Yay On Oct 10, 2012 5:44 PM, "Adrian Stoness" <tdk.kni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yay > > Were stupid if we walk > > > On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, Justin Lacko wrote: > >> Hello members, >> >> I just finished speaking with the landlords, and Jake, the Remco >> representative. >> >> This is what we're looking at for our new lease, should we choose to >> accept it: >> - Tenant covers gas and electricity; owner provides $1000 annually to >> cover public electrical usage >> - Revision of 6 month clause to come into effect only for the purpose >> of the building going Red River/similar-type owner (wording still >> being revised by landlord) >> - 5 year lease >> - Base rent stays at $1500 >> >> This is less than we hoped for upon negotiation as a group, but it's >> the best I could do, as the representative of SkullSpace - I got our >> point across that we have very little surplus monthy to afford more. >> We must understand that we're getting the floor for ~$2.00/sq. ft. - >> which is far less than anywhere else in this neighbourhood by a >> conservative estimate of $3. We pay $18k annually in rent. The >> landlord is making absolutely no profit on us - in fact, they're >> losing money with the current agreement. They just want us to pay our >> own electrical and stop losing money - they will be breaking even this >> way. This is about as fair as it gets. The $1500 we pay covers the >> insurance and taxes and water. Talk about upgrading the windows and >> such did occur, but it would happen at the cost of raising the rent >> substantially (think double) so the landlord could recoup the cost >> over time. Electrical metering is still being discussed but it seems >> that given that the landlord will offset the cost of public services >> with a $1k subsidy, they may just leave it as-is, and then breakout >> metering of SkullSpace and AssentWorks will have to be done (Mike >> Legary and I are in discussion about how we're going to work this). >> >> The tough part that I need to clarify with Remco is that the landlord >> wants us to pay our previous couple of electrical bills - note that >> this is a separate issue from the lease and does not affect if we sign >> it or not, so please treat it separately. >> >> Guys, I can't stress enough that there's no room for negotiation here >> any further concerning our lease. Either we accept this or we walk... >> I can guarantee you that you won't find a deal like this anywhere - >> you simply won't. >> >> Therefore I am proposing that we sign the lease once it has been >> drafted and accurately reflects what I have outlined above. >> AssentWorks is already on-board and will sign the lease. >> >> Please indicate your support by responding with a yea or a nay for >> supporting this. >> >> I will answer questions of clarification but will not respond any >> further to asking for more concessions in the lease or responses to >> rants about how the landlord is bad because of this or that. >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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