You can buy a James Home Services franchise for less than $60,000 and become your own boss with all the backing you can expect from an established franchisor.

All training, equipment and ongoing support is included in the initial cost and new franchisees can take advantage of a $1000 weekly income guarantee for the first three months of operating the business.

On top of the brand-related information, the franchisor can help with crucial issues such as workplace health and safety, and employment rules and regulations.

This business has been around since 1993, so there’s plenty of experience in the franchise network.

There’s also plenty of choice in the services you can deliver as a franchisee. Choose from the following:

• interior home care
• lawn and garden care
• windows and exterior home care
• carpet cleaning and pest control
• mobile car cleaning and detailing
• mobile pet grooming and hydrobath

Each franchisee runs their business within a protected territory, with a call centre delivering all-important leads for potential new customers.

For the more adventurous, or ambitious, the opportunity to run a regional franchise means you can build up a larger area and support franchisees in your region.

Franchisees don’t need any particular experience before signing up to the business because technical and business learnings are part of the training. However it is an advantage to join the network of 79 franchisees around the country with some business management skills.

According to analysis firm IBISWorld, Australia’s gardening services industry alone is worth $3bn to the nation’s economy, and James Home Services believes there’s growing demand across the home care and maintenance sector.