Use of Rental Flat for Coaching Business

[TheFaQQer]

Just Google 'pop up brothels'. That should give you some idea about how to do it.

KUATB

[Jessica@WhiteFieldTax]

It's a complex topic, but I have some thoughts which may help you, melded from experience, on my business website

https://yogatax.co.uk/help/running-a-studio-at-home/

Admittedly this doesn't really cover the landlord / tenant issue, but covers the planning and rates aspect, as it's an issue that comes up a lot for my clients.

[RetSet]

Hi there –

I was wondering if the following is possible:

I would like to offer a personal, home-feel type of experience as a personal coach. So I thought it would be best to rent a studio flat and expand my coaching business from there.

Would this need to be declared in my tenancy agreement? Visits would be minimum to 2-3 per day. I also would use the flat as my base in Central London vs travelling back home during weekdays.

Any thoughts re: business rates or these won't be applicable? Any laws I should look at?

Many thanks!

Just Google 'pop up brothels'. That should give you some idea about how to do it.

[SueEllen]

How many seats has it got? Sounds like you need a garage and not a flat. :-D

Probably make more money from it if it is high class.

[oliverson]

Hi there –

I was wondering if the following is possible:

I would like to offer a personal, home-feel type of experience as a personal coach. So I thought it would be best to rent a studio flat and expand my coaching business from there.

Would this need to be declared in my tenancy agreement? Visits would be minimum to 2-3 per day. I also would use the flat as my base in Central London vs travelling back home during weekdays.

Any thoughts re: business rates or these won't be applicable? Any laws I should look at?

Many thanks!

How many seats has it got? Sounds like you need a garage and not a flat. :-D

Sorry (bored)

[SueEllen]

Hi there –

I was wondering if the following is possible:

I would like to offer a personal, home-feel type of experience as a personal coach. So I thought it would be best to rent a studio flat and expand my coaching business from there.

Would this need to be declared in my tenancy agreement? Visits would be minimum to 2-3 per day. I also would use the flat as my base in Central London vs travelling back home during weekdays.

Most leasehold flats, whether the leaseholder is also the freeholder or not, have leases that state you cannot have business clients visiting you in them. If the owner then rents the flat out this is stipulated in the rental contract, and this is why this clause is fair in rental contracts.

The clause is to stop people using them as brothels but also to stop nuisance being caused to other occupants who live in the building by multiple visitors.

Therefore I would strongly doubt you would be able to do this legally.

Any thoughts re: business rates or these won't be applicable? Any laws I should look at?

In regards to business rates - if you are annoying the other occupants in the building by having multiple visitors - they can also contact environmental health as well as the freeholder to get you booted out. So you wouldn't get as far as sorting out business rates.

There are studios which are more artist living spaces where what you want to do would be allowed but you would have to rent them for the longer term. linky

[TheFaQQer]

BBC News recently had a story about how to use AirBnB to do this kind of thing - linky.

[northernladuk]

If you are renting a place, you would need to be very clear when you are taking the tenancy that it will be a place of business, as most rentals are on a none commercial basis, and will probably stipulate that the property can not be used for business purposes. Not sure about business rates, you would need to contact the local council about this. You would need public liability insurance as a minimum also.

^ this. Most shorthold tenancy agreements will have clauses around no business being done at the property and this particularly covers clients visiting it. The last thing you need when trying to run a business is for you to be in breach of your contract and getting turfed out.

You'll be invalidating the landlords insurances as well so need to be very careful.

[doconline]

Hi there –

I was wondering if the following is possible:

I would like to offer a personal, home-feel type of experience as a personal coach. So I thought it would be best to rent a studio flat and expand my coaching business from there.

Would this need to be declared in my tenancy agreement? Visits would be minimum to 2-3 per day. I also would use the flat as my base in Central London vs travelling back home during weekdays.

Any thoughts re: business rates or these won't be applicable? Any laws I should look at?

Many thanks!

If you are renting a place, you would need to be very clear when you are taking the tenancy that it will be a place of business, as most rentals are on a none commercial basis, and will probably stipulate that the property can not be used for business purposes. Not sure about business rates, you would need to contact the local council about this. You would need public liability insurance as a minimum also.

[Digiwolf]

Hi there –

I was wondering if the following is possible:

I would like to offer a personal, home-feel type of experience as a personal coach. So I thought it would be best to rent a studio flat and expand my coaching business from there.

Would this need to be declared in my tenancy agreement? Visits would be minimum to 2-3 per day. I also would use the flat as my base in Central London vs travelling back home during weekdays.

Any thoughts re: business rates or these won't be applicable? Any laws I should look at?

Many thanks!