A large portion of our success comes down to our incredible network of skilled local builders who share Stroud’s values of genuine quality, real service, honest transparency and community spirit. We recently shared the experiences that our NSW and QLD franchisees have had since joining Stroud Homes. Below you can hear from our builders in […]
QLD Home Building Franchisee Testimonials
Video Transcript Slade: I have been in the building industry for 27 years. Started building homes right through the states in New South Wales, North Queensland, Northern Territory, before we settled back home in the Wide Bay Area. Patrick: My background starts back in high school, doing a school-based apprenticeship with my dad […]
NSW Home Building Franchisee Testimonials
Video Transcript Matt: Previous to starting with Stroud, my main experience was becoming a tradesman. John: I’ve been in the building and construction industry now for over 20 years. Joel: Previous to Stroud Homes, my whole experience was working for other builders. Yarren: I left school, I did my apprenticeship, I started out doing […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Trevor (Rockhampton, QLD)
Video Transcript: James: What was life like before you joined Stroud? Trevor: Well, before I joined Stroud, building is enjoyable but hard. So, just knowing where you are in the build financially, having no systems and things like that, it just made it really hard, to the point where it made it unenjoyable, wasn’t […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Tom (Lockyer Valley, QLD)
Tom: I am Tom Sachs from Stroud Homes Lockyer Valley. I’ve got quite a broad experience in the construction industry, I’ve done commercial sites, car parks, but my love is the residential construction and that’s what brought me through to Stroud Homes. I chose a franchise because there’s a lot already set up for […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Scott & Brooke (Young & Goulburn)
Scott: Yeah. So I left school at 15, started my apprenticeship. And from there, I’ve subcontracted. From 20 year old, I was fully qualified. Spent the next sort of 5, 10 years subcontracting, working all over New South Wales. Then decided to get my builder’s license, and, you know, started doing it myself. […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Matt (Northern Rivers, NSW)
Matt Lowson: Previous to starting with Stroud, my main experience was coming from a tradesman, then onto supervision, then onto management through some of the major companies, the major building companies in Southeast Queensland. And that experience taught me a lot in what not to do and what to do as well, bringing that […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Travis (Wollongong, NSW)
Travis Butler: After I completed my apprenticeship and my builders course I went out and did some renovations and extensions with a builder. And then I was branching out into building my own new homes. I got an opportunity to start doing some TAFE teaching, which I took, thoroughly enjoyed working with some younger […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Thomas (Brisbane South Acreage, QLD)
Thomas Eldridge: I had a master’s in civil engineering in the States at the University of Colorado and then moved over to Australia with my wife. And here we moved up to Queensland, started with nothing, and I ended up getting a job with James Stroud at the original franchise, in Jimboomba, as a […]
Franchisee Testimonial: Yarren (Coffs Harbour, NSW)
Video Transcript Yarren: I left school, I did my apprenticeship, I started out doing a little maintenance role, and then ended up working in Sydney at Fox Studio. A few other places doing a lot of film set work. I’ve had a fair bit of experience with some commercial stuff and a lot of […]