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  • CrestClean franchisees buy dream home after business doubles...

    Five years after starting their CrestClean business, Chetankumar and Rajeshriben Patel have plenty to celebrate. Having more than doubled the size of their business, the Auckland West franchisees have bought their “dream home” and are enjoying the satisfaction of ‘being their own bosses’. “We are so happy. We have a

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  • Resham & Gurjit celebrate 20 years with CrestClean!

    Resham Singh grew up on a pineapple farm in Fiji — his father, who is in his 80s, still lives on the farm and Resham is fortunate to visit him a couple of times a year. But, having left Fiji 20 years ago, Resham now lives a very different life.

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  • Tara and John celebrate 3 years with CrestClean!

    Congratulations to Auckland West franchisees John Ikitogia and Tara Tere, who have received a 3-Year Long Service Award from CrestClean. The couple were presented with the award by one of their happy customers, Boaz Peach, who is the branch manager of Plumbing World New Lynn. John and Tara have been

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  • Electric van pays off for Waikato franchisee

    It’s a clean, green, money-saving machine! Narend Kumar has become the first Waikato franchisee to use a fully electric van for his CrestClean business, and says there’s no looking back. The 2018 Reanult Kangoo is saving him $1000 a month in fuel and operating costs, while also helping to save

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  • CrestClean to the rescue during Auckland floods!

    Not all heroes wear capes… some wear blue and green and come to the rescue with a carpet cleaning machine. CrestClean carpet cleaning teams in Auckland have been busy helping flood ravaged businesses to get back up and running by removing sludge and water from their office floors. Auckland West

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  • CrestClean franchisee sets his sights on growing million-dollar...

    Look after your staff and your customers, and the business will look after itself. That is Auckland CrestClean franchisee Sri Gunasingam’s approach to running his business, and for him it has been a winning formula. Sri has the largest CrestClean franchise in the country, with 15 staff and a turnover

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  • Meet CrestClean’s Carpet Cleaning experts

    CrestClean has two new Carpet Cleaning Trainers, after franchisees Fiza Rahiman and Mohammed Ashad successfully completed the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) Carpet Cleaning Technicians course. As trainers for CrestClean’s Master Cleaners Training Institute (MCTI), they are responsible for training franchisees throughout New Zealand on how to

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  • “He’s our CrestClean baby!”

    Jezka and John Jadulos call their 2-month-old son, Jaxon, their “CrestClean baby” because he was born the same week they started their cleaning business. “It was funny because when I was doing my cleaning training, I was pregnant and a few weeks later Jaxon was born,” says Jezka. The couple

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  • ‘Crestmas’ celebration enjoyed by Dunedin franchisees

    Cookies, candles, crackers and Christmas cuisine made for a very merry ‘Crestmas’ celebration in Dunedin. Franchisees and their families enjoyed an end-of-year Christmas party at the Pirates Rugby Club where they shared a festive grazing platter, which included custom-made cookies, reindeer cupcakes and a selection of other sweet and savoury

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  • Santa helps CrestClean reward tidy Kiwis at Randwick...

    At Christmas, children around the world leave cookies and milk out for Santa, but at Randwick Park School it was Santa who treated the kids to a tasty snack. When CrestClean franchisees Reginald and Shafneez Chand visited the school to reward ‘Cleanest Classroom’ winners with pizza, Reginald thought it would

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  • Christmas cheer from the classroom!

    A colourful Christmas card signed by junior pupils at Te Matauru Primary School in Rangiora was the perfect way to end the term for CrestClean franchisee Nisar Kaskar. “It was a big surprise, we weren’t expecting it!” says Nisar. “We appreciate the effort the kids have gone to, and we

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  • Rain fails to put a dampener on festivities...

    A wet December has resulted in the cancellation of festive events across the country but a few hardy South Canterbury franchisees weren’t going to let their annual Christmas party be a washout. Despite it being a grey, drizzly day, around 20 franchisees and their families braved the summer showers to

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