I really want to buy a shop on my high street. I've changed the business details so as not to out me!
Let's say there's a dog grooming salon on my local high street. It's been there for years, I've got my dog groomed there and they do a great job, but no one else I know does. The reason is because the salon looks terrible, the owners are a bit peculiar and they do nothing to promote the company. For example, there's not even a Facebook page, let alone a website.
It's such a shame as there are loads of dogs in our town, more so since lockdown, but everyone I know drives to next town for grooming because this salon is a bit odd.
While I don't have specific salon owner experience, I know loads about dogs and grooming and the communities (online and offline) around it and really think I could make this grooming salon an asset for our high street. It's in a good location, surrounded by dog owners, and the premises is perfect.
I got made redundant a few months ago and have some money I could potentially invest in such a business. I know this salon isn't doing very well financially as have looked up financial records, but I think it's because of the reasons I've stated above. Just after my redundancy I spoke to them about working there but they couldn't afford to pay anyone at that time.
Is it massively cheeky to approach them to buy the business? I just can't rest thinking how good this place could potentially be but have no idea what the next steps should be.
As I said, this isn't actually about dogs or grooming but about a high street shop so please don't reply about dog grooming being oversaturated/cruel/whatever - I don't know anything about dogs or grooming!