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Greg and Ola Treco are a dynamic husband and wife team who has been involved with family-owned international franchises for over 20 years. The couple lived in the Bahamas, Greg&rsquo;s home country, for a number of years before moving their family to Aurora, CO to give their children an opportunity to experience American culture and be closer to Ola&rsquo;s family in her home country. They first found <a href="http://franchise.thecleaningauthority.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchisee-voices-greg-and-ola-treco-of-the-cleaning-authority-7099" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cleaning Authority</a> as customers of the brand and decided to become franchisees after the phenomenal service provided by the brand. After working together for decades, the Trecos learned the importance of conflict resolution, communication and understanding each other&rsquo;s strengths. In the future, they hope to grow The Cleaning Authority brand in Colorado and create a legacy that the entire family will be proud of and carry on for many years. 

1851 spoke with Ola to learn more about how the duo got involved with the brand.

Tell us a little bit about your background.

We have worked together for decades. Greg is from the Bahamas and we spent the first 15 years of our marriage there. We lived in the Bahamas because Greg had an obligation to the government to pay back in service for funding his education. In order to go to college, he was required to repay the country through service. We both taught in the public school system in the Bahamas and had a franchise business in the home appliance (Whirlpool, Electrolux, Samsung), restaurant and retail industries. We then joined a company and became general managers in education, accounting and management. At that company, we worked in the same office together for 12 years. Then we moved to the U.S. because we wanted our children to experience both of our native cultures. Since Ola&rsquo;s sister lived in Colorado, it was the perfect choice. We wanted our kids to know their family and the American culture. We continued our careers in the U.S. with United Shipping.

After working together for over 20 years, we learned it is important not to go to bed angry. In professional conflict resolution, it is important to make sure that you&rsquo;re listening and communicating and understand that communication is a two way street.

Why did you choose to become a franchisee with The Cleaning Authority? How did you learn about the brand?

We found out about The Cleaning Authority by becoming a customer and actually decided to franchise with them based off of the strong customer relationship. We were looking for something to call our own and were impressed with how quickly the process went with The Cleaning Authority. &nbsp;Throughout the process, we became sure that this was the best brand for us. We never actually thought we would be interested in residential cleaning, but we found that the brand&rsquo;s infrastructure had depth and was supportive. It is a comfort to know that everyone on the corporate team is there for us, follows through and gives us input to make us successful. Everything they have said during the signing and training process has proven to be true and we are very sure that we&rsquo;re sold on this brand and are looking forward to success.

What&rsquo;s next for you and your business? Do you have any development/expansion plans with the brand? 

We hope the business grows and we would like to turn it over to our children at some point. Our daughter&rsquo;s husband, our son-in-law, will be playing a key role in the business as soon as it opens and will transition into more of a leadership role as they get established.

Franchisee Voices: Greg and Ola Treco of The Cleaning Authority

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Greg and Ola Treco have been involved in franchising for over 20 years and decided to sign on with The Cleaning Authority.

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