Not wanting to hijack the studo thread, I have been thinking....

[lscottpht]

Yeah, thats true, Paul. I forgot about having to have someone there at all times. I guess priority would be a place that we could bring clients into. I am way too busy to man a studio all day, too.

[CaptainTom]

You've got to keep in mind that the basic lease cost is not all you have to pay for.
Electricity, Insurance, DSL, maintenance, furniture, telephone (cell phone would work).

Plus, if you have a bunch of people in a co-op, you have to have some paperwork in place to make sure the bills are paid if a couple of folks flake out, or fail to pay, etc.

It is workable, but a hell of a lot more goes into it than just renting out a location.

[brad]

And unless you plan on starting a company of which you are each stock-holders (in other words, make it a real, official co-op), one single individual will have to sign the lease.. and that one single person will be the one responsible for the building, the bills, the insurance, and all of those other things.

So in other words, make sure you have a good lawyer draw up the co-op contract (and keep him/her on retainer to deal with any legal arguments... in other words, have lots of money set aside to pay said lawyer).. because your other option is just to do it yourself and then rent it out to others.

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by ShaneKislack

Hey Don, I might be interested in renting some time. Do you have pics of the facilities?

I don't have shots of the facility, but you can go to my website and see examples of some of the sets. All senior and children images are at my place as are most portraits. If you really need shots of the place I can make some and post them.

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by boxofrocks

I'm looking for the same thing, and probably in the Coppell/Irving/Grapevine/Lewisville area, somewhere near Vista Ridge Mall would be the general area.

Can you say $ 20.00+ per square foot plus CAM.

[ShaneKislack]

"If you really need shots of the place I can make some and post them."

I don't NEED them...unless you are interested in renting it.

[CaptainTom]

Originally Posted by ShaneKislack

"If you really need shots of the place I can make some and post them."

I don't NEED them...unless you are interested in renting it.

I think Don was offering his studio for rental. I have been there, and it is really quite a good place for any kind of shooting.

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by picasso

Hey Don,
What part of Denton are you in? Its about 20 minutes from here. What were your ideas? Were you wanting to get some people together to help pay for rent and share it type thing or are you just offering it up for rent? What type or area is it in? High traffic? Is there a place for hanging photos? Thanks....
Paul

I'm on Hwy. 380 about a half mile west of I-35 towards Decatur. I own the building. It is around 5,000 sq.ft. total.

If it helps some of you guys advance your business then I am open to discussing something that benefits both of us. I am not trying to make a living renting my facility, but at the same time it sits idle for much of the time and I would like to see someone using it.

It has a large fully equipped camera room and a couple of gallery areas. Let me know if that interests anyone.

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by NathanJK

It's denton...can ANY part really be called high traffic? (in a good way). I used to live there for 4 years of college, good god do I ever hate that town.

They demolished Mr. Chopsticks today. Did you hate it as well? Uncommon ground goes tomorrow.

[gbux61]

Paul,
I would be interested in seeing what we could come up in the Grapevine area.

[boxofrocks]

Originally Posted by bondarnes

Can you say $ 20.00+ per square foot plus CAM.

Don, I was thinking more warehouse than storefront.

[sdsmith0322]

Does anyone know of someone that has something like this setup already either in the Austin or San Antonio area?

[picasso]

I am thinking Grapvine might be a good place to look as well. The co-op I have seen is ran by the individuals in it. They take turns working on the weekends. I am not sure about weekdays. For that part of it we could put "By appointment only" or something to that effect. A phone line would be less than $50 per month and there would be utilities of course but, my guess is that it would be less than $400 per month as long as A/C was not ran when people were not there. This is just an idea. If people are interested I will do some research in the down town area and see if there is anything that might work and present it here. I also have the attorney covered as my wife is one and does contracts on a daily basis.

Paul