Hi guys
Just wanted your opinion on this situation thats been playing on my mind over the weekend....
I answered an ad about a Hotel wanting a self employed Beauty Therapist to rent a Beauty room within their new Leisure complex.
I went to have a look and it is very nice, lovely pool, relaxation area, all up to date features.
The Beauty room is nice, good wide electric couch, nail station, sink.
Just needed afew extra things sorting (paintwork was scraped on a part of the wall, coat hooks putting up, storage cupboard for products) which they said they would sort out for me.
They only want £30 a week rent which they would raise to £50 if I get a steady income. Also 10% on Hotel guest bookings, which they say cover admin costs.
They seemed keen to raise my prices by 20%, saying that because I was so reasonably priced, they were sure that the guests they had staying at their Hotel (quite rich) would be happy to pay more.
We agreed on that and they seemed keen to get my treatments/prices on their website. Only we hadnt set a start date, so I wasn't rushing to set the room up as I wanted the maintenance issues to get done first.
But due to several enquires and bookings for Saturday, I started earlier. I quickly moved some stuff in late last week and found that the wall was still scratched and they had to draft some large heaters in to get the room warm, which proved awkward as its not a large room. But I managed it.
As I was leaving I bumped into the owner who asked how it went and said we'd have to meet this week to go through some stuff like insurance confirmation etc.
He then mentioned something about the 20% and I said "I thought we agreed on 10%?"
I think he was meaning the new Hotel's increased prices for treatments, but he then went on to say that he'll deduct the 10% off my original (cheaper) prices.
I couldnt really stop and talk as I had to leave quickly, but I have a horrible feeling that he wants to keep that 20% raise ( about £8 per trt) in treatments as his profit + the 10% he'll then take off my original treatment price + the £30 weekly rent?
If he does mean that then I am actually quite angry as this was not mentioned in our discussions and it also means he's taking 30% of my hard work + the weekly rent which I'm not happy about.
Its abit greedy isnt it ?
Hope you've understood all that !
Michelle x
Just wanted your opinion on this situation thats been playing on my mind over the weekend....
I answered an ad about a Hotel wanting a self employed Beauty Therapist to rent a Beauty room within their new Leisure complex.
I went to have a look and it is very nice, lovely pool, relaxation area, all up to date features.
The Beauty room is nice, good wide electric couch, nail station, sink.
Just needed afew extra things sorting (paintwork was scraped on a part of the wall, coat hooks putting up, storage cupboard for products) which they said they would sort out for me.
They only want £30 a week rent which they would raise to £50 if I get a steady income. Also 10% on Hotel guest bookings, which they say cover admin costs.
They seemed keen to raise my prices by 20%, saying that because I was so reasonably priced, they were sure that the guests they had staying at their Hotel (quite rich) would be happy to pay more.
We agreed on that and they seemed keen to get my treatments/prices on their website. Only we hadnt set a start date, so I wasn't rushing to set the room up as I wanted the maintenance issues to get done first.
But due to several enquires and bookings for Saturday, I started earlier. I quickly moved some stuff in late last week and found that the wall was still scratched and they had to draft some large heaters in to get the room warm, which proved awkward as its not a large room. But I managed it.
As I was leaving I bumped into the owner who asked how it went and said we'd have to meet this week to go through some stuff like insurance confirmation etc.
He then mentioned something about the 20% and I said "I thought we agreed on 10%?"
I think he was meaning the new Hotel's increased prices for treatments, but he then went on to say that he'll deduct the 10% off my original (cheaper) prices.
I couldnt really stop and talk as I had to leave quickly, but I have a horrible feeling that he wants to keep that 20% raise ( about £8 per trt) in treatments as his profit + the 10% he'll then take off my original treatment price + the £30 weekly rent?
If he does mean that then I am actually quite angry as this was not mentioned in our discussions and it also means he's taking 30% of my hard work + the weekly rent which I'm not happy about.
Its abit greedy isnt it ?
Hope you've understood all that !
Michelle x
