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Pink89

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The importance of premises/location
« on: 09 May 2013, 05:36:12 pm »

Hi,

I was just wondering how important do you think the location, quality of a property and surroundings is for business?

An apartment in a large modern block, centrally located in the city, seems like a good thing to go for.

But does a cheap flat above a shop, outside of town, perhaps on a main road, also work well, or would it put some customers off?

Basically, how important is premises to clients, does the type of place (ie. luxury vs. not-so-luxury) affect business or are clients just not bothered?
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Re: The importance of premises/location
« Reply #1 on: 09 May 2013, 05:43:07 pm »
As in the title of the tv programme, location location location IMO is VERY important to our business.

The better looking the better.  Guys, whether it is right or wrong, judge us on our surroundings.

Apartment in modern block would be my choice and definitely not the flat above the shop for a million and one reasons.

Cutting back on location and quality would just be like shooting yourself in the foot.
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Pink89

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Re: The importance of premises/location
« Reply #2 on: 09 May 2013, 07:13:35 pm »
Hmm thanks, my gut feeling is that I'm inclined to agree with you.

With so much competition, and not much for clients to differentiate on between escorts, I wouldn't want to disadvantage myself in any way.

I wonder if to work successfully from a flat above a shop you would need to offer lower rates, and be prepared to see, errm, not so nice customers!

The better looking the better.  Guys, whether it is right or wrong, judge us on our surroundings.

Yes, so true in general, and since it's the first thing they see they are judging before they even meet us.

Do you think a city CENTRE apartment is worth the extra expense? Does daytime business from city workers outweigh the extra rent costs?
« Last Edit: 09 May 2013, 07:17:43 pm by Pink89 »
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Re: The importance of premises/location
« Reply #3 on: 09 May 2013, 07:20:09 pm »
I'm in a city center and a 5 min walk from a train station. Purpose built modern apartment. I only work weekdays  9am till 5pm, it suits me And I'm busy enough.
The only downside really is the more luxurious the apartments the higher the service charge fee.

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Re: The importance of premises/location
« Reply #4 on: 09 May 2013, 08:02:58 pm »
I'm always trying to work from modern place as it's important for me to feel comfortable and for my clients too.
Its been very hard to find good discreet place always had some problem with neighbors, no one reported me or anything but had to deal with all those funny looks.. like they know what's going on so i always moved to another place when i felt something might happen.
I think if your place is nice you feel better about yourself.. you don't feel 'cheap' because that's how i felt when i used to work in kind of shitty looking flats.
As long as the flat is nice and modern inside doesn't matter if it's above shops its all about first impression when your client walk in.




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Re: The importance of premises/location
« Reply #5 on: 09 May 2013, 11:46:08 pm »
There's a thread here from a little while back with a few different views, but I don't agree that modern or purpose built places are necessarily better - they can be cheaply knocked together with paper thin walls and noisy floors (wood or worse still, laminate makes a hell of a row anyway, and it's not helped if you're wearing heels). My building is almost 200 years old and next to a car park which can easily be seen as well as being not far from the station and some useful landmarks - the walls are so thick and solid nobody can hear a thing and I never hear the other flats.

The neighbours are always going to be your problem - it doesn't matter how nice the inside is if your door is overlooked or the other people in the building are retired/have young families and are rattling about in the place all the time during the day with nothing better to do. Likewise, you can manage just about anywhere if your door doesn't face anybody else's and the block is full of people who are out at work from eight until six all week :).

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Re: The importance of premises/location
« Reply #6 on: 09 May 2013, 11:58:26 pm »
Amy you are an archive of useful threads, thanks that was a very interesting read :)

Some of the criteria I have for an apartment includes carpets and the ability to place a bed against an unshared wall. Also that it is in a 'young professionals' area, ie. mainly single people, at work all day, busy social lives.

Its been very hard to find good discreet place always had some problem with neighbors

Ah that's another thing, staying discreet. It's a very important factor, and it seems as though an apartment block with so many flats it would be less likely people would notice anything or be able pinpoint it to you. You would be like a tree in a forest.

But with it being residential, the consequences of being noticed could be greater, like trouble with police, after complaints etc?

In this sense could a flat in a commercial area be a better choice for staying out of trouble, shopkeepers may be more likely to notice but less likely to complain, and the authorities may be less bothered because it is not a residential area?
« Last Edit: 10 May 2013, 12:53:47 am by Pink89 »
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