Miledy
New Member
Hi
I'm a nail technician and I'm exploring an opportunity of working from home. I'm not a beginner in the profession, and I've been specialising in nails and have relevant certifications and insurance. This is not my only source of income and so I'm not looking to create a true salon experience for now. All I need is a small area with a table, two chairs and some typical things like lamps, dust collector, a steriliser, nothing fancy.
I was told that working from home requires some permission from my Local Authority. Also, I don't own a property so will have to rent and landlords don't usually welcome this kind of work from home. It looks like it's really difficult to do even this "micro business" from home in my circumstances. But if I have 5 clients per week and most of them are my friends and friends of my friends, does that qualify as a business at all?
Could anyone share their experiences or thoughts about my situation? Is there hope I can legally work from home? Or may be, with just a few clients per week it's not worth it, and I just have to get more serious and either work in a salon, or focus on nails as my main source of income and invest in it just to overcome the legal burden of working from home? Or may be I should turn into a mobile nail tech?
I'm a nail technician and I'm exploring an opportunity of working from home. I'm not a beginner in the profession, and I've been specialising in nails and have relevant certifications and insurance. This is not my only source of income and so I'm not looking to create a true salon experience for now. All I need is a small area with a table, two chairs and some typical things like lamps, dust collector, a steriliser, nothing fancy.
I was told that working from home requires some permission from my Local Authority. Also, I don't own a property so will have to rent and landlords don't usually welcome this kind of work from home. It looks like it's really difficult to do even this "micro business" from home in my circumstances. But if I have 5 clients per week and most of them are my friends and friends of my friends, does that qualify as a business at all?
Could anyone share their experiences or thoughts about my situation? Is there hope I can legally work from home? Or may be, with just a few clients per week it's not worth it, and I just have to get more serious and either work in a salon, or focus on nails as my main source of income and invest in it just to overcome the legal burden of working from home? Or may be I should turn into a mobile nail tech?