Hi all,
I have looked round a 1st floor office block to change into a beauty salon and wanted to get as much advice/opinions whilst I decide on it.
It's above a busy carpet shop in the small town I'm from. It's on a very busy road and directly outside it has a bus stop (thinking of potential clients sat on the bus looking out the window at it-bonus) .
The entrance is completely separate to the business below, but it's set along side the building so I would have to make signage 'entrance this way'.
You get in the building via a buzzer system, so this makes me think as starting as a one man band it's safe but I probably wouldn't get walk ins? Would this put you off? Would it be worth putting a weather proof leaflet box outside?
You then go up the stairs once in, then along a corridor before you would get to the room where I'd be setting up the reception area.
Would it matter if the reception wasn't as soon as you walked in? I'd put signs out showing 'reception this way'. There's room to move it to the top of the stairs once I can afford someone on reception but for now what do you think?
Could I have the front door open, then lock the door leading to the corridor when I'm doing a relaxing treatment? That way my clients can come in and wait in the warmth & could put some leaflets out incase of walk ins?
Please advise! )) xxx
I have looked round a 1st floor office block to change into a beauty salon and wanted to get as much advice/opinions whilst I decide on it.
It's above a busy carpet shop in the small town I'm from. It's on a very busy road and directly outside it has a bus stop (thinking of potential clients sat on the bus looking out the window at it-bonus) .
The entrance is completely separate to the business below, but it's set along side the building so I would have to make signage 'entrance this way'.
You get in the building via a buzzer system, so this makes me think as starting as a one man band it's safe but I probably wouldn't get walk ins? Would this put you off? Would it be worth putting a weather proof leaflet box outside?
You then go up the stairs once in, then along a corridor before you would get to the room where I'd be setting up the reception area.
Would it matter if the reception wasn't as soon as you walked in? I'd put signs out showing 'reception this way'. There's room to move it to the top of the stairs once I can afford someone on reception but for now what do you think?
Could I have the front door open, then lock the door leading to the corridor when I'm doing a relaxing treatment? That way my clients can come in and wait in the warmth & could put some leaflets out incase of walk ins?
Please advise! )) xxx