We are using a license arrangement for the members that need something formalized for visa or other purposes. It seems to satisfy the officials enough and avoids the sub-lease wording.
Jon @jonbuford boot.hk On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI, all exec suites (Regus & co.) and most coworking use "memberships". > This is probably the most common way to ensure that the "members" have no > property rights over the space, despite whatever "dedicated" status we assign > to an office or desk. Landlords do not want to deal with a whole bunch of > mini-tenants - they complicate liability, responsibility, etc. > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Anne wrote: > >> We at pariSoma do "memberships" as well and only do formal sublease >> contracts for international businesses who need such an agreement for >> Visas. >> >> >> On Jan 20, 11:34 am, Susan Evans <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Paul, >>> >>> Our landlord required us to avoid any sublease language, and our members are >>> instead required to sign "space licenses" to our space. It's a part of our >>> membership agreement and it's all pretty simple. I'm not sure if that same >>> language translates exactly (in legalese, that is) to different countries, >>> but if you'd like to take a look at it I'm happy to share it with you - just >>> drop me a message directly. >>> >>> Best of luck! >>> >>> Susan >>> __ >>> Office Nomads >>> officenomads.com >>> 206-484-5859 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:51 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]<coworking%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups >>>> .com> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.

