At this exact moment, we aren’t yet paying for electricity. We’re costed a
little over $1000/month – about $1475 after a $450 discretionary budget. We’re
actually doing really good with this, but of course taking in a few hundred
dollars of cost quickly eats into these margins.
(I guess we’re paying for gas, now? That could increase our cost by $500, if
the estimates are correct. We just don’t know right now. That would peg us at
$1500/month, at most, or $1950 after spending.)
A membership of 40 and snacks of $300, as well as $100 of donations and merch,
gives us $2000/month, easily. Thus why we chose $450 as ‘discretionary
spending’. It’s what we’ve got left over.
Mark Jenkins made that great spreadsheet of costs (though he forgot about
$120/month in insurance). According to that, we’re paying an average of
$1568/month (more in the winter, less in the summer). With $450 discretionary
tacked on, that’s $2018. Add the $120 insurance, and our goal was $2138.
The latest details: Old electrical bills, and additional metering, possibly
with renovations added, for $8000 total. For the sake of things, I’m going to
split that into three-year montly costs, or $222.22.
I’m not entirely sure if that was old bills, the metering, and the costs of
getting a contractor in, or if the contractor was a separate $5000. Can Jay or
someone clarify?
That sits us at an average of $1910, just barely below our spending limit, and
not tenable with our current membership rate (we don’t want to rely on snack
prices). If we wanted the $450 discretionary spending, we’d need $2360.
Justin’s plan #1 will sell the war room and elevator room to AssentWorks for
about $200. Plan #2 will also include the back workshop/storage area, for $284
back. (The slides include some odd numbers, I think because they recalibrated
the space measurements. Mine are based on what we’re paying now, compared to
this.)
So, we were assuming we needed $2138, with Mark’s numbers. Tack on the new
$222.22, and we’d need $2360/month if we take on the new lease. With Plan #1,
that would reduce to $2160. With Plan #2, that would be $2080.
So, there you have it. Any other spaces we look at must be below $2360/month,
and preferably below $2000/month, or there’s no point. This is still a cheapish
place.
According to this, after 3 years, that monthly amount will drop by $222/month.
So, long-term, this space could be $1860/month.
More later, I guess!
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