"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
At the size you are looking at you must have the business to support it so I would for sure look to buy although in my area there are a few 10k sq ft shops for only $1800 a month, just not a great area.
Here in California you have to get permits even for pallet racks. And a fire department inspection.And if they aren't seismic rated they'll chain your doors.
Spent a lot of time down in Georgetown and around the old Rainier brewery waiting for trains.And up in the U hassling college students. I really like Seattle a lot, though I've only been thereduring the week of summer.
So our lease is up on our shop in May 1st. 2013 we're so packed in here it's not even funny. We're looking to move from 2,500 SQ feet to a 8-10K square foot place. We don't want to move again in 3-5 years. We're not looking for a store front as most if not all our business is phone, web, email. One thing i'm wondering about is hiring an agent. Someone to work our side of the deal. Has anyone done this? Is it worth it? I know it's like private real state where their commission is paid by the building owner so it's no out of pocket for us.. kinda. But i'm wondering how you even find someone like this?Also i came up with a list of questions / needs for the new place. Anyone have anything to add or any advise / knowledge they have now that they wish they would have known before getting a new place? I'd really appreciate it!Questions: 3 phase available? How many amps coming into the unit?Natural Gas hookup? Can we cut a hole in the roof for our dryer exhaust?Water? Drains?No compete clause?Thanks, Jamie
Before I bought our place our rent was $1500 per month for 8,000sqft. We used a real-estate agent, but found the place on my own but wanted someone between me and the owner and I am glad I did that. We had some issues with things over the last 3 years and the owner is impossible to reach so the real-estate agent would handle issues and take it out of what he paid the owner from our rent. Now that I own the place I now collect $1600 per month for other portion of our building. I didn't really think I would get into real-estate but it was a wise choice for us in this case. Our building is 14ksqft total. We do not share anything with the back side, other than 1 cinder block wall with no doors. The back has its own entry and bay doors just like our side. When I decide I need more space, I will boot them and have another 6k sqft. I estimate that will be 2-3 years max.