Which room do you use???

[scattyfox]

I use my spare bedroom, this has been changed into a nail salon after my eldest moved out, told him if he wants to come back will ahve to share with his brother not giving up my nail room now i have it.

I don't think it matters where you are in the house as long as you act and look proffesional.
Good luck
x

 

[Rach]

Has anyone had any trouble getting planning permission to use their room at home as a business?

thanks
Rachel

 

[caz3]

I have not got that far yet I will need to do all this once I am nearer to when I want to work.

I will look forward to the answers to this one.

Caz xxx

Has anyone had any trouble getting planning permission to use their room at home as a business?

thanks
Rachel

 

[Urban Geek]

I use my spare room (10'x6' max) very compact but it does the trick as I only do nails. Sometimes working from home means that you need to try that big harder to look professional.
I don't have planning permission yet as I don't have that many clients coming to me - YET! I will approach the local council in the near future. I don't think you should have a problem so long as there is plenty of parking nearby and that you follow all the health and safety advice.

 

[susie]

Hello

When i decided to set up at home last year i contacted the planning department and they said i did not need planning permission as long as they did not get any complaints from other residents about the parking. As i only have one client at a time that hopefully wont become a problem!!
xxxxxx

 

[River]

Hi,

I've been toying with this idea as well for a while now. I'm intending to go mobile, but was thinking that maybe later I could work from home.

But here's the thing..... we live in an old Victorian house that has been converted into 3 flats. We live on the 1st floor. So when I have clients, I would have to fetch them from the front door, take them up the steps and into the flat.

We've got a spare bedroom that is mainly used as an office by both me and my partner i.e. it has a huge table in with the PC and PC stand etc. If I were to use it as a home salon, I would have to move the table and PC out - which leaves me with the problem of where to put it ..... ? Also, to reach the spare bedroom, the client would have to walk through the lounge which I don't feel is very professional. Especially as I have 2 cats and I don't necessarily want to lock them in the bedroom everytime someone turns up ........

We also have a huge kitchen, but I feel this is even less professional.... who wants to sit next to the cooker having their nails done ........

Any ideas would be very welcome !!

River

 

[linzi]

If I won the lottery, I would build on top of my garage and convert the downstairs as well. Nice and big to accomodate all of my stuff (it's a four car garage).

I would also turn my spare living room into a kinda home gym thing, but we can dream

 

[Trini]

I have a two room apartment living room and kitchen in one and a bedroom toilet and bath. I use my kitchen table because we don't use it we usally eat out or if we do eat in its infrount of the TV.



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Tricia

 

[NAIL FRENZY]

Hi all,

Just wondering for those of you that work from home... which room do you use to do your treatments?

At the moment I only have my kitchen table to use do you think this is okay?

Look forward to your replies.

Louise x

I have pinched my husbands study as he never uses it. Its only tiny but is perfect for my nail desk etc. Just need to put some shelf space in now.

 

[JackieMc]

Sean built a lovely summer house for me to turn into a 'salon', but we've decided the conservatory is much nicer to work from, so we've moved the dining furniture out and the salon furniture in! It's handy because I can bring the clients aound the side of the house into the salon, without them having to come through the house, which I'd prefer. It's a nice size, light and airy, and the air conditioner keeps it fresh in the summer.

In the UK I used to work from my spare bedroom which worked well when I was just doing nails, but now I'm offering tanning too and will be offering waxing in a couple of months and I would never have had the room for all that in there (it was a small 3rd bedroom).

Jackie

 

[Just Jo]

I did convert part of my garage originally - carpet and decorated etc (its a v big garage) but I am in the process of doing a large mailshot and was a bit concerned about having people walking right through my home to get to it so I have now converted the extension which is directly of the hall so clients can walk in the front door and turn straight into my new room I must admit having a room dedicated for nails does make it feel more professional to me now as well. Also it means i am in the house so feels a little safer too.

I did ask about planning etc but as susie said unless you cause a problem with parking then it is not a problem.

I was also informed that you have to tell your house insurance agents because of contents and the fact that part of your property is being used for business apparently.

 

[kittenclaws]

yayayayayayayaya hip hip horay, I HAVE WON THE BATTLE OF THE ROOM, hubby has said YES i can have it as a salon, i think this thread helped, omg i cant wait to get going with it, ive been praying for this and i got it, no more draging all my stuff in my poor little car i did have to agree we would have a tv in the bedroom though but that is a small price to pay

 

[louise]

yayayayayayayaya hip hip horay, I HAVE WON THE BATTLE OF THE ROOM, hubby has said YES i can have it as a salon, i think this thread helped, omg i cant wait to get going with it, ive been praying for this and i got it, no more draging all my stuff in my poor little car i did have to agree we would have a tv in the bedroom though but that is a small price to pay

Yippeeee!!! Good for you hon,see a little nagging does them no harm & puts them in their place!LOL

Louise x

 

[crystals]

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, ISN'T HE A SWEETIE, SEE THEY CAN'T PUT UP WITH NAGGING TO LONG, I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH TV IN BEDROOM TOO. XX

 

[Just Jo]

Well done you! ooooh now you can have fun desiging and doing your new studio.



i've got a tv in the bedroom and i've put one in my nailroom too (its only little and discreet lol) so i can catch up on progs I miss at other times and for when i am practicing ...

 

[kittenclaws]

oh this gets better, he said i can also have £1000 to do it all up, i can hear the shops calling

 

[crystals]

OH MY GOD, YOU LUCKY THING. TELL HIM HE CAN HAVE SOUND SURROUND SYSTEM FOR BEDROOM, ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOUTHER..

 

[kittenclaws]

lol, he is soooooooooooooo sweet and has done loads to support me, if hes good he can have another pedicure, i was going to spend the day doing housework tomarow but instead im off to homebase to get colour charts etc, i want lilac and lemon as my colour scheme, i also want to have a small sink basin put in there, oh my im full of ideas now