Sublease
I am currently leasing a 615 sq.ft. office space with two treatment rooms. I have been a tenant for a little over a year. This month I have added an Aesthetician to my practice. She is a new grad and I am mentoring her. She is an Independent Contractor, but does not pay a set monthly rent. She pays a commission based rent dependent on how many clients she sees, etc. I just received notice that my landlord wants to raise my rent by 22% because of the addition of this Aesthetician. Is this the standard in salons that sublease their hairdresser chairs and massage/Aesthetician rooms? Do landlords typically raise and lower rent based on how many stations are subleaesd? I am not very pleased that he wants to raise my rent because I will end up paying out of pocket just to mentor her. Am I just not seeing his view?
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Kligman on
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The laws are so different in every state. I would contact a commercial real estate attorney to advise you as your lease may protect you from your landlord being able to do this. It should require as little as 1 hour of an attorney's time to read over your lease and advise you/write a letter to your landlord. And for$250, it would totally be worth it!
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Permalink Reply by Colette Fontana on
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You need to look at the terms of the lease to see if there is any clause that mentions upping the rent for more than one person occupying the space. Otherwise, I don't think your landlord has any say about it. If you are renting the space for a set amount per square foot, the landlord has no say as to how many employees/contractors you may have working there, and has no business knowing about anything going on in your business and using that to up the rent, unless your lease is up, in which case you can renegotiate the terms. (of course if your rent was lowered originally on the basis of only one occupant in the space, the landlord may have a right to increase it)
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