For Aira Fitness, who bears the cost of parts, mechanisms, and devices required to keep the equipment in good repair?
Aira_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
rmination rights in accordance with Section 14; or (ii) amend this Agreement to eliminate the Designated Area protection afforded by Sections 2.B and 2.C.
- E. Maintenance. The building (exterior and interior), equipment, fixtures, signage and trade dress employed in the operation of your Aira Fitness Business must be maintained and refreshed in accordance with our requirements established periodically and any of our reasonable schedules prepared based upon our periodic evaluations of the premises. Within a period of thirty (30) days (as we determine depending on the work needed) after the receipt of any particular report prepared following such an evaluation, you must affect the items of maintenance we designate, including the repair of defective equipment and items such as carpet and/or the replacement of irreparable or obsolete items of equipment and signage. If, however, any condition presents a threat to members or to public safety, you must affect the items of maintenance immediately, as further described in Section 6.F. If you fail to complete the required maintenance, we reserve the right (but no obligation) to do so on your behalf and you must reimburse us for our costs and expenses.
- F. Modernization. From time to time as we require, you must modernize and/or replace items of the trade dress or equipment as may be necessary for your Aira Fitness Business to conform to the standards for similarly situated new Aira Fitness Businesses. For instance, we require that you modernize the Aira Fitness Business within five years of the Effective Date of this Agreement.
Source: Item 23 — **RECEIPTS (FDD pages 59–254)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aira Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for the costs of maintaining and repairing equipment. The franchisee must maintain the building (both exterior and interior), equipment, fixtures, signage, and trade dress according to Aira Fitness's requirements and schedules.
Specifically, within a period of thirty days after receiving a report from Aira Fitness following an evaluation, the franchisee must address maintenance items, including repairing defective equipment and replacing irreparable or obsolete equipment and signage. If a condition poses a threat to members or public safety, the franchisee must address the maintenance immediately. If the franchisee fails to complete the required maintenance, Aira Fitness has the right, but not the obligation, to perform the maintenance on the franchisee's behalf, and the franchisee must reimburse Aira Fitness for the costs and expenses incurred.
Furthermore, Aira Fitness requires franchisees to modernize and/or replace items of trade dress or equipment to conform to the standards of new Aira Fitness businesses. For example, franchisees must modernize the Aira Fitness Business within five years of the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement and replace all fitness equipment within three years of the Effective Date. The franchisee is responsible for these modernization and replacement costs as well.