The price for what your paying does sound a bit steep however not really knowing the location and city you live in can be a bit of a curve.....In Las Vegas rent goes any where from $100 to $250 per week depending on the situation and the salon setting and of course location. I am located in the South West side of town close to the 215 FWY I have a private room all to myself NO pedicure bowl or table was furnished to me, however I am my own business within a business I pay $175 per week I have a very large room to come and go as I please, design as I please, do and say what ever when ever and NO one other then myself deals or talks to my clients unless they come into my room. I have worked in many other salons and have had both situations where I worked next to people that were loud, unprofessional, some I had a bowl and some I didn't, and in all the 17 years of dealing with salons and their owners I've always had the choice to either pay and stay or find another location that works best for me.
Ultimately if you and your clients are not happy with the space the setting and the salon owner....GET OUT....Move on to a space that works best for you and your clients, because if your not happy your clients won't be happy! I'm sure all the back and forth in the world about your rent won't change the salon owners mind about how much rent they feel they need and who the heck knows what's really on their agenda for all you know they are charging you more so that they don't have to ask you to leave to make room for something else they figure they will hike your rent so high your gonna leave on your own. Salon owners in my experience are a trip and only have 1 thing on their minds and that's money they really and honestly don't start a business such as this to make people beautiful or want to have this type of business to support the beauty industry, they get a full 100% profit from everything from products to rent and the bottom line as sad as it is, is MONEY!!! I wish you all the luck in the world with this experience to add to your list of being a Manicurist....Welcome to the club!!! Anna Creations by Anna Z-James www.annazjames.com 702-927-8831 -----Original Message----- From: Kelley <kelleymar...@gmail.com> To: nailtech <nailtech@googlegroups.com> Cc: nailtech <nailtech@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thu, Sep 27, 2012 6:19 am Subject: Re: NailTech:: Re: Question for booth renting salon owners 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 <luvna...@gmail.com> 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 nailtech@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 nailtech@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 nailtech@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
