# Tenant wanting to run home business **URL:** \ **Category:** Landlord Discussion\ **Created:** [19 November 2024 20:51 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524 "2024-11-19T20:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/eee/32/17370_2.png) [@eee](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/eee)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2024 20:51 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/1 "2024-11-19T20:51:43Z")
Tenant plans to start a weekend beauty business including nails. What’s the advice on this nowadays? usually the advice was to say no a few years ago, is it still the case? A bit concerned about certain chemicals that are flammable… any discussion / info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time on this. ---
**Author:** ![Karl11](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/karl11/32/35316_2.png) [@Karl11](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Karl11)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2024 07:28 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/2 "2024-11-20T07:28:27Z")
Ask your Buildings insurer. They will tell you if they would allow it or what precautions they would insist on. This will be a good start for your discussing options with your tenant. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Z](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/a_z/32/450_2.png) [@A\_Z](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/A_Z)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2024 07:37 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/3 "2024-11-20T07:37:12Z")
Don’t start businesses in residential properties Your contract should have a clause prohibiting business use Beauty treatments require licensing from the local authority These days beauty extends into the realms of aesthetic surgery which these people are not qualified for Worst case scenario … death This is Pandora’s box don’t open it Tessa has information on her website ---
**Author:** ![David122](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/david122/32/1449_2.png) [@David122](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/David122)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2024 09:14 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/4 "2024-11-20T09:14:13Z")
This is almost certainly a breach of your insurance, a breach of local planning and other by-laws, a breach of your mortgage conditions if you have one and a breach of any lease or restrictive covenants on your property. I would suggest you decline. ---
**Author:** ![eee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/eee/32/17370_2.png) [@eee](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/eee)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2024 10:35 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/5 "2024-11-20T10:35:11Z")
thx, my tenant wont go that far but mainly on doing nails. My concern is the flammable chemicals. The stock to do it would be more than just catering for one or two persons in a household… ---
**Author:** ![A\_Z](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/a_z/32/450_2.png) [@A\_Z](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/A_Z)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2024 13:52 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/6 "2024-11-20T13:52:50Z")
Nail aesthetics has its own problems I assure you Avoid entertaining this ---
**Author:** ![Karl11](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/karl11/32/35316_2.png) [@Karl11](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Karl11)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2024 14:09 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/7 "2024-11-20T14:09:11Z")
It is sad that its so difficult to do this. We should be encouraging entrepreneurship. A tenant of mine started his own business painting calipers on car wheels. It was a hobby as much as a job, maybe only 1 or 2 jobs per week, but did earn him some extra bits of spending money. The effort to earn some money was to be congratulated, and had he owned his property, the likelihood is he would have been able to continue with this on a small scale at least. Maybe it would have become a successful business, where he could expand to alternative business premises, but initially they could not afford those separate premises, so a fledgling business running from home was, on the face of it, an ideal solution… Had the business been successful this would also have helped as a possible route off benefits for them. Sadly, it was not possible to consent due to the insurance obligations imposed. Its a shame. I like to consider myself having a bit on entrepreneurial spirit, and it was disappointing to have to stamp this out of others… just because they are tenants. ---
**Author:** ![Colin3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/colin3/32/450_2.png) [@Colin3](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Colin3)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2024 18:11 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/8 "2024-11-20T18:11:27Z")
Is there a garden area where they can build a garden room and work from there? I see these quite a lot but in gardens of owner / occupiers. Dog groomers, nails , hair dressing, offices and so on. Permissions needed ---
**Author:** ![Nilesh](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/nilesh/32/515_2.png) [@Nilesh](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Nilesh)\ **Post date:** [25 November 2024 21:18 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/9 "2024-11-25T21:18:56Z")
Do not entertain this idea. Its a residential property. Keep it that way. If a business is registered at the address and fails with debts… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/system/32/11_2.png) [@system](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/system)\ **Post date:** [23 February 2025 21:19 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-wanting-to-run-home-business/74524/10 "2025-02-23T21:19:56Z")
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