Being a structural engineer, I run a engineering consultancy where we would design both residential and commercial properties. My specialty is in concrete construction and also structural specification. I've been in construction for over 20 years, found that I really wanted to differentiate myself in terms of defining my own brand in Victoria. Through due diligence and looking around. Stroud on the internet really stood out for me, and I was able to approach them, ask them about what they were … [Read more...]

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 were...I was 17-years-old. I went straight to Sydney to complete a business degree. Slade came with me and we traveled around Australia with him working in construction in Melbourne, … [Read more...]

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 the foreseeable future. Once I'd finished my apprenticeship, I sort of branched out and started to work as a contractor with different companies, different firms, doing different projects and different … [Read more...]

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 about. I'm here just asking David a few questions about being a franchisee for Stroud Homes. So, if you're thinking about being a franchisee, David's got some insight … [Read more...]

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 Trevor's come down, and he's, we're going through some of the display homes. We're here at the Waterlily and Springfield Rise, which is … [Read more...]

I'm Nathan Dunn. I'm the Stroud's Gold Coast builder, a carpenter by trade. So, I worked for my father, that's where it all started. My uncle is a builder as well. So, I got a fair bit of experience and time hands-on with them and progressed my way through the industry. And I've worked for many builders in Queensland, some of the major builders, so I had experience with them and thought I'd give it a crack myself. Since about year 2000, I've been operating my business hands-on, running my own … [Read more...]

  Before joining Stroud, I was running carpentry gangs and doing lots of renovations and extensions. I received a cold text message really one day from head office, yeah, just inquiring about...to builders in Victoria who'd wanna join up with Stroud Homes. So I ran this past my father who's also my business partner. And yeah, we were looking to get ahead of the renovation game through Stroud, we saw that that was the best opportunity to get into new homes. And we met with James and he … [Read more...]