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Daycare Design Ideas
Dog Daycare Designs To Get You Started
When you begin your
quest to open a Dog Daycare, one of the first questions that you will have
is how to design it so that it is both aesthetically appealing as well as
functional for Day to Day Operations. There has to be a balance between the
two, to meet your customers expectations of appearance as well as handle the
abuse that dogs can place upon a facility. To pretty and it will not be able
to stand up to the rigors of day to day operations and you will find
yourself spending more than is necessary in maintenance and upkeep, to
geared toward function and it will fail to impress your customers and leave
them with the impression that your Dog Daycare is both low budget and
unprofessional.
To assist you we have provided on this page a sampling of various designs as
well as a brief narrative to accompany each one which will hopefully get you
started on a path towards success.
2500
sq/ft with Boarding and Grooming
This particular facility would be considered middle budget and will cost
$30,000 - $40,000 to get up and going depending upon your construction and
material costs. This does not include utility deposits, security deposits
for rent or other miscellaneous expenses associated with opening a business
and moving into a commercial location.
The benefits to this particular design is that it is functional in that it
provides you with the ability to produce income from three sources, Dog
Daycare, Grooming and Boarding, while also providing easy maneuverability
throughout the facility while handling dogs as well as it is an
aesthetically appealing layout. This design allows you to converse with
customers in the lobby while insulating them from the noise that 40 or so
dogs may produce. It also provides you with the ability to show customers
the entire facility quickly by utilizing the one main hall. The other nice
advantage that this facility provides is that you can close off the space in
front of the boarding area and use that as a temperament testing area. This
design is intended to make maximum use of the space provided while offering
numerous ways to generate income. A well managed facility of this type and
size can easily generate $75,000 to $150,000 per year in after expense
income for the owner.
1500
sq/ft Facility with Grooming
This is a good example of the type of facility that you would need if you
plan to Start A Dog Daycare in a shopping strip center. These units are
generally fairly standard as far as size and are almost always deeper than
they are wide. In this particular design the customers will enter the store
and immediately be into your lobby and small retail area, this design
although effective requires you and your staff to always be on your toes as
there is no buffer zone between the customers entering and viewing the dogs
in the play area. The advantage to this setup in such a small space is that
you are not solely dependent upon Daycare as your primary revenue source and
have grooming to supplement your income. A facility such as this in the
proper location will likely generate and after expense income of $40,000 to
$60,000 for the owners.
1500
sq/ft Facility No Grooming
This is the exact same size as the previous facility without Grooming, as
you will see we placed the office and reception window on the other side of
the space and switched the little dog play area and big dog play area around
to make use of the extra space since grooming has been omitted. In a strip
center with low to moderate rent ($10-$14 per sq/ft per year) and located
around businesses that have a good consumer draw this facility would likely
generate and after expense income of $30,000 to $50,000 for the owner.
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