Anybody want to share a workshop?

[nickstigsmith]

Hi everyone,

Anyone interested in setting up a ramp workshop with me?

Not really in it for the money, just want somewhere to work on my car.

Thinking we setup a small company, lease premises and install a ramp. The company is split equally between contributing members and the business will then charge an hourly rate for members to keep the lights on/pay the bills, also as you only pay what you use its fair on everyone then.

We could make it available to non-members but that's something we can look at down the line.

Anybody interested?

Nick    

[Acme]

Might help people if you said where you were..

[skkylinedave]

If you go down this route you will need to get insurance and get all sorts done so someone does not drop a spanner on there foot and do you for it , or leave something on and burn it down .

[daklone]

Sounds like an idea Nick.

I'm sure you've thought it through, but whilst everyone "paying for what they use" sounds fair, what happens if say half the members are on holiday for a month in the summer? They haven't used the facility but there are still fixed costs to pay (like rent, insurance etc). Who picks up the tab? Maybe you'd be better off with a standing charge + pay-as-you-go model? Everyone pays a fixed monthly fee to keep the doors open, then an hourly rate for things like electricity and water etc. Even that might get complicated - who logs the time each member has been on-site?

I don't want to pour cold water on it, and it certainly can work, but you just need to think through how it will work and how much time, effort and money you'll have to put into it. Sadly other people often turn out to be less reliable then we'd like them to be...

[nickstigsmith]

Sorry guys, I live in Leeds but I'd be willing to travel. Depends where everyone else is coming from.

Initially I was thinking it could be somewhere for us to use and it could expand in time to let others use it on a pay as you go basis. That way the only insurance we would need would be buildings insurance which I'd imagine spread between us and over 12 months wouldn't be a massive amount.

Daklone you make a decent point. Would probably have to be standing charge plus pay as you use. Think I was just trying to gauge interest in the idea before putting real time in to it. Cheers for your feedback though, you're not pouring cold water, all perfectly valid.

Nick

[slater]

Yes I'd really love to do that with somone off the Internet I've never met.....

You can set these things up but it needs to be one person who holds the responsibility for it all and essentially runs it as a business. Expect alot of risk and expense on stuff like insurance.

[Phil]

I'm looking for covered work space in leeds, so this is of massive interest, probably not until next year when funds become available.

could you not have swipe in/ swipe out procedure by access card, like a clock in RFID card thing?