Early access

Run the floor. Stop chasing rent.

Draw your room, put each stylist on their chair and set what they pay. Same Roof sends the invoices in your salon’s name and collects the rent by Direct Debit, so it arrives without a reminder.

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  • 30 days free for new salons
  • Stylists never pay Same Roof
  • iPhone and web

Set up your salon in five steps.

It starts with a drawing of your real room and ends with the rent in your account. Here is the whole set-up, on an example salon.

Floor plan of an example salon, built in five layers: the room with its mirrors, basins, waiting seats, desk, window and door; four chairs; Jess, Mo and Tia on chairs 1 to 3 with chair 4 open; their rent of £800 a month, £800 a month and a £100 day rate; and the rent paid, £2,100 collected this month. 7.6 m 5.8 m Window Door 2 basins Waiting Desk Chair 1Chair 2Chair 3Chair 4 Jess Mo Tia Open Monthly £800 Monthly £800 Day rate £100 Paid, DD Paid, DD Paid, card Collected this month £2,100 Jess and Mo by DD, Tia by card Floor plan of the example salon when set up: four chairs, Jess and Mo paying £800 a month and Tia a £100 day rate, all paid, with £2,100 collected this month. Chair 4 is open. 5.8 m 2 basins Waiting Chair 1Chair 2 Chair 3Chair 4 JessMo TiaOpen Monthly £800 Monthly £800 Day rate £100 Paid, DD Paid, DD Paid, card Collected this month £2,100 Jess, Mo by DD Tia by card
Example salon and figures

  1. Draw your room

    Start from the Salon, Barber or Blank template, then draw the real room: walls, doors, windows, mirrors, basins, waiting seats, tables and labels. Rotate anything, undo anything.

  2. Place your chairs

    Put each chair where it really stands. The drawing becomes your floor in the app, where you can see who is in which chair today.

  3. Invite your stylists

    Send each stylist an invite into the app and their name goes on their chair. They get their own diary, booking page and chair booking, free.

  4. Set what each pays

    Monthly rent for the stylists who are there every week, or a day rate for people who come in when they need to. From then on, invoices are made every month in your salon’s name.

  5. Rent collected

    Each stylist sets up Direct Debit once, from their phone. Rent is collected around the end of the month and reaches your account a couple of working days later. Extra days are paid by card when they’re booked.

All the rent, on one screen.

Money shows what’s due, what’s been collected and what’s still outstanding, for every stylist, every month. When something needs you, the next step is right next to it.

Rent this month

Example figures
StylistAmountStatus
JessMonthly rent, Direct Debit£800Paid
MoMonthly rent, Direct Debit£800Paid
TiaDay rate, 5 days at £100, card£500Paid
AdeMonthly rent, Direct Debit£700UnpaidTry again
RosMonthly rent, no Direct Debit yet£600DueSend Direct Debit link
Due
£3,400
Collected
£2,100
Outstanding
£1,300

Invoices that write themselves

Every month, in your salon’s name, with a PDF for each. The invoice goes out a few working days before collection, because Direct Debit rules need advance notice.

Extra days paid by card

When a stylist books an extra chair day during the month, they pay by card at the time of booking. No chasing at the end of the month.

Refunds when you need them

If you need to give money back, you do it from Money, and it shows there with everything else.

The rest of the job, handled.

Also live for salon owners today, on iPhone and the web.

Fill empty chairs
Offer a free chair to your stylists, so it gets booked instead of sitting empty.
Choose your collection day
Rent is collected around the end of the month, on the day you pick in Settings. Weekends and UK bank holidays are handled.
Try a failed Direct Debit again
If a Direct Debit fails, the invoice shows unpaid again. Press Try again to collect it.
Late starters caught up
A stylist who sets up Direct Debit late is still collected automatically, up to the collection day.
Your salon’s look
Your name, logo and colours on the app your stylists use every day, set once in Settings.
Two sites, one team
A salon with two sites can run them as one team.
Bank details stay with GoCardless
Stylists’ bank details go to GoCardless, not to you and not to Same Roof.
On iPhone and the web
Owners can do everything in the iPhone app, now in testing, including drawing the floor plan. Or use any browser at app.sameroof.uk.

Questions owners ask.

Something else on your mind? Write to hello@sameroof.uk and a person will reply.

What is chair rental, and are my stylists self-employed?

In a chair rental salon, each stylist runs a business of their own and pays the owner rent for a chair. The owner looks after the building and the rent. Same Roof is built for exactly that arrangement.

Same Roof doesn’t give legal or tax advice. Whether a stylist is self-employed depends on how the arrangement works day to day. HMRC’s employment status guidance is the place to start, and an accountant can help.

What happens if a Direct Debit fails?

The invoice shows unpaid again in Money, so you can see it straight away. Press Try again to collect it.

When is the rent taken?

Around the end of the month, on the collection day you choose in Settings. The invoice goes out a few working days before, because Direct Debit rules need advance notice, and the money reaches your account a couple of working days after collection. Weekends and UK bank holidays are handled.

Can stylists rent by the day or by the hour?

Yes. Set a day rate for people who come in when they need to. Stylists book a chair by the hour, morning, afternoon, evening or the whole day, and pay by card when they book. Regulars can repeat a booking every week or every two weeks, or keep a standing booking billed monthly by Direct Debit.

How chair booking works for stylists
Do stylists pay anything for Same Roof?

No. Stylists never pay Same Roof; they pay their rent to you. The salon pays £39 a month plus £9 per chair, and new salons get the first 30 days free. Prices exclude the fees GoCardless and Stripe charge for processing payments.

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We have two sites. Can we run them together?

Yes. A salon with two sites can run them as one team. Same Roof started inside a salon in Soho that works exactly that way.

Put your salon on the plan.

We’re opening early access to UK salons with chair renters. Tell us your salon’s name, where you are and how many chairs you rent out, and we’ll set you up. New salons get the first 30 days free.

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Or write to hello@sameroof.uk and a person will reply.