Is this not illegal?
I saw an advert in another section on SAAFE where girls are offering a place to work from but I thought this constituted a brothel.
Whilst I like the idea of working with others on tour I don't want to get arrested. Do the police just ignore these places? They have a website so it's not a secret.
SM
Yes, it is illegal. In most of England, brothels are largely ignored/tolerated by the police. Often, massage parlours are seen as a safe, manageable alternative to street prostitution. They will, however, get involved if there's a sniff of other trouble - drugs, trafficking, underage sex. And agendas can change - the Scottish police want to get rid of brothels and property developers may want to "clean up" an area, which is what I think was behind some Soho raids a few years ago.
Two or three independents in a flat are much less likely to attract negative attention than a massage parlour with a neon sign out front but if someone gets the hump then the law can be used against you.
Many women find that the benefits of safety greatly outweigh the rather negligible legal risks.