Muddlethru
Proud Parent
Since the lease at my daughter's gym expired, the gym owners have been renting space month to month for over 5 years now. Well the building owner leased the space to another company and gave our gym notice they had to leave the place in April. I am not sure exactly when the owner of the building gave them notice (rumor has it that they knew about it last year) or any other specifics. But our gym notified us on a Monday that there will only be two days of gym that week and no gym the following week because we will be moving. Another week went by and the gym had not opened yet. Finally, we get an email saying the gym will hold practice at one of the parent's recreational gyms. They would be holding practice 2 hours a day for maybe 3 days. The recreational gym is literally a little over a 1,000 sq. ft. with one bar set, one high beam and two other low beams, no vault and the floor is smaller that my daughter's bedroom. It is for toddlers and maybe a step above a My Gym. This went on for another week. So, so far this month, my daughter has had 6 hours of make-shift practice and she will be a Level 9. There is no definite date when our gym will open for regular practice. In the meantime, one of the parents inquired about what they are going to do with tuition for that month. The HC/owner indicated they were going to still charge the same tuition but MAYBE offer camp days. ( BTW, the parent owner of the recreational gym said she did not know what to do when the owners asked her to use her gym and did not offer to pay for the use.)
1) To those gym owners that have moved locations, how did you handle the move? Were you closed for a month? How about tuition? Should I pay the $400/month tuition for less than 10 hours practice?
2) My daughter is going from Level 8 to Level 9, am I justified in worrying about her success in next year's season with the summer being almost half over and hardly had any time practice, learning the new skills?
I am so frustrated. I think our gym did not want to pay for an extra month at the old location while they were also paying rent already at the new location. I know the legal process in kicking out a tenant is pretty lengthy. My husband said he could legally stall keeping them in the gym a whole year. In addition, they only gave the team two days notice and merely informed the gymnasts not the parents. I saw some parents at the store who recognized me and said they came to the gym and it was empty. They tried calling no one returned their calls. There was no sign on the doors. I know our coaches who are the owners are very poor at organization and planning, but this was truly ridiculous. Don't they care about their business or they just do not know how to run one?
1) To those gym owners that have moved locations, how did you handle the move? Were you closed for a month? How about tuition? Should I pay the $400/month tuition for less than 10 hours practice?
2) My daughter is going from Level 8 to Level 9, am I justified in worrying about her success in next year's season with the summer being almost half over and hardly had any time practice, learning the new skills?
I am so frustrated. I think our gym did not want to pay for an extra month at the old location while they were also paying rent already at the new location. I know the legal process in kicking out a tenant is pretty lengthy. My husband said he could legally stall keeping them in the gym a whole year. In addition, they only gave the team two days notice and merely informed the gymnasts not the parents. I saw some parents at the store who recognized me and said they came to the gym and it was empty. They tried calling no one returned their calls. There was no sign on the doors. I know our coaches who are the owners are very poor at organization and planning, but this was truly ridiculous. Don't they care about their business or they just do not know how to run one?