At 16, Chris entered the workforce. He hasn’t stopped working for himself since.
He spent a year on the crew at McDonald’s, then five years keeping the equipment running, then five years managing the whole operation. After that, eight years in sales. Nearly two decades of showing up, doing the job and making other people’s businesses run smoothly.
At some point, he decided it was time to do that for himself.
“I wanted to be in total control of how I used my time,” he says. “Owning my own business was the best way to achieve that.”
He looked at several franchise systems before landing on V.I.P. Commercial Cleaning. What stood out wasn’t just the business model. It was flexibility built into it. The ability to scale up when he wanted to push hard, pull back when he didn’t and build additional income streams if he chose to. For someone who’d spent years working within other people’s structures, that kind of control mattered.
He started in South Australia. Then moved to New South Wales and built it again. That’s not a small thing. Most business owners are tied to a location. Chris packed up, crossed state lines and picked up where he left off, which is exactly the kind of portability V.I.P.’s commercial cleaning franchise model makes possible.
Today he runs a successful franchise in NSW and works as a V.I.P. Trainer and Field Support Manager, helping new franchisees find their footing. It’s added another income stream to the mix and another way to stay engaged with the business on his own terms.
Some years he pushes hard for growth. Other he sells part of the work and frees up his time. He decides. That’s the point.
“The flexibility to decide how much money I make,” he says, is the best thing about owning a franchise. Not the income itself. The control over it.
Thinking About Building a Franchise on Your Terms?
Chris’s story shows what’s possible when the business model fits the person, not the other way around.
V.I.P. Commercial Cleaning franchises are available across Australia, with the flexibility to grow, scale and even relocate as your life changes.
Enquire now to find out how a V.I.P. Commercial Cleaning franchise could look like for you.
