The questions below are the ones boiler company owners actually ask us, usually in the first call. The short version: we prepare the marketing and operating side of your business for scaling, succession or sale; we don't value companies, give legal or tax advice, or touch a boiler. If your question isn't here, call, text or email us.
Frequently asked questions
How much does exit-readiness work cost?
It runs on HVAC.Agency's published plans: Starter at $2,998 a month, Growth at $4,498 and Elite at $8,998, with websites from $3,500. A boiler owner pays in Canadian dollars, plus GST/HST for the province (GST and QST in Quebec). Advisory on an actual sale, through Sedighi.ca, is quoted separately.
Do we have to sign a long contract?
No. There is no lock-in, and the first seven days are a free trial that doesn't need a credit card. If you stop, every account and asset we set up stays with your company.
How early should we start before selling?
Ideally two to three years ahead. Asset transfers take weeks, but renewal history and an owner-independent reputation build one heating season at a time, and those are the parts buyers tend to weigh.
Can you tell us what our company is worth?
No. We don't publish valuation multiples or estimate prices, and nobody can honestly promise you a sale price in advance. We help you strengthen the things a valuation will look at, and Sedighi.ca can discuss formal advisory when you are ready.
Do you give legal, tax or securities advice?
No. Share versus asset sales, contracts, tax planning, real property and securities questions belong with your lawyer, your accountant and other licensed professionals. We prepare the marketing and operating records they will rely on.
We tried an agency before and it didn't work. Why would this be different?
Most agency work is measured on leads this month. Ours is also measured on whether the business can be handed over: who owns the accounts, whether records can be verified, and whether customers depend on the owner. You'll see those measures in writing from the start.
Who will own the website, Google profile and ad accounts?
Your company, always. We work with manager-level access only. If a past supplier holds any of your accounts, recovering them is one of the first things we do.
Can you promise more leads or a higher sale price?
No, and you should be careful with anyone who does. We can show you named results from our HVAC work, explain our plan, and report honestly on what changes each month.
What reports will we receive?
Monthly reports on leads and jobs by source, cost per booked job and the state of your maintenance base, plus an asset register showing who owns each account. Weekly reporting is part of the Growth plan.
Do you install, repair or service boilers?
No. We are not a contractor and have no technicians. We work only on marketing, customer programs, brand and records.
Can you help if a family member is taking over rather than a buyer?
Yes. Most of the work is identical: transferable assets, documented customers and a brand that doesn't depend on one person. The difference is that the successor can be introduced to customers gradually, over several seasons.
Do you work outside British Columbia?
Yes. We work with boiler companies in every province and territory, and our regional pages explain what is different about each market.
Will this disrupt our heating season?
It shouldn't. We schedule phone porting, website changes and listing transfers for spring and summer, and keep the busy months for steady work like reporting and review requests.
Questions about cost and commitment
Our work uses HVAC.Agency's published plans, with no lock-in and a 7-day free trial. The full breakdown is on the pricing page, including what each plan includes and a twelve-month worked example with tax.
The one thing worth repeating here: we don't take a cut of any sale. Our fees are for the work, not for the outcome of a transaction.
Questions about timing
The most common regret we hear is "I wish I'd started earlier." Some fixes are fast, such as recovering a domain or removing a personal number from a listing. Others are slow by nature. Two years of renewal records take two years. A reputation that names your team rather than you takes several heating seasons of reviews.
Our exit readiness timeline lays out what to do in each of the three years before a sale, season by season.
Questions about what we won't do
We are clear about the edges because the stakes are high:
- No valuations or multiples. We won't put a number on your business.
- No promised sale prices. Nobody can honestly promise one.
- No securities, legal, tax or real-estate advice. These belong with licensed professionals you appoint.
- No installs, repairs or service. We are not a contractor.
Transaction and M&A advisory, when you reach that stage, is handled by Sedighi.ca.
Questions about past agencies
Many boiler owners have had at least one agency relationship end badly, sometimes with the agency still holding the Google profile or the domain. That is exactly the kind of problem an exit-readiness approach is designed to prevent.
When you work with us, your company owns every account, and we hold manager access only. If you leave, nothing goes with us. The transferable marketing assets page explains how we inventory and recover accounts.
Questions about succession inside the family or team
Not every exit is a sale to a stranger. Many boiler companies pass to a son or daughter, a long-serving manager, or a group of senior technicians. The preparation is almost the same, and in some ways more important, because an internal successor inherits every shortcut the founder took.
The practical differences are about pace and introductions. An internal successor can be named in reviews, put on the website and introduced to key accounts over two or three heating seasons, which makes the hand-over feel natural to customers. What stays identical is the need for company-owned accounts, documented maintenance customers and records that show where work comes from. Lenders who finance an internal buyout tend to ask many of the same questions an outside buyer would. The structure of any internal transfer is a question for your lawyer and accountant, and Sedighi.ca can advise on the transaction side.
Questions about scaling rather than selling
Some owners have no plan to sell at all; they want to grow, open a second location, or launch a separate boiler brand inside a broader HVAC company. The same groundwork applies. A company that owns its assets, tracks its lead sources and doesn't depend on one person to quote every job is simply easier to expand. The GasBoilers.ca example on our results page shows a boiler division given its own brand and website, which is one common way to scale.
Questions about evidence
A buyer will ask you to prove what you say about your business. We help you prepare for that by building reports that trace every figure to a source, and by marking gaps honestly rather than smoothing them over. The buyer-ready marketing data page shows what that looks like, and the results page shows named outcomes from our HVAC work.