location.
The FDD also states that the franchisee is obligated to construct and equip the franchise location according to Precision Door Service's current approved specifications and standards, as detailed in the Operations Manual. Furthermore, franchisees must maintain and periodically refresh the building, equipment, vehicles, fixtures, furnishings, signage, and trade dress, ensuring both the interior and exterior appearance align with Precision Door Service's requirements and any periodic evaluations conducted by the franchisor's representatives. Franchisees are expected to modernize or replace premises, trade dress, vehicles, and equipment as needed to conform to the standards of new Precision Door Service businesses. Compliance with these modernization or replacement requirements is a condition for any transfer of interest in the Franchise Agreement or business, as well as for any renewal of the agreement.