we rent out space, but we have a full working studio and do everything on site.
Our studio is out in the middle of country on a farm so its a cool place for bands to come and kick back, plus we can make as much noise as we want!! We had to build everything from the ground up in our space as we ripped the old studio out and started all over again.
If you have got the cash and time going for a empty shell is the best way to go then you can design and set everything out to suit your way of working. Depending how much is there already you can do a studio build 'on the cheap' if this is your first one and get some good results and a workable room to record in.
Where are you based bud??
How much of the old studio did you rip out?? How old was the previous studio??
The studio is in the West Midlands in a small village Birmingham way. We ripped everything out and just left the floating ceiling in and 4 walls and then started all over again. The owner before us had done a pretty bad job of building it and put up some real bad partitions and the control room was tiny.
Instead of making or buying any proper acoustic treatment for the rooms they had just stapled duvets to the walls too.
Where in the west midlands are you based. Just moved to Dudley, well outside Dudley really
Home studio here, but a buddy of mine just bought a HUGE house with a Casita and we are converting the Casita to a full on production studio. I am hoping to have it all done by the first of the year!