Like many on this forum, we run a small business from our home.
Most of our equipment is located in the conservatory but as we add more, it tends to encroach to the living areas too. In our case, it's become a problem and when a larger property came on the market nearby, we purchased it :)
20 years ago the 'new to us' property used to be a grocery shop at the front with living area behind and 4 bedrooms upstairs plus, a large garage/workshop. The grocer's shop literally shut its doors 20 + years ago and the owners didn't open them again! You can imagine the bad state it was in when we purchased it!!! Here's a couple of pictures:
Since these pictures were taken, the ceiling caved in and the floor gave way = nightmare!
Anyway, back to the subject.
When we complete work on the large room that once was 'the shop', we'll have enough space to place our equipment in that one room thereby completely divorcing it from the living areas
So, when does a home based business require to pay commercial/business rates? Both Angie or I have full time jobs and the business is still small.
Any information/comments?
Regards
John