Convert storage space into offices

There is something missing in the floor plan. I'm more with 11ant on this. Unfortunately, your father had bad experiences with it.

I know what you mean. I had initially planned a common room / meeting room and a shared toilet as well. But I have to agree with my dad. People like lawyers or tax consultants would never rent there because the building simply isn’t representative enough from the outside. These are more affordable offices for people in field service or without much customer traffic.

Because of the price, it’s not worthwhile to hire a cleaning person or similar for the entire property. Way too expensive (try to get one first), and above all, too much gets broken with general use. I didn’t believe it at first either – but people treat common property so poorly that it’s not worth offering it. The entire rent would go toward repairs.

If someone else is interested, we can still redesign. But you have to start somewhere, and the pipes and lines need to be installed first.

The entire rent goes towards repairs.

I’m not very familiar with commercial lease agreements, but can’t repairs be passed on to the tenants? You can charge a lot more than with residential properties.

Well, lawyers, tax advisors and the like also start small and some just keep struggling along

Yes, it's true that common knowledge is not handled very carefully unfortunately

Cleaning fairies are rare. Looking myself again

I’m not very familiar with commercial lease agreements, but isn’t it possible to pass repairs on to the tenants? You can do a lot more than with residential space.

In common areas in the low-price segment, no one wants to be responsible and no one wants to pay for it. As soon as you pass the costs on, the first people come along and say they don’t even use the kitchen...

I don't see that as sensible. Imagine a small growing tax consultancy office. Actually, the tax advisor initially only needs an office. Possibly a meeting room. Then the first employee comes, and the meeting room is missing. Okay, a meeting in the boss's office still works. By the time there are 3 employees, does he then have to rent a 2nd kitchen and a 2nd toilet?

Make communal toilets M/W and possibly showers and have the building maintained by a professional cleaning service. The tax advisor doesn't do that himself either; he also has someone come or hires someone. But if everyone does that, it's sensible; one company does it instead of 4 different ones.

I don't see that as sensible. Just imagine a small growing tax office. ...

I think you haven't read everything. We start with 1 office unit. If someone then wants more rooms without toilets, no problem. We can always leave them out. I have also already responded about cleaning staff. Not worth it. We have it now on the 2nd floor.