Salon in home?

[Ohkayrami]

Anyone work from a salon in home? Pros and cons please

 

[FakeBakeLover99]

[emoji3] cons : you don't get walk in clients, you have to really push advertisement or get clients through word of mouth, you sometimes have clients that think you are just waiting in your house for them so will be late, depending where your room is (you have to walk up my stairs and in my hall) you have to make sue your house is always spotless (I'm a neat freak but don't have kids).

Pros: you are in your house so you wake up and you are already there and don't have to travel, you can watch daytime TV in between clients if you have a gap, you can work till whatever time you want since its not a salon and it doesn't have to close (I work till 9pm) and you can also do err ins/housework in between clients if u have a gap so u don't have to do them later.
I really love working from home. Once you have built up your client base it really is the best xxxx

 

[FakeBakeLover99]

Oh I forgot you have smaller overheads x

 

[Ohkayrami]

Thanks, you're really making me think hard about how fun it might be! Lol, I don't have kids either so the clean part would be easy.

 

[FakeBakeLover99]

It is [emoji3] not forgetting your fridge is in your work if u want a snack! Lol most of my clients are through word of mouth and family and friends of clients so it's worked our pretty well and Facebook is brill to advertise with xxxx

 

[holliekwx]

i work from home and i love it! save so much money, some clients do take the piss a little bit, but only the minority! most client's love it cos i can be more flexible and work earlier/later if i need to. and if someone doesn't show up atleast your at home so can do something else, best in summer when it's hot i can sit out in the garden inbetween clients x

 

[beautybyab]

Hi girls what insurance do you have? I have my beauty insurance with abt & will need contents insurance for my home but is there something else you need when working from home? X

 

[kamikate]

Insurance: I just do my beauty insurance with ABT and my house insurance with RAC, they know about my business from home.

Pros: all as above from FakeBakeLover99. Other pros: when it's rush hour bad traffic, or horrible weather, you're tucked up at home while client is doing all the travelling. I can tell my clients there's easy parking outside my house, no parking ticket.

Cons: you have to deal with late clients and early clients. I don't have a waiting area so have to allow time between treatments so there's no overlap. Some clients have turned up really early (they hate to be late) while I'm in the middle of a family meal. If they come with a friend/relative they must both be in my salon room. NEVER let the other person into another room in your house if there's no one around to supervise. I had been the victim of theft and so was another home therapist I knew. Some clients can be snobby about me working from a home salon, they don't think it's the real deal!

 

[ninar]

Hello, do yous have pics or Facebook page of your home salon I would love to see as I'm considering working from home thanks

 

[FakeBakeLover99]

[emoji3] the first pic is before transformed the room [emoji3] xxx

 

[Sharan]

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[emoji3] the first pic is before transformed the room [emoji3] xxx

I love the way you have used your space. Looks fab!

 

[FakeBakeLover99]

Thanks so much [emoji3]it didn't cost much either [emoji3] xxxx

 

[Millsie1]

Hi ladies, I'm going to jump on this thread if that's ok.
I have a spare room that I want to work from but I am having issues with home insurance. My current company have told me that my household policy will be void if I work out of a room in my house. So ive tried contacting other insurers and the costs are huge nearly to the point that it wont make it viable.
please can you recommend companies to contact or let me know how you all do it!
was also thinking of going with the Guild for treatment insurance is that a good one?
thanks in advance

 

[AcidPerm]

Have you tried going through an insurance broker?

 

[Millsie1]

Have you tried going through an insurance broker?

Thanks i agree I think this maybe the way to go.
I thought it was going to be straight forward!

 

[ReVivebeauty]

Try Balens Insurance, they do specialised home insurance for therapists.

 

[Millsie1]

Try Balens Insurance, they do specialised home insurance for therapists.

Thank you, I will have a look for their number. I was all excited as I had made the decision to 'go it alone' then I hit a problem, I really don't want to start doing treatments until I'm insured & I have clients waiting - eekk!

 

[ukbeauty]

Thank you, I will have a look for their number. I was all excited as I had made the decision to 'go it alone' then I hit a problem, I really don't want to start doing treatments until I'm insured & I have clients waiting - eekk!

Hello, do yous have pics or Facebook page of your home salon I would love to see as I'm considering working from home thanks

 

[AcidPerm]

http://www.salongeek.com/threads/your-set-ups-ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours.135477/page-102

Lots of lovely inspiring set ups to nosey at.

 

[Millsie1]

That's lovely - you have lots of equipment, do you work full time?