Slade: I’ve been been in the building industry for 27 years. Started building homes right through the states in New South Wales, North Queensland. I’ve built in the Northern territory before we settled back home, in the Wide Bay area where we continued our own business from there. Aletha: Slade and I met when we […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Patrick Neville (Toowoomba, QLD)
My background starts back in high school doing a school-based apprenticeship with my dad as a carpenter. I didn’t end up finishing school, ended up deciding to go down the trade route which I know it seems to be what I’ve always wanted to do, and what I’m happiest doing and see myself doing for […]
Franchise Testimonial: David Adams (Brisbane East, QLD)
Mark: Morning, everyone. It’s Mark Harris here, franchise development manager for Stroud Homes. I’m here with Dave Adams from the Brisbane East franchise. David: G’day. Mark: How are you, David? David: Good. Thanks. Mark: Yep. So, this is my first visit to a site since the COVID lockdown. It’s really good to be out and […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Trevor Mulholland (Rockhampton, QLD)
Mike: Morning, everyone. It’s Mark Harris here from Stroud Homes, and I’m pleased to introduce Trevor Mulholland, our new franchisee from Rockhampton. Trevor: Good morning. Mike: Welcome aboard, Trevor. How are you? Trevor: Thank you. Yeah, I’m pretty good. Mike: That’s good. Trevor: Very good. Mike: So I’m down here in Brisbane with Trevor. So […]
2 Years as a Stroud Homes Builder
James Stroud chats with Peter Verrier of Stroud Homes Tamworth about Peter’s experience as a Stroud Homes builder.
Building & Cultivating a Team Culture
Collaboration is Key Over the years, Stroud Homes has managed to develop a strong reputation as a franchising home building business all across Australia as well as in New Zealand, attracting new clients and builders alike. An imperative aspect of Stroud Homes’ success and high performance as a major player in the industry is their […]
Communication is Key
Communication, Training & Support The reasons for starting and running your own home building franchise are as plentiful as they are diverse. But deciding to buy your own building business is also daunting and requires a leap of faith. It requires product knowledge, business skills, sales, and more than anything, hard work. Therefore, a vital […]
Customer Designed Homes
Getting Started “If you’re going to start a new home building business, you need to sell homes,” says Stroud Homes owner James Stroud. That sounds pretty straight forward when James says it, but it seems that many builders wanting to go out on their own forget this critical point. Even James himself wasn’t even aware […]
Why buy a Stroud Homes Franchise?
Starting your own business is never an easy feat, and very few entrepreneurs possess the natural ability and expertise to be proficient in all aspects of running a successful building company. That is where a well-established franchisor’s experience comes into play; when you buy a franchise, you buy a system – a complete method of […]
Do established franchises really have an edge over emerging franchises?
Recently I came across an article by Jeff Lefler The Top 3 Reasons to Invest in an Emerging Franchise. The article sums up the advantages of investing in an emerging franchise. As the founder and CEO of just such an emerging franchise, I can certainly attest to these benefits. Lefler explains that franchise systems are […]