Autoplex Carpark Expansion Almost Ready For Sign Off
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Congestion will no longer be a problem at Autoplex now that its car parking redevelopment is almost complete.
The business is in the final stages of its car parking upgrade and ready to sign off an extra 10 car parking spaces, to cater for ongoing growth.
Owner Daniel Blain has worked hard to improve capacity at the central located garage on Yarrow Street, and with room now for 22 car parks, the warrant of fitness specialists will be able to reduce the bottleneck at peak trading time.
“We used to only have 12 carparks for sometimes up to 40 vehicles, which was a growth problem. But it created a significant bottleneck.”
Just over 11 years ago he bought the business from his parents David and Jenny, and has worked hard to maintain their values, to carry on their original dream of becoming a ‘no-appointment drive in warrant of fitness’ specialist.
Autoplex started with just one WOF hoist and a second one was added in 1995 to meet demand.
Then years later and after some alterations, another was added in 2001, and following the global pandemic, business picked up again and a fourth hoist was added in 2021 - thanks to a Covid-19 business loan.
Acquiring land behind the garage has allowed the car park development to proceed and the next step is to upgrade the garage to enable a fifth WOF bay onsite.
In another new development, Autoplex has recently upgraded to electronic WoF check sheets making it easy if the customer loses their copy.
There are also plans to expand the administration area and waiting room to give both staff and customers more room to move.
“We’re focused on improving the service and we are expanding our capability to reduce wait times for a warrant of fitness,” he said.
Daniel said customers should note that 10-3pm was their busiest time, but they were open from 8am so people can drop their vehicles off on the way to work.
They’ll even drop you off to where you need to go, while your car is being worked on - Daniel said it’s all about making life easier and life easier - just part of what they do at Autoplex.