Is it wise to rent a treatment room?

[becky30]

I have just qualified in level 2 beauty therapy and am enrolled on the level 3 course next year (2 full days.) I have been volunteering at a local salon to gain professional experience but I am now itching to build up my clientelle. I have done short courses in a few other things aswell so i do have a fair few treatments I can offer, I also have insurance.
You see my problem is that as I am volunteering at a salon, I feel inadequate at the side of the others there, and this in turn knocks my confidence, but the yesterday my boss told the clients that im now qualified and insured so i would be doing their treatments, Im not joking, that little boost was imense and I got stuck in and really pulled my weight, I loved it.
Now I hope im not getting ahead of myself, but my question to you guys is, do you think it would be wise if I now want off to rent a treatment room and start building my own little business, do you think its too early?
The other problem im having at home you see, is my husband pestering me to get a job as money is becoming quite tight, i dont want to lose confidence in my beauty skills by taking on any old job just to make ends meet, i know it would be slow to start with, but my idea is just to plunge myself into the deep and get on with it, i feel i work better like this. of course another option would be to go mobile but i really dont like the idea of this, plus my car has a big engine so the cost of fuel each week would probably equate to as much as, if not more than the rent of a treatment room.

Sorry to waffle on, I would love your really honest opinions please.
Thankyou.

[becky30]

Anyone???

[littlekate]

It might be worth considering starting off mobile as the thing with having a room is if you pay a monthly rent you always have to pay it whether you have clients or not and with mobile you only have costs when you are actually working. Perhaps you could get a part time job for a guaranteed income and work on your own business the rest of the time so you can build it up without having no money if it's quiet for a while. It will also give you good experience too as this is also important.

Hope that helps! X

[becky30]

Thank you for your reply, I see your point about the mobile thing but I really don't like the idea of going into strangers homes, I tried it once when I first qualified in acrylics and really didn't feel comfortable with it.
What I would really love is to be employed as a beauty therapist, but everyone is self employed in my area.
I have enquired about a room at £45 per week which I don't think is bad, but their response to me was, "they are not sure if it's what I was expecting," this has made me uneasy too.
Why is it all so hard???

[Rachel_Glamorous]

Thank you for your reply, I see your point about the mobile thing but I really don't like the idea of going into strangers homes, I tried it once when I first qualified in acrylics and really didn't feel comfortable with it.
What I would really love is to be employed as a beauty therapist, but everyone is self employed in my area.
I have enquired about a room at £45 per week which I don't think is bad, but their response to me was, "they are not sure if it's what I was expecting," this has made me uneasy too.
Why is it all so hard???

£45 a week for a treatment room is a bargain, will they expect a bond too?

[becky30]

I think £45 per week is a very good deal, BUT I don't know what is included in that, I don't know if they will want a bond or anything, the person that has it is on holiday at the moment so they are going to ring me next week, it said in the advert that the previous person was there 25 years, but when I enquired, they emailed me back saying I sound like an ideal candidate but they are not sure if it's what I am expecting. I'm not sure what they mean by that and it makes me uneasy, oh well it's worth a look!