Terms of Use
Effective May 26, 2026
Quick read: these Terms cover your use of the habitatcommons.com website. They are separate from any Membership Agreement you sign to actually use our coworking space, offices, event venue, or studios — that contract governs your on-site rights and obligations as a member, day-pass holder, or event host.
Important: Section 13 requires you and Habitat Commons to resolve most disputes through binding individual arbitration and waives the right to bring or participate in class actions. Please read it carefully. You may opt out of arbitration within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms.
1. Acceptance of these Terms
By accessing or using habitatcommons.com (the “Site”) you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site. We may update these Terms from time to time; we will revise the “Effective” date above. Continued use of the Site after a change constitutes acceptance.
2. About this Site
The Site is operated by Habitat Commons (“we,” “us,” “our”), a coworking space, dedicated office, event venue, and content-studio provider located at 2609 Technology Drive, Suite 100, Plano, TX 75074. The Site exists to provide information about our spaces and services and to let visitors submit inquiries. It is not a portal for managing an existing membership; current members manage their accounts at members.habitatcommons.com.
3. Who can use the Site
The Site is intended for users who are at least 18 years old. By using the Site, you represent that you meet that age requirement and that any information you submit is accurate and lawful.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to use the Site or any feature on it to:
- Violate any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right
- Submit false, misleading, or impersonated information through any form
- Send spam, chain communications, unsolicited bulk inquiries, or any content that is harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable
- Attempt to interfere with the Site’s operation, security, or other users — including by introducing malware, exploiting vulnerabilities, or circumventing rate limits or access controls
- Scrape, crawl, harvest, or otherwise extract data from the Site in bulk without our prior written permission (limited automated access for search indexing is permitted, subject to our robots.txt)
- Use the Site or any content from it for any commercial competitive purpose without our prior written permission
- Reverse engineer or attempt to derive source code from any Site feature
- Frame, mirror, or otherwise misrepresent the Site as your own
We may, at our sole discretion and without notice, suspend or terminate your access to the Site if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms.
5. Intellectual property
Our content
All content on the Site — including text, graphics, logos, the Habitat Commons name and brand, photographs, video, audio, illustrations, user-interface design, and the underlying code — is owned by Habitat Commons or our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and view the Site for non-commercial informational purposes. All other rights are reserved.
Trademarks
“Habitat Commons,” our logo, and our distinctive trade dress are our trademarks. You may not use them without our prior written permission, except for nominative fair use (e.g. accurately referring to us in journalism or reviews).
Your submissions
When you submit content to us through a form, by email, by social media tag, or otherwise (including inquiries, questions, feedback, photos, and testimonials), you grant Habitat Commons a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable, perpetual license to use, reproduce, modify, display, and distribute that content for any purpose related to operating and promoting our business. You represent that you have the right to grant this license and that your submission does not infringe any third party’s rights or violate any law.
Sensitive personal information you submit (such as contact details in an inquiry form) is handled per our Privacy Policy — the license above does not override the privacy commitments we make there.
6. Inquiries are not contracts
Submitting an inquiry through the Site does not create a binding contract for a membership, tour, day pass, event booking, or rental. It is an invitation for us to follow up. Any actual reservation, membership, or rental is subject to a separate written agreement, available capacity, and acceptance by Habitat Commons. Quoted prices on the Site are subject to change and may be superseded by the terms of your actual contract.
7. Third-party links and services
The Site contains links to third-party websites and services we don’t control, including our members’ portal, social-media profiles, Google Maps, and external review platforms. We provide those links for convenience; their use is governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of third-party sites or services.
8. Booking, payment, and refunds
If you purchase a day pass, conference-room booking, event-space rental, studio session, or membership through us — whether the transaction begins on the Site or at our members’ portal — that purchase is governed by the specific cancellation, refund, and fulfillment terms presented at the point of sale, and by your Membership Agreement (if applicable). Payment processing is performed by Stripe; you are subject to Stripe’s terms as the processor.
9. Disclaimer of warranties
THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT ON IT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of viruses, or that information on the Site is current or accurate. You use the Site at your own risk.
10. Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HABITAT COMMONS, ITS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND VENDORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUES, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE — EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or related to your use of the Site is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us (if any) in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100). These limitations do not apply where prohibited by law (for example, in cases of gross negligence or intentional misconduct).
11. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Habitat Commons and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claim, demand, loss, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your use of the Site, your submissions, or your violation of these Terms or any applicable law.
12. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Subject to Section 13, any dispute that is not subject to arbitration shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Collin County, Texas, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
13. Dispute resolution and binding arbitration
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT REQUIRES YOU AND HABITAT COMMONS TO RESOLVE MOST DISPUTES THROUGH BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT, AND IT LIMITS YOUR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS.
13.1 Informal resolution first
Before initiating arbitration, you and Habitat Commons agree to attempt to resolve any dispute informally for at least sixty (60) days. To start the informal-resolution process, send a written notice describing the dispute, your name and contact information, and the relief you seek to info@habitatcommons.com with the subject line “Dispute Notice.” Neither party may initiate arbitration until the sixty-day period has elapsed.
13.2 Binding arbitration
If informal resolution fails, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, or your relationship with Habitat Commons (a “Dispute”) shall be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration, except as provided in Section 13.5. The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect (or Commercial Arbitration Rules where appropriate), available at adr.org. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator. The seat of the arbitration is Collin County, Texas; in-person hearings shall take place there unless you and Habitat Commons agree otherwise or AAA determines that a telephonic or video hearing is appropriate. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
13.3 Class-action waiver
You and Habitat Commons agree that each party may bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, or representative action. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding. If this class-action waiver is held unenforceable as to any claim, that claim shall be severed and adjudicated in court, but the remainder of this Section 13 shall remain in effect.
13.4 Jury-trial waiver
You and Habitat Commons each waive any right to a trial by jury in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, or your relationship with Habitat Commons.
13.5 Exceptions to arbitration
The following are excluded from arbitration:
- Claims that qualify for small-claims court in Collin County, Texas, so long as the claim remains in that court on an individual (non-class) basis.
- Claims for emergency or preliminary injunctive relief to protect intellectual property or trade-secret rights, or to enforce the acceptable-use restrictions in Section 4, brought in the courts identified in Section 12.
- Any claim that applicable law prohibits from being arbitrated.
13.6 Your right to opt out
You have the right to opt out of the arbitration agreement in Section 13.2 (and the class-action waiver in Section 13.3) by sending a written opt-out notice to info@habitatcommons.com with the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out” within thirty (30) days of the date you first accept these Terms (or, for existing visitors as of the effective date above, within thirty days of that date). Your opt-out notice must include your name, email address, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. An opt-out does not affect any other provision of these Terms. The jury-trial waiver in Section 13.4 is not separately opt-out-able, but is unenforceable to the extent it conflicts with applicable law.
13.7 Fees and arbitrator authority
AAA’s rules govern payment of filing fees and arbitrator compensation. For consumer disputes covered by the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules, Habitat Commons will pay all AAA filing, administration, and arbitrator fees beyond the consumer’s standard initial filing fee. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim. The arbitrator’s decision is final and binding, subject only to the limited review provided by the Federal Arbitration Act.
13.8 Survival and severability of this section
This Section 13 survives termination of these Terms. If any portion of this Section 13 (other than the class-action waiver in Section 13.3, which is governed by its own carve-out) is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Section 13 shall continue in full force and effect.
14. Time limit for claims
Any cause of action you may have arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues; otherwise the cause of action is permanently barred. This does not apply where prohibited by law.
15. Site availability
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Site (or any part of it) at any time, with or without notice. We are not liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Site. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted, or error-free operation.
16. Force majeure
We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance to the extent caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including acts of nature, war, terrorism, riots, civil unrest, government action, labor disputes, internet service provider failures or delays, denial of service attacks, pandemics, or utility outages.
17. Assignment
You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your rights under them without our prior written consent; any attempt to do so is void. We may assign or transfer these Terms freely, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of company assets.
18. Electronic communications
When you visit the Site, submit an inquiry, or send us email, you are communicating with us electronically and you consent to receive communications from us electronically. Notices, disclosures, agreements, and other communications we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
19. Entire agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any additional terms presented at the point of sale or in your Membership Agreement (if applicable), constitute the entire agreement between you and Habitat Commons regarding your use of the Site, and supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreements on that subject.
20. Severability and waiver
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision is not a waiver of that right.
21. Survival
Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including Intellectual Property, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Governing Law, Dispute Resolution, Time Limit for Claims, and these Survival provisions — survive any termination of your access to the Site or of these Terms.
22. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Effective” date above. Material changes will be communicated on this page; continued use after the changes take effect constitutes acceptance.
23. Contact us
For questions about these Terms:
Habitat Commons2609 Technology Drive, Suite 100
Plano, TX 75074
info@habitatcommons.com
469-949-8603
See also our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal information.