The closure of the original shop displaced eight barbers after the owner could no longer sustain the rent increase from $7,500 to $10,000. Yuzzrie Adahar now operates out of H & A hair salon, paying a flat daily fee of $50 while maintaining his previous income level. Meanwhile, two of his displaced former colleagues joined the same salon under a separate commission structure, handing over 40 per cent of their weekly earnings.
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Flat-rate chair rentals offer established stylists with loyal customer followings an econ…: Flat-rate chair rentals offer established stylists with loyal customer followings an economical alternative to leasing entire commercial spaces.
Stylists lacking established personal clienteles tend to favour percentage-based commissi…: Stylists lacking established personal clienteles tend to favour percentage-based commission models over fixed daily overhead costs.
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- Veteran barber Yuzzrie Adahar's former barber shop saw rent jumped from about "$7,500" to "$10,000" a month.
- He now rents a chair for "$50 a day" at neighbour Angel Song’s salon, serves about 12 customers daily, and earns roughly what he did before.
- The chair-rental model can help barbers and owners, but it works best for stylists with regular customers.
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SINGAPORE - Veteran barber Yuzzrie Adahar thought he had to hang up his shaver in 2025, when the shop he was employed at in Hougang Central closed.
The business owner gave up the unit following a steep increase in monthly rent from about $7,500 to $10,000 and later found a smaller space nearby, but it could not accommodate all eight barbers, said Yuzzrie, 61. The original unit at Block 806 is now occupied by a licensed moneylender.
Yuzzrie turned to Angel Song, who owns the manicure shop next to his former workplace.
The Beijing-born Singapore citizen also runs an eight-seater hair salon in neighbouring Block 805, and agreed to take him in.
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