G.J. Gardner Homes

1114 S. St. Mary’s Street, Suite 100 San Antonio, Texas 78210

[email protected]

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G.J. Gardner Homes (USA) PTY LTD as trustee for The G.J. Gardner (USA) Unit Trust, is an Australian limited liability company formed on November 11, 2003. They maintain their principal place of business at Level 1 Landmark Resort, Cnr. of The Esplanade & Burnett Street, Mooloolaba, Queensland 4557, Australia. They also maintain an office in the United States at 211 North Loop 1604 East, Suite 240, One Twin Oaks, San Antonio, Texas 78232They have offered franchises since 2003.

We offer franchises to become a G.J. Gardner Homes franchisee of a G.J. Gardner Business (the “Franchised Business” or, generally, the “Business”) under the terms of a franchise agreement (a “Franchise Agreement”). We offer to enter into Franchise Agreements with qualified corporations and persons (“you”) that wish to establish and operate a Business. (In this disclosure document, “you” means the person or legal entity with whom we enter into an agreement. The term “you” also refers to the direct and indirect owners of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership that signs a Franchise Agreement as the “franchisee.”) Under a Franchise Agreement, we will grant you the right (and you will accept the obligation) to operate a Business from an agreed-upon specified location (the “Approved Location”). You will also be granted a specified territory (the “Territory”) within which you may operate the Business and in which you will receive certain protected rights. The form of Franchise Agreement is attached to this disclosure document as Exhibit A. Businesses are characterized by GJGH's system (the “System”) relating to the development, establishment and operation of “G.J. Gardner'' Businesses, which feature a distinctive method, style and system of home-building. Some of the features of the System include plans for interior layout of a business, design and decoration, equipment selection and installation, an integrated software package, merchandising, advertising, sales and promotional techniques, personnel training, office and site practice and procedure and other matters relating to the operation of a homebuilding business. GJGH may periodically change and improve parts of the System. G.J. Gardner Homes Businesses also feature specific architectural plans and designs (“Plans”) for construction of houses, multifamily units, remodels, additions, other dwellings or any industrial or commercial building units (“Units”), homebuilding techniques and methods, and related business and marketing procedures (all of which are also part of the System) You must operate your Franchised Business in accordance with the standards and procedures, as set out in GJGH's confidential operations manual (the “Manual”). We will lend you, or make available electronically, a copy of the Manual for the duration of the Franchise Agreement. In addition, we will grant you the right to use certain trademarks, including the mark “G.J. Gardner Homes” and any other trade names and marks that GJGH designates in writing for use with the System (the “Proprietary Marks”).