Hi everyone.
I recently finished my NVQ3 in BT and decided to work from my upstairs box room. But when i spoke to the council on the phone, they said that as i do not have a sink in the room or disable access i would not be given a licence, so i stopped my dream before i had even started. The problem is that my yongest child is in nursery so i thought i would work 2 hours in the morning to make ends meet as i do not want to work full time with 3 kids.
But i have just had an idea, which i need advice on. If i can put a portable massage table in my front room and keep a trolley with everything i need for that particular client, do you think the council would let me have the licence. As the room is my sitting room i would not need to pay business rates and there should be no problem with disable access as there are no stairs.
In todays day and age where it is so hard to get a job why are the council so hell bent in making it impossible for us therapists to work peacefully from home. I think us homeworkers and mobiles have a greater sense of health and safety then most salons and i know loads of salons that have no disable access and no sinks in there treatment room.
I'm so dishearted that i want to through in the towel.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I recently finished my NVQ3 in BT and decided to work from my upstairs box room. But when i spoke to the council on the phone, they said that as i do not have a sink in the room or disable access i would not be given a licence, so i stopped my dream before i had even started. The problem is that my yongest child is in nursery so i thought i would work 2 hours in the morning to make ends meet as i do not want to work full time with 3 kids.
But i have just had an idea, which i need advice on. If i can put a portable massage table in my front room and keep a trolley with everything i need for that particular client, do you think the council would let me have the licence. As the room is my sitting room i would not need to pay business rates and there should be no problem with disable access as there are no stairs.
In todays day and age where it is so hard to get a job why are the council so hell bent in making it impossible for us therapists to work peacefully from home. I think us homeworkers and mobiles have a greater sense of health and safety then most salons and i know loads of salons that have no disable access and no sinks in there treatment room.
I'm so dishearted that i want to through in the towel.
Any advice would be much appreciated.