If you set it up as a charity shop I dont think you have to pay business rates. Just an idea
It would have to a registered charity (which I assume the OP isn't) and used wholly or mainly for charitable purposes (which it wouldn't be).
Can you rent an office and just live in it?
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It would have to a registered charity (which I assume the OP isn't) and used wholly or mainly for charitable purposes (which it wouldn't be).
I used to know a guy who lived in a broken volvo in some woods. You can set your sights lower if you really try.
(He worked at a restaurant I worked at and at the time he believed he was an illegal worker here in the UK but was from Portugal and entirely entitled to be here. I suspect he was a little touched. OP, how about you?)
(He worked at a restaurant I worked at and at the time he believed he was an illegal worker here in the UK but was from Portugal and entirely entitled to be here. I suspect he was a little touched. OP, how about you?)
I'd prefer to be in the city centre really. After all this renting a flat seems like the way to go but over the last month all the cheap ones in the centre have disappeared. It's a huge pain trying to find somewhere to live 130 miles away when you work and can't just go up there whenever the agents have a slot :/
The agents don't give a stuff anyway, they must have queues of people looking for cheap flats. I have a week before the new uni year starts where I will have to go up there and take the first place I look at in all likelihood. Worst case scenario is going in to a house share with last years agency but I'd rather not, I'm 23 in September, not an average student and find other people with the 'look I'm a student olol' mentality quite irritating
I just want my own space. Most rooms are ~£280 a month but I can get a flat for £300 or cheaper even. Splitting bills with a load of people ends up more expensive in my experience because everybody uses the washing machine, cooker etc. at different times and you can't moderate usage. I don't have a need to live with people, got plenty of friends at home, just want to get my course done and over with, also my missus is having a baby at Christmas so somewhere the two of them can visit would be nice (obviously the ***** van or office wouldn't be suitable for that
).check with your local authority I know that I didn't pay rates on my workshop due to it being under a certain threshold.
1000sq ft workshop with office with gas and electric hot and cold running water and toilet and shower and I was paying £400 pcm in Glasgow.
I certainly did think that if I didn't have a wife and kids to go home to I could quite happily live in it
1000sq ft workshop with office with gas and electric hot and cold running water and toilet and shower and I was paying £400 pcm in Glasgow.
I certainly did think that if I didn't have a wife and kids to go home to I could quite happily live in it
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I have considered this myself because you can sometimes get a lot of space for the price and some will include a small kitchen and a bathroom. This guy i knew purchased an old motorbike repair shop on a corner near a high street and converted it in to a house. Apparently he got it for next to nothing and it is alright now.
If you could find a office space with a bathroom and kitchen just get some room dividers or hang some curtain like things around to divide it up and make some rooms.
If you could find a office space with a bathroom and kitchen just get some room dividers or hang some curtain like things around to divide it up and make some rooms.
Read that as "cameltoe europe" before I clicked on it and was wondering what it had to do with the thread.......
Thank God I wasn't the only one!
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I admit this thought has gone through my head previously
Read that as "cameltoe europe" before I clicked on it and was wondering what it had to do with the thread.......
i did exactly the same!
Or just buy a portable office
http://www.shippingcontainersuk.com/m9b9s14p20/-TIMBER-JACK-LEG-CABINS-32ftX10ft-Open-Plan-Office
help the homeless?
also my missus is having a baby at Christmas so somewhere the two of them can visit would be nice (obviously the ***** van or office wouldn't be suitable for that
I can just see a Christmas day in that shipping container with your mrs and new born. Xmas tree and full turkey roast etc
I've thought about doing the same thing actually. Not live there but just have a couch, tv, etc to and relax when i need a change of scene.
I can get an office very cheap around here, maybe 300/mo for a pretty big one, fiber internet and everything. There are some big suburban banks quite near my house that failed in the crisis so they are renting them for office space now. They are really quite fancy and new.
I can get an office very cheap around here, maybe 300/mo for a pretty big one, fiber internet and everything. There are some big suburban banks quite near my house that failed in the crisis so they are renting them for office space now. They are really quite fancy and new.
