Business meeting demand
AWimmera family business selling, servicing and repairing golf carts started from a simple desire for Ben Perkin to spend more time at home with his twin sons.
Ben was keen to pursue a money-generating activity from home in Natimuk and after chatting with his wife Kate-lyn’s father John and his father-in-law’s partner Carolyn decided to pursue the niche BK Carts business.
Kate-lyn said John and Carolyn, as Horsham Golf Club members, kept telling the couple there was an absence of anyone in the Wimmera who provided golf-cart services.
“Many members have carts that they need serviced or fixed have to either to travel to get the job done or come to wait for technicians to come to Horsham,” she said.
“We saw an opportunity to offer something to Wimmera customers that hasn’t been available for a long time.”
Ben spent three years working for a company called Craig’s Onsites at Warragul that was dedicated purely to golf-cart service repairs and sales and as a result has accumulated considerable experience and knowledge in the field.
“We still work closely with Craig, with Ben making the most of any opportunities to gain more expertise,” Kate-lyn said.
Kate-lyn grew up in Horsham and has mainly worked in retail and hospitality, managing a Horsham business for nearly 12 years, before taking on a role with Tennis Victoria. “We understand the importance of local sport and are heavily involved in different clubs in our region,” she said.
The couple’s twin boys Deagan and Slater, 6, have already shown love of sport.
BK Carts sources as many of its parts and products it can locally and has already teamed up with other Wimmera businesses as part of a broad support-and-promote philosophy. BK Carts operate a mobile van that is available to travel throughout the region to meet service demand and sells both new and second-hand carts.