TERMS AND CONDITION OF HIRE

Thank you for your interest in hiring The Block Studios for your event. Please read the information below carefully. 

  1. It is a condition of hire that our hirers leave the venue as they found it, including sweeping, mopping of floors, cleaning of mirrors, tables and chairs packed away upstairs in our storage area and disposal of rubbish (large skip bins on site for rubbish removal). We supply all cleaning supplies including mops, brooms, bin liners, washing up supplies etc.

  2. Please note we have fitness, yoga and ballet hirers in from early Monday morning right through the week. If hirers have not mopped the floors from weekend events, the floors are almost always sticky, even if they ‘look okay’ when your event is done. Please ensure the floors are well mopped for the following hirer. 

  3. Dates are secured once a $100 non-refundable deposit is paid. Deposit comes off the total hire cost. 

  4. A $100 cleaning deposit is required for all bookings and is returned if venue is left cleaning including sweeping and THOROUGHLY mopping floors with wet mop and bucket, windows and mirrors cleaned with window cleaner, plus kitchens and bathrooms clean and tidy.

  5. Balance of hire cost after deposit is due one month after the deposit invoice is paid or one month prior to event - whichever comes first.

  6. Keys are only able to be collected once full payment of deposit and balance invoices are received.

  7. Both deposit and balance of hire payment are sent via emailed invoice. Direct bank transfer is our preferred method of payment. 

  8. Hire times include set up and pack up times. Please allow enough time for pack up, set up and clean up as we can and usually have multiple hirers on weekends. As a guide, we find most hirers need 1 - 2hrs before their event to set up and then 2 - 3 hrs after the event to pack and clean up.

  9. If you have a change in circumstances for your event, please let us know as soon as possible. We rely heavily on our weekend venue hire to cover our operating expenses. Giving as much notice as possible helps us to be able to maintain our financial commitments and keep our venue available for events in the long term. 

  10. Keys can be picked up the week prior to your event and dropped off the week after your event. We ask keys to be picked up towards the end of the week prior to your event. We ask keys be dropped off at the beginning of the week after your event.

  11. If there is any damage to the venue, a fee relevant to the repair of the damage will be charged.

  12. Any losses from the venue will also be charged to hirers. For example all tables, chairs, cutlery, crockery, glass wear, platters, bowls, decoration, etc need to remain at the venue. We take great care to provide a beautiful space and ask that hirers take great care to leave items from the studio as they found it.

  13. Hire fee includes use of chairs (60) and folding tables (12), plus all items mentioned below.

  14. Hire fee does not include: speaker - you will need to provide your own speaker and music. Popcorn machine is available for hire upon request. 

  15. The moving of furniture, with the exception of our outdoor furniture, is not permitted. It almost always scratches our timber floors.

  16. Children are not permitted upstairs in our chair/table storage area.

  17. Gaffer tape is not permitted for use.

  18. No candles are permitted to be used in our venue, with the exception of birthday candles, excluding sparklers (as they ruin our floors).

  19. Food vans are not permitted in our shopping centre complex.


Clean Up 

It is required for all hirers to clean up after their event and leave the studio in the same state as they found it. There will be other hirers in after you and studio must be left in suitable condition for the next hirer.


Please see checklist below for clean up procedure:

  • Remove and dispose of all decorations

  • Empty all bins and dispose of all rubbish. There are skip bins available for use in the centre car park, located between the IGA and the restaurants.

  • Re-line all studio bins after use

  • Remove all food from premises

  • Floors must be cleaned - this includes a sweep and a full mop. Brooms and mops are stored in the cupboard next to the far end bathroom. Garbage bags, cleaning supplies, paper towel etc is stored under the sink in the kitchen.

  • Clean mirrors and glass

  • Ensure kitchen, prep room and bathrooms are clean.

  • Turn off all lights

  • Turn off airconditioner

  • Pack away all furniture as you found it. Chairs and tables packed away upstairs neatly. Outdoor furniture packed away. 

  • Lock all doors when you leave


Booking inclusions

Your hire fee includes the use of the full venue and the facilities listed below.

  • Tables and chairs

  • Commercial fridge and small fridge

  • Large food warmer

  • Small benchtop oven

  • Microwave

  • Serving platters/plates/bowls etc located on the wooden shelving unit in the prep room

  • Appliances located on wooden shelving unit in prep room

  • Crockery and cutlery (located in the black cupboard in the prep room)

  • Extra utensils (located in the kitchen drawers)

  • Kettle

  • Urn

  • Coffee cups and crockery located in the kitchen top cupboards

  • Paper towels and cleaning products for post-event clean up

  • Fairy lights and disco light

Please note that our venue hire 100% goes towards our operating costs. It is therefore really important that hirers 1. Leave all items that belong to out venue, at the venue, 2. The venue is left in the same condition as you found it. Your cooperation in the above is greatly appreciated, ensures that we can continue to offer our unique venue over the longer term and that each and every hirer can have a positive experience while using our venue as they come in after the previous hirer.