Office in House

[kurnal]

The law relating to working from home is unclear- parts of the house may not be domestic premises-
1-Do persons visit the  premises as customers or clients of the book keeping business?
2- Do they set out a room purely for business use or
3- Do they just use the PC in the corner of the  domestic lounge and have no visitors?

I suggest if the answer to 1 or 2 is yes the fire safety order applies.
If the answer only to 3 is yes then the premises are  domestic premises and not subject to the order.

[lingmoor]

The law relating to working from home is unclear- parts of the house may not be domestic premises-
1-Do persons visit the  premises as customers or clients of the book keeping business?
2- Do they set out a room purely for business use or
3- Do they just use the PC in the corner of the  domestic lounge and have no visitors?

I suggest if the answer to 1 or 2 is yes the fire safety order applies.
If the answer only to 3 is yes then the premises are  domestic premises and not subject to the order.

Well I have a Fire Risk Assessment business run from my home, no clients come to my home and I have converted a room to use as an office and it serves no other purpose....so I'm number 2 then...best do a FRA on myself ...it'll be in my head though, because as we know, less than 5....

[Galeon]

The law relating to working from home is unclear- parts of the house may not be domestic premises-
1-Do persons visit the  premises as customers or clients of the book keeping business?
2- Do they set out a room purely for business use or
3- Do they just use the PC in the corner of the  domestic lounge and have no visitors?

I suggest if the answer to 1 or 2 is yes the fire safety order applies.
If the answer only to 3 is yes then the premises are  domestic premises and not subject to the order.

Well I have a Fire Risk Assessment business run from my home, no clients come to my home and I have converted a room to use as an office and it serves no other purpose....so I'm number 2 then...best do a FRA on myself ...it'll be in my head though, because as we know, less than 5....

Beware the Tax Man , as if you are a business  and operating form 'Home', and how I understand it , he can come back at you in certain areas , always check with your accountant as I know a few people that have come up against this .

[Midland Retty]

In my opinion if anyone is employed on the premises whom is not engaged in domestic work (cook, clean, look after children etc) or employed to maintain the house (plumber, electrican, roofer etc) then the RRO would apply

However how far you would actually take enforcement on a house used as an office is a different matter!