Franchise Business Success Stories

Read on and celebrate success with our people from around New Zealand. Milestones reached, awards won, recognition from our customers - success comes with many faces - a smile from a positive comment, a home purchased through business success and confidence, a smile to the camera while receiving a long service award. Let’s always share our success together.

  • Road to success for former travelling salesman

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    Tauranga franchisee Malcolm Brown celebrated two milestones this year — his 60th birthday and 5 years with CrestClean! Malcolm says there is much to celebrate, as it was owning a CrestClean business that enabled him to turn his life around, proving it’s never too late to make a fresh start

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  • Home ownership dream comes true for South Auckland...

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    South Auckland franchisees Ravin Prakash and Kamna Roy are excited to finally own their own home — but no-one is more excited than their four-year-old son, Ravnik, who now has his own playroom! “He goes in there and plays with his toys. He likes it so much he won’t let

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  • North Harbour franchisees leap into home ownership

    Cleaners jump in the air outside their new home.

    Just one year after buying a CrestClean business, Rizwan Khan and Fazia Ali are jumping for joy. The success of their business has enabled the North Harbour franchisees to buy their first home, a beautiful, near-new, five-bedroom property. “We’re pretty shocked that we have done this in such a small

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  • Cleaning and friendship the key to success for...

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    Lalita Devi and Dharam Singh make friends wherever they go — and their customers are no exception! The Wellington couple have been cleaning one public sector agency office since they bought their CrestClean franchise eight years ago and say the staff there are “like family”. “They are really friendly and

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  • Move south brings success for CrestClean franchisee

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    When Richard Chand left Auckland for a new life in Invercargill, he wondered what he was getting himself into. “I didn’t know anyone. When I got to the airport, I didn’t even have a place to stay,” says Richard. But now, with a family, three properties and an accounting degree,

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  • Triple excellence for Nelson franchisees

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    They say good things come in threes and that is certainly true for Nelson franchisees Maunghla Pan and Mu Ban Peh. The couple were awarded three Certificates of Excellence in a month, for their ‘excellent customer care and quality of work’ at the kindergarten and two schools that they clean.

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  • Amputee turns life around with CrestClean franchise

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    Khua Zanniat was just 17 when he lost his arm in a workplace accident in Malaysia. With no government assistance and little hope of finding a job to support himself, he faced a bleak future. But, 10 years later, having moved to New Zealand as a refugee, he owns his

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  • Christchurch franchisee buys first home just in time...

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    Fazeel Ali moved to New Zealand with dreams in his head of a better life — but he never dreamt that one day he would own his own home. Now, just two years after buying a CrestClean franchise, Fazeel and his wife Shazia Sazlin have been able to save enough

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  • First home dream becomes a reality for New...

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    When Kiraren Tirate and Linda Etuati moved to New Plymouth from the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati, they never dreamed they would own their own business or their own home — but six years later they have both. The couple came to New Zealand seeking better healthcare and education opportunities

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  • Former bank manager gets his life in balance...

    Cleaner being presented with long service certificate.

    After 30 years in the adrenalin-fuelled world of banking, Richard Kemm craved a different pace of life. With the pressure of long hours and a never-ending workload, he was looking for a change that would carry him through to his retirement — he found it in CrestClean. “The mental stress

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  • Franchisee builds property portfolio after swapping accountancy for...

    Cleaners are presented with certificate.

    A career change from accountant to cleaner has more than paid off for Rajju Prasad. Fifteen years after the switch, he and his wife Manorama own four properties, with plans to build another five. The South Auckland CrestClean franchisees, who were recently presented with a 15-Year Long Service Award, moved

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  • Kāpiti Coast franchisee pays it forward by donating...

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    Kāpiti Coast franchisee Peta Faikimua believes what goes around comes around. So, when she received a CrestClean Excellence Award, including a crisp 50 dollar note, she was quick to donate it to her local church. “We come from a religious background, and as Christians ourselves we believe that the path

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