After many years, approximately 2,000,000 kilometers and all the long hours and overnight’s away from home under my belt whilst making my living as an owner/driver and on wages as a Truck Driver, it was time for a drastic change in lifestyle.

We had been looking for a while, on a casual basis, for a business opportunity and as the lure of being my own boss strengthened, it was a turning point the day we read the advertisement for becoming a Jim’s Fencing franchisee.

I contacted Dean to find out more about how a franchise worked. Dean was able to answer all of my questions and also gave me the name of a couple of other franchisees to contact and get an overview of the business, e.g. earnings, workload and support from the franchisor.

It was an easy decision to make and the process was very painless as Dean, Meesha and Dave Czynski were always available and answered every question that Chris and I had. Their support and expertise is an on-going process and has certainly helped our business to become successful. To that end, I am now a Trainer and am currently training my second franchisee. This is a bonus because I find that I really enjoy passing along the knowledge that I have gained and I know that at the end of the training that they will do the Jim’s Group proud.
I have a solid relationship with several Real Estate agencies, one Government Department and also have a large repeat client base and word of mouth referrals. It is also nice to be complimented regularly on the presentation of our ute and trailer and I believe that this also has contributed to our success. Currently, I have booked out work for the next twelve weeks.
Not long after commencing with Jim’s I took on my first off-sider due to the heavy lifting involved with Hardifence and also to better service my clients. This has proved to be a successful step and one that I would recommend to any franchisee, particularly with the high demand in Western Australia for Hardifence.
Chris is kept busy in the office with the paperwork which not only keeps her involved and up to date with our business but is a bonus for me and negates the need for a bookkeeper.
The Eagle Award was an unexpected extra and I am very proud to have been chosen for this honour. We would like to again thank Dean and Meesha Watson, our Franchisor’s and Dave Czynski for all of their help and support.

Glen Hoar - Brisbane

In 2004 I decided to leave my job as a fitter and turner, and find myself an outdoors business in which I felt I would have some success in. After assessing the franchises and small businesses available in Brisbane I came to the conclusion that a Jim's Fencing franchise would provide an outdoor, customer interactive business and would provide the support that I would need in a new business.

I am glad I made such a great decision, I feel I have grown a strong business from scratch and had support as needed. I am a firm believer in the Jim's name, branding and franchise methods. After four years, I have now reached the stage where all of my work is through referrals or ongoing contacts, and often simply result of Jim's Fencing signage on my truck & trailer.

I have built up an 'arsenal' of tools to now include a toro mini digger, a truck and believe one of my best sales features is a photo site on the web which is full of examples of my work and helps with style suggestions for the undecided.

I am loving the outdoor work, talking with both customers and chatty neighbours alike and producing a quality product the customer is happy with and I can be proud of. It is a great feeling to say at the end of the day “I built that”