Does the text specify any deadlines associated with the 'This' column 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.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 91–92)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Precision Door Service's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee must begin operating their business within 6 months of the date that Precision Door Service signs the Franchise Agreement. However, the franchisee may not commence operations until they have satisfactorily completed the training program and complied with all other pre-opening obligations. Precision Door Service is not responsible or liable for any pre-opening obligations, losses, or expenses incurred by the franchisee, including those resulting from failure to comply with these obligations or failure to open by a particular date.
Additionally, the franchisee is responsible for finding and purchasing or leasing a site that meets Precision Door Service's site selection guidelines and standards and is located within the designated territory. Precision Door Service will approve the site as long as it meets their guidelines and will attempt to provide approval or disapproval within 10 business days after the franchisee submits the location information and evidence of compliance with the site selection guidelines.
It is the franchisee's sole responsibility to evaluate, negotiate, and enter into a lease or purchase agreement for the Franchise Location premises. The Franchise Location must also be constructed and equipped according to Precision Door Service's current approved specifications and standards as outlined in the Operations Manual. The franchisee must maintain and periodically refresh the building, equipment, vehicles, fixtures, furnishings, signage, and trade dress in accordance with Precision Door Service's requirements and any periodic evaluations by their representatives.