I purposefully avoided a sublease situation at our space. I sell memberships not subleases. We still have a membership agreement and all of our memberships are month to month so there's no long term contract implications when a person buys a membership.
On Jan 16, 9:33 am, Jack Speranza <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul -- > > I can't speak to the particulars of Australian law, but as both > Australia and the US legal systems find their roots in British common > law, there's probably enough similarities that I can help get you > started down the right track (though my primary gig is business > services, I'm a licensed attorney here in the US ). > > Typically, a sub-lease arrangement carries the legal implication of > affording the sub-lessee with certain property rights. This is why > most standard lease arrangements disallow it or wrap certain terms and > conditions around it. > > I agree with one of the posters below that your intended business > model should be clearly communicated to the landlord. You can still > provide services to others through a straight contractual arrangement > known as a license. You want to make clear that you are not granting > the user any property rights... merely a license to use your services > based upon the terms and conditions you set forth in your license. > Legally, this is a more limited right and should satisfy any concerns > your landlord (and his/her lenders) may otherwise have. > > As somebody noted below, you should really run this by a local > attorney... they will be best equipped to provide you with the right > solution. > > Good luck! > > Jack Speranza > Founder, the zen bungalowhttp://zenbungalow.com > > On Jan 15, 8:51 pm, Paulie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I am about to enter a commercial lease for premises to start a Co > > Working Studio called Epic Studios. I know the land lord will be > > adverse to me sub leasing though & want to avoid having to sub lease > > to co workers. How do I get around that legally? Someone mentioned > > creating a membership. Does this mean people still enter into an > > agreement when they move in? > > > If anyone has any formal information on the wording of a Membership + > > Agreement around this, that would be much appreciated. > > > Thanks again. > > > Paul - Epic Studios > > Melbourne - Australia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
