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General Category => Questions and Answers => Topic started by: PorcelainDolly on 27 June 2022, 11:54:03 pm
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Theres literally hardly anything online that can help.
Basically right now I'm able to put down a 10% deposit on a residential property.
Question is Commercial or residential property
Then how would I turn a residential into a commercial.
I don't exactly want to buy a shop front 😅
Would I need a license to do sex work in the property. I'm a escort and dominatrix. I've been told I would by the council but it's very slim they would be ok with me getting a license for sex work.
I'm wanting to be completely honest about everything which I do and go with what the laws say.
Please tell me there is hope in getting a work place.
Based in Scotland
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dont know if i understand your concern. i lived in scotland for 2 years and worked from home, i was renting though. you don't need a commercial property unless you are planning to set up a civvy business. you just buy a property to live and work. nothing out of the ordinary.
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I don't understand either - a lone sex worker working from their own property doesn't need a licence anywhere in the UK; we don't have mandatory registration or regulation of sex workers here (and thank God for that).
If you buy a house with a freehold, you can pretty much do what you like, although from a practical point of view you still need to avoid the neighbours cottoning on or they can make your life (and work) very difficult. If it's a flat with a lease, then you'll likely be in breach of it as very few allow for the running of a business which includes business and most also have some kind of 'immorality' clause too - you can argue in court that nothing you are doing is 'immoral' and you'd be correct, but if you could afford to roll out a case like that you'd be buying the property outright :).
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If you're not planning to live there as well, it's entirely up to you. I guess you could buy a commercial property if you wanted to set yourself up as a 'masseur', but for escorting and BDSM surely you just want a normal house/flat? As Amy said, in a house you have free rein with perhaps only nosy neighbours to worry about. A leasehold flat may have some restrictions.