this studio will be mainly for fashion shoot on the long term basis, so would be better to setup one. Any advive for a budget between 10-15k?
Your budget is around 10k to 15k for setup only? Did you factor in the monthly rental and operational cost?
If you are renting a space from private instead of HDB type, the chances are you will have to pay the following upfront before even touch on the studio set up fee.
- 1 month rental for property agent
- 2 months rental deposit
- 1 month advance payment
- 1 month current month rental payment
Assuming you can get a cheap cheap place (Not in town), and it's probably around S$1500 for 800sqft per month, these 5 months payment would be S$7500 already and usually they will say GST is not included. haha
Don't forget you will need to pay deposit to SingaporePower or whatever as well. I have forgotten how much already.
You may or may not get 2 weeks to 4 weeks allowance for renovation, depends on how kind is the landlord.
On top of that, you will have to pay for renovation cost of course:
- Painting of the wall (usually around S$400 to S$600)
- Flooring if you want carpet, laminated or whatever. (Depends, S$500 to S$1500)
- Changing area and all the curtains can be quite costly too. (Up to S$2500)
- Props, don't need to buy first until you have job requirements
- Client meeting area (Sofa, Table, display stand, fridge...etc)
- Sound system, you will need it whether it is for model or fashion shoot.
If there is no air-con, you will have to put one yourself or ask for it from the landlord.
Of course, I have not even touched on the lighting equipments, backdrops and so on.
In my 2 cents, I think S$10k to S$15k is a bit ... in term of setting up a proper studio. In addition you need to factor in some extra cash (for rental, for whatever), otherwise you might have cash flow problem especially company USUALLY do not pay on time for commercial jobs. haha (Correct me if you think I am wrong.)
As CKuang said, it's better to rent a studio than having one. Just my 2 cents.