I agree with Jess, no pedicure chair. I would be looking somewhere else to go. I just moved from one place to a new place I now have my own space not community space and my rent is 300 a month . Up from 250 but well worth the extra in my opinion to not have people interjecting into my conversations and such. By taking away the pedi station it will make an impact on your income potential, and is like telling a hairdresser they can't do any perms. Limiting you is not in your best interest . and doing pedis in the waiting room is not good for you ( the proper ergonomics ) or the business. Good luck, if I know anything the women here only want to better our business and would never lead you astray .
Kelley Sent from my iPad On Sep 26, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Jess in WA <[email protected]> wrote: > I think 25% is quite high. I'm in a busy salon area, and at my last salon I > was paying $500, the hair stylists paid between $1k-1500 - however they can > make that in a day! Massage therapists also make far more per hour, so I can > understand her paying more. Lots of salons get rid of nail tech spaces > because it doesn't make as much money for the salon. Others keep them > because they know its good foot traffic and they might choose other services. > I think you should fight for a decrease with you having half the space as > the other, and losing the pedi chair. One of the reasons I left my last > salon and got my own space is because they took my pedi room away and I was > then doing pedis out in the main waiting area, which wasn't comfortable and > far too loud. I think if she's going to take equipment away that needs to > make a difference. > > Jess > > On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 7:38:38 PM UTC-7, ebbieday in VA wrote: >> >> I am doing research to back my case in my current salon. I booth rent for >> $500.00/month, which is somewhat high for my area. The owner has informed >> us (I am one of 2 booth renters...the other is a busy massage therapist) >> that our rent is going up by @25.00/month, and will increase by that amount >> every year. I think this is pretty steep. In 4 years I will be paying >> $600.00/month. and so on with no cap. I don't disagree on increasing rent >> yearly AS LONG as it is reasonable. This is where it gets even sticker. >> >> Initially I agreed to this rent figure because it included a plumbed pedi >> chair. The room is very small, and the chair has since been disposed of as >> it began leaking and couldn't be repaired (it was a used unit that they >> purchased before I started there. They told me they bought the pedi chair >> in order to attract a nail tech, which it did add to the allure.) They >> refused to replace it as a new unit was too expensive. I now have a sink in >> the room in the place of the chair. (yes, I have learned many lessons) I >> know that the massage therapist pays $25.00 less a month than I do, for more >> than double the space. >> >> My question is this: What is the normal standard expectation for basing >> rent and rent increases? >> >> My understanding is there are 2 ways of establishing rent. 1) by square >> footage, and 2) by income tier, with increase being based on a percentage of >> the base. (In our region, stylists commonly pay ~$150-$200/week, and >> nailtechs $100-$125/week to start). I am trying to learn so if I'm wrong, >> please let me know. I also know that an incoming stylist that is going to >> booth rent will also be paying the same rent as I am with the same increase >> yearly. The other 2 stylists are commission based. >> >> Does anyone have any input? Sorry so long. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Debbie in VA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nailtech/-/VmGRs1yF7UYJ. > 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/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" 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/nailtech?hl=en.
