Zooks
Well-Known Member
Good Afternoon Geeks.
Bare with me as this post may be a slightly lengthy one. Some of you geeks may recall I wrote a post some time ago about getting myself into a really awkward situation with the lady I am renting a room from. Basically a new salon was due to open in my home town, I had been looking at the place myself but didn't have the capital to invest at the time, so when I discovered she was looking to create a treatment room I contacted her immediately and we agreed I could rent the room from her.
At the time I was in a full time retail job doing mobile beauty in the evenings and went into it full of hope, as you do, and I thought quite prepared.
Contracts were discussed and I had some say in how the treatment room would be set up. I asked to have a sink in and was told it wasn't in their budget to be able to provide one but that if I could contribute towards some of the electrical work being done they would be able to afford it (all a little peculiar I know) I agreed as I wanted the sink and my brother could do the work at a reduced price for me.
Finally we opened a few months a go and I have asked several times about sorting out a contract and been told we would get it sorted on about 6 occasions now. I get on really well with the lady but she is extremely disorganised in most of the things she does so I put the lack of contract down to that. I asked a couple more times and was aware it could become quite awkward asking again and again but I'm sure you understand I wanted to have some guarantee and security after taking a loan out and leaving a well paid full time job to do what I truly wanted to do. Finally after letting it rest for a month or so I broached the subject again the other day. To which she replied, its a problem as I don't think I am allowed to sub-let. This hit me like a tonne of bricks as this had never ever been mentioned and perhaps stupidly didn't event cross my mind.
Now, I am all too aware that I should have sorted this before I started but having not done it before my naivety obviously played apart so I would appreciate not being lectured as in the previous post when I was looking for a little help rather than to quite literally be told of my already realised error.. I'm aware this was my mistake and I am wondering what my options are in this situation if any at all.
Is there another kind of contract we can have drawn up? Am I even allowed to be there? Am I breaking the law by being there or is she by being the one letting the room out?
I am absolutely devastated by this revelation and realise my error. I would honestly say I have done more marketing and research than the salon owner and have put equal amounts of money into adverts promoting the salon rather than doing my business individually. I have allowed myself to be take a for a fool. I want to carry on working from there after building myself a good client base but could do with some solid advice on where to go from here.
Thanyou if you have taken the time to read this.
Bare with me as this post may be a slightly lengthy one. Some of you geeks may recall I wrote a post some time ago about getting myself into a really awkward situation with the lady I am renting a room from. Basically a new salon was due to open in my home town, I had been looking at the place myself but didn't have the capital to invest at the time, so when I discovered she was looking to create a treatment room I contacted her immediately and we agreed I could rent the room from her.
At the time I was in a full time retail job doing mobile beauty in the evenings and went into it full of hope, as you do, and I thought quite prepared.
Contracts were discussed and I had some say in how the treatment room would be set up. I asked to have a sink in and was told it wasn't in their budget to be able to provide one but that if I could contribute towards some of the electrical work being done they would be able to afford it (all a little peculiar I know) I agreed as I wanted the sink and my brother could do the work at a reduced price for me.
Finally we opened a few months a go and I have asked several times about sorting out a contract and been told we would get it sorted on about 6 occasions now. I get on really well with the lady but she is extremely disorganised in most of the things she does so I put the lack of contract down to that. I asked a couple more times and was aware it could become quite awkward asking again and again but I'm sure you understand I wanted to have some guarantee and security after taking a loan out and leaving a well paid full time job to do what I truly wanted to do. Finally after letting it rest for a month or so I broached the subject again the other day. To which she replied, its a problem as I don't think I am allowed to sub-let. This hit me like a tonne of bricks as this had never ever been mentioned and perhaps stupidly didn't event cross my mind.
Now, I am all too aware that I should have sorted this before I started but having not done it before my naivety obviously played apart so I would appreciate not being lectured as in the previous post when I was looking for a little help rather than to quite literally be told of my already realised error.. I'm aware this was my mistake and I am wondering what my options are in this situation if any at all.
Is there another kind of contract we can have drawn up? Am I even allowed to be there? Am I breaking the law by being there or is she by being the one letting the room out?
I am absolutely devastated by this revelation and realise my error. I would honestly say I have done more marketing and research than the salon owner and have put equal amounts of money into adverts promoting the salon rather than doing my business individually. I have allowed myself to be take a for a fool. I want to carry on working from there after building myself a good client base but could do with some solid advice on where to go from here.
Thanyou if you have taken the time to read this.