44 Business Franchise Australia and New Zealand FRANCHISOR IN DEPTH: HOME SORTED! Do you want to join a strong brand offering a unique service while working within your local community? If helping people feel more relaxed and happy within their environment appeals to you, Home Sorted! is the franchise opportunity you’ve been looking for. After writing Home Sorted! A Simple & Effective Guide to Organising your Home, mother of three Nina Rosace realised that the concept of a professional home organising service could be turned into a successful business. She then launched her Home Sorted! Business and commenced organising homes within the Melbourne metro area. With demand high, following the success of the book within all major department and book stores, and subsequent television and radio interviews, Nina has decided to expand her Home Sorted! business by franchising. “If you’ve always dreamed of owning your own business, but aren’t sure where to start, you’ve come to the right place. e benefit of franchising Home Sorted! is that you don’t need to start from scratch. I’ve already figured out what works and what doesn’t and have developed systems that you simply need to follow,” says Nina. TIDY HOME, TIDY MIND e Home Sorted! concept is simple – if people’s lives are organised, they are happier and more productive. Offering simple and effective organising solutions, a franchisee will work with their clients, helping to create a customised organising system for their home or office. is allows clients to create free time, to do more enjoyable activities without spending a fortune to get their home in order. Following an initial phone consultation, the Home Sorted! franchisee visits the home and/ or work place to view any problem areas and discuss a plan of action. Offering solutions HOME SORTED = LIFE SORTED! 44 Business Franchise Australia and New Zealand
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44 Business Franchise Australia and New Zealand
franchisor in depth : home sorted!
do you want to join a strong brand offering a unique service while working within your local community? If helping people feel more relaxed and happy within their environment appeals to you, home sorted! is the franchise opportunity you’ve been looking for.
After writing Home Sorted! A Simple & Effective Guide to Organising your Home, mother of three Nina Rosace realised that the concept of a professional home organising service could be turned into a successful business. She then launched her Home Sorted! Business and commenced organising homes within the Melbourne metro area.
With demand high, following the success of the book within all major department and book stores, and subsequent television and radio interviews, Nina has decided to expand her Home Sorted! business by franchising.
“If you’ve always dreamed of owning your own business, but aren’t sure where to start, you’ve come to the right place. The benefit of franchising Home Sorted! is that you don’t need to start from scratch. I’ve already figured out what works and what doesn’t and have developed systems that you simply need to follow,” says Nina.
tIdY home, tIdY mINdThe Home Sorted! concept is simple – if people’s lives are organised, they are happier and more productive.
Offering simple and effective organising solutions, a franchisee will work with their clients, helping to create a customised organising system for their home or office. This allows clients to create free time, to do more enjoyable activities without spending a fortune to get their home in order.
Following an initial phone consultation, the Home Sorted! franchisee visits the home and/or work place to view any problem areas and discuss a plan of action. Offering solutions
HOME SORTED = LIFE SORTED!
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“the home sorted! concept is simple – if people’s lives are organised, they are happier and more productive.”
and suggestions for the home and family’s needs, the Home Sorted! franchisee also acts as a personal coach, pushing when needed, stepping back when necessary and providing a guiding hand throughout the process.
Home Sorted! offer de-cluttering and organising services for the home or work place, with minimal cost and effort to the client. Tailored to individual needs, room by room organising within the home includes the kitchen, pantry, laundry, bathroom, bedroom, wardrobe, home office and kids areas. Alongside organising the home, other services offered are home relocations, home packing, pre-sale preparation, renovating and downsizing.
The workplace/office is one area guaranteed to fill with clutter due to the constant paper build up and endless filing. Utilising many years of experience, Home Sorted! will create a work environment tailored to their clients’ needs and set up any office in a well organised and useful manner. This includes archiving old files into neatly labelled boxes for future reference and recycling and re-arranging current filing systems within the office set-up.
INVestmeNt ANd oNGoING CostsCreating a strong franchise offering, Home Sorted! offer a step-by-step process for operating a successful business. Dedicated staff provide ongoing assistance and support every step of the way. With seamless and fully integrated systems, the franchisee can focus on simply servicing their clients’ needs, with the assurance that Home Sorted! are guiding them every step of the way.
With an investment level starting at $19,990 (Interest Free Options available), the Home Sorted! franchise package provides everything a franchisee needs to set up and start operating their business from the very first day.
Franchisees receive a full range of Home Sorted! organising products and a brand new Home Sorted! iPad to make quoting, invoicing and stock control easy. Customised software allows the franchisee to keep the business, stock and clients well organised.
No experience is necessary as franchisees
receive a Home Sorted! Franchise Operating Manual, containing detailed ‘how to’ information, full training and ongoing support to assist with the day-to-day running of the franchise.
A two day training session offers step-by-step business tips as well as one-on-one mentoring and support, which ensures that if franchisees have no experience, they will learn everything that is required to successfully establish their own client base and operate their very own business.
With guidance and assistance on how to use the Home Sorted! business stationery, access to online software and iPad to capture and maintain the business processes, franchisees also receive a 90 day proven marketing action plan, with advertising at a local and national level, to grow their business further.
Working within an exclusive franchised territory and servicing the local community, franchisees can create their own flexible roster, work close to home, all while being part of a strong brand.
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A fixed fee weekly royalty of $150 plus GST is charged, in exchange for the continuing right to use the operating system, brand trademarks and other intellectual property. Increasing each year by CPI or 3 per cent (whichever is greater), this royalty contributes to marketing, advertising, ongoing support, brand development, local area marketing campaigns and the continued growth of the Home Sorted! brand.
A FoUr stAGe ProCessStage One: Pre-Qualification
Once an enquiry is made, a brief Franchise Information Kit is sent, including a Confidentiality Agreement. Once the Confidentiality Agreement is signed and returned, a more in-depth Franchise Information Kit is provided and then followed up with a phone call. Prospective franchisees are then invited to complete an official Application Form to apply for their own Home Sorted! franchise. Once reviewed, an interview is scheduled, which is a great opportunity to get to know each other and answer any further questions.
Stage twO: Reserve territory and Due Diligence
A refundable deposit of $2200 is paid by the franchisee to reserve the territory while completing due diligence on the franchise system. If, within 14 days, the franchisee decides not to proceed any further, the deposit is fully refundable. At this stage all legal documentation is provided by Home Sorted! including the Disclosure Document, a copy of the Franchise Code of Conduct and the Franchise Agreement. At this stage, the franchisee also needs to get independent advice.
Stage thRee: Business Plan Review and approval
Once the 14 day period has passed and the franchisee is satisfied with the business offering, the balance is then utilised and the official documentation compiled. All forms are to be returned, signed along with the independent advice form. Once the Franchise Agreement is finalised, another cooling off period of 7 days commences.
Stage FOuR: Sign Contract, Start training and Launch your Business
The date is set for the business launch.
Training is undertaken and the franchise is launched in your very own exclusive territory.
the IdeAL FrANChIseeEach franchisee is required to invest their time, work hard and commit to the business system developed, while maintaining the existing high standards.
Home Sorted! are searching for naturally organised and enthusiastic individuals, who take pride in their work. Franchisees need
to be great multi-taskers, have excellent communication skills and be optimistic and energetic. Added to this, a friendly and helpful nature is required.
If this sounds like you, then this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for. Contact nina Rosace now on:
