Three associates who give up their full-time jobs to launch a enterprise have managed to show over £1million in simply 12 months.

Kevin Baker, Richard Blane and Neal Thorne ditched their careers to begin Amazing Lofts, a specialist loft storage and insulation enterprise, because the cost-of-living disaster started to chunk at the beginning of 2022.

Founded in Banbury, Oxfordshire, the enterprise now has depots in Bristol, Colchester and Watford, and employs greater than 35 workers.

Mr Baker stated: “It was a massive leap of faith, but we saw an opportunity and grasped it with both hands.

“Our friends and family thought we were crazy and some told us not to do it. But we had confidence [in] our vision and now reap the rewards.”

Mr Baker instructed Express.co.uk that, whereas the "demand" for house has by no means been "greater", the staff "pinpointed a gap in the market". He stated: "We blended our hands-on experience as tradesmen with effective marketing to resolve people’s storage woes."

He added: “If you have faith in your product and the team around you, back yourself and go for it.”

The staff invested £5,000 into Amazing Lofts to get began, which lined digital promoting and renting a transport container so inventory might be saved when the primary orders had been positioned.

The enterprise then broke the £1million income ceiling in the identical month a poll of two,000 owners by EDF Energy revealed 30 p.c had by no means stepped foot inside their loft.

Fears of falling, grime, poor lighting and spiders are among the many many causes folks attributed to avoiding the house, nevertheless, the Amazing Lofts staff stated most of their jobs take lower than a day to finish.

Mr Baker stated: “We’re a nation of hoarders. We go to excessive lengths to make our homes have that feel of warmth but forget the area with so much potential – our lofts.

“They’re often neglected and forgotten, which is where we help. We insulate lofts which helps reduce energy bills and provide storage space, so it’s a win, win.”

Mr Thorne added: “It was a bold move to launch a new startup in such unnerving times economically, but it’s paid off.

“Even better, our first year of operation has gone way beyond what we imagined to be possible.

“We want to be the market leader for sustainable loft solutions and make a real difference to the homes of our customers. Our friends have certainly changed their tune and some have asked our team to kit out their lofts.”