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New Shop! (Maybe) (Patreon)

Published:
2026-05-07 00:41:16
Edited:
2026-05-08 14:30:03
Imported:
2026-05

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Well, last week my landlord texted me and told me I had to be out of the shop by the end of July (even though my lease is through the rest of 2026).

I immediately started looking at other places in Athens and found this! It’s 1200 sq/ft (only 300 less than my current shop) and it’s less than half the price. Now, it needs paint and it needs some power added, but that shouldn’t be too difficult. It also isn’t air conditioned which is unfortunate, but it’s at least somewhat insulated.

What are your guys’ thoughts? Having a cheaper rent would be really awesome and I think it’s still plenty big for me.

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X-TASI

Go for it. The expenses saved will help you so much man

Zachary Clark

Would need a lift I imagine, would the landlord allow you to install one?

Gingium

I agree! It’ll be a bit of upfront cost getting this one ready though

X-TASI

Thats what us super based gigachad patrons are for

Gingium

Yep! The question is: do I try to cram both my lifts in here? Or just sell one and use the other?

Zachary Clark

Looking at the space, id prob just use 1. Can re-coop some cost by selling one. 2 in that space would be very cramped, IMO.

Bikini_ST

Realistically, you're expanding your knowledge and skill set day after day. You like new tools like the rest of us. Granted you're innovative and make things work. But, youre Fabium (corny I know) Space is a luxury for a reason. I understand if thats what available and not a complete rats nice.

Gingium

That’s what I’m leaning towards too

Bikini_ST

Those are his lifts. Units dont come with lift typically because people use these for various reasons warehousing, storage, non car shop space (wood, machine, etc)

That_man_named_Brian

Get it and later on you can get some wall ac units and insulation we with you brotha

Zachary Clark

My question was if he would be aloud to install one, not who's lifts are whose. But thanks.

Gingium

Haha damn straight! ❤️

Riley Testa

I thought the current land lord was chill? Why’s he kicking you out?

Gingium

Yeah, I’m a bit worried about this space being too much of a step back but it’s better than getting too big/pricey of a shop.

Ricardo R.

That's what I'm wondering. So far Gingium has spoke good about the land lord. I wonder what happened

Gingium

Nothing happened and he didn’t give me a reason. I’m fairly certain that the speed shop that moved into the unit next to me is looking to expand. The owner of that place and my landlord are good friends so 🤷‍♂️

Matthew Elmore

That's really shitty of your landlord. New spot looks great! AC would be nice but you can get standalone units.

Jury Rig Garage

This seems like a great choice and less than half the cost is great. You have a lot of stuff you can easily transplant from the old shop to the new one and make it great

Michael McLaughlin

So after you do all the work to the place to make it super nice, he just boots you got his buddy to get a ready made spot? That's pretty shitty.

Roque Orellana

Sucks about the current shop, but for half the price and only 300sf smaller is nice. As others have said can add mini spit units to add a/c the space. Depending on the height of the shop, a way to add some additional square footage is to add a mezzanine level to the back wall (assuming that is a bathroom in the corner), use it for more long term/ tire storage.

Demon Abis

I love videos about the renovation and setup of shops so as long as there is content to be made (and less expenses!) I can only wish you good luck ❤️ then like someone else said, you're very smart and adaptive so I'm sure you'll find a solution for the missing space.

Gingium

Yeah very true. This place pretty much just needs paint and a good cleaning

Gingium

That's a pretty smart idea. The ceiling is pretty high so I'm sure there'd be enough space. I'll be honest I don't have a ton of funds for renovations atm, so I'd probably just paint it and move it. Then, do that later on.

Gingium

There will definitely be some content!

Kovin24

I'm leaning more towards this one for sure, unless something comes up. My question is what does the outside look like, and is there anything outside that can make this a major factor, if you gotta put in work into both I'm liking this one.

Michael

I think you have to go with this option for the shop. The mud at shop #2 location is going to be a massive headache.

Bryce Sandlund

Come to Cali! Or IL. Illegal for your landlord to kick you out mid-lease unless he’s selling it I believe.

Alex

With both of these units, make sure the slab is thick enough to mount a lift

Dusty

Can always get a good portable a/c unit

Armando Muria

It's better than option 2 but only has one door, that could be a pain in the ass, moving cars multiple times per day

The_Overlord

I think this one is definitely better out of the 2. Of course it's down to preference but I really don't think the layout of shop 2 is going to work.

Tam Tran

This location would have to involve car Tetris every time you bring a different car inside to work on. Also doesn't already have a lift. The other shop looks like it already has a lift installed, and you can have 4 simultaneous projects at once with the 4 bay doors and you wouldn't need to do car tetris

Zoran Maric

This looks like the better of the two options imo - thinking about your non YouTube aspirations (as much as it pains me!) this one gives a much more professional impression to customers than option 2

TechyTejjy

This being cheaper and mostly done makes it a good choice, you can just do what you need to and then make it your own. You might need to keep shuffling cars around when customer builds come in, but you are saving money and time, plus you don't have to worry about getting kicked out again

Braden Backes

Honestly unless you’ve already worked it out with your Landlord & agreed to it, that’s pretty illegal to violate a lease like that & can’t really be done. Anyway, it’s a good shop but I’d be worried about the clear heights for lifts. I’d also look into SBA financing (10% down) & see if you could get your own shop & stop improving other people’s properties & get yourself an asset! Source: I work in commercial real estate (albeit across the county lol)