Directing the Stroud Homes Gold Coast Office, Nathan and his wife Terri have had a remarkable first year with 21 sales in 12 months! While the Gold Coast Home Builder web page presents a bequest to their customers “let us exceed your expectations,” they seem to want to exceed their own too. Officially their goal for the first year of operation was 12 sales, though Nathan had set himself a higher goal of 18, putting their success down to a combination of things. … [Read more...]

  He was up early, out the door before the kids and I were up, so they didn't see him in the morning. He would be off doing quotes after hours, so in the afternoons he'd be out meeting with people, going to houses, traveling all the way around Brisbane and Gold Coast to different sites. And weekends, doing quotes, as well. Sundays we get a bit of time together, but yeah, generally it was pretty hectic. So working full-time and trying to run a small business, chasing jobs all the time. … [Read more...]

  So it's just going nine months now. We've actually secured 11 sales so things are going really well. We've got three staff members. So we've just put on a sales person because inquiry has just been so good that, yeah, it's been really exciting to bring new people into the team and see the business grow. A big addition is my wife, Terri. She's been able to give up her job and come into the business so we're truly a team. Team Dunn effort at the moment so yeah we're really excited about … [Read more...]

  The reason that I am here today is because I have humongous love for the building industry and I love building new homes. The reason that I decided to get a Stroud Homes franchise is I was looking at better options trying to get away from basically the renovation game, the game where there is a lot of competition. The reason I was attracted to Stroud Homes than other franchises which I was called about and offered for a few, is basically they weren't structured enough, they weren't … [Read more...]

Greg: I was on the tools all the time and running the business as well, so time becomes a real issue. You end up working 18 hours a day in the business, and you can't do anything else. I needed a different challenge. I'd had enough of the renos, the long hours and so forth, and I'd sort of made up my mind that I was looking for something. I didn't know what at that stage, but I was looking. An ad came out for Stroud Homes franchises, and I had a bit of a look through it. I liked the immediate … [Read more...]