Need a place to rent for a film studio?

bigbucks

Hi i need a place to rent to use as a studio probaly mostly for adult films.any reasonable apartment would though.but i want to o things legitimately so i would imagine i would need permission to use the apartment in this way to legally register the company.So does anyone know what the process would be for this and even more important does anyone have an apartment that they are willing to rent .i could probaly give good rent for it.so if anyones interested then let me know.

antoinolachtnai

In general terms, you cannot carry on a business in an apartment in a development. It is against the terms of the lease the owner has with the management company.

bigbucks

What if thier was no lease can u just register the business to your own house and then film wherever you want,you see im thinking about if i make money from my business how do i deal with tax and that if im not actually registered as a company.and if im liveing in an apartment and its all been filmed from there then would i not have to register it there at that apartment?

Victor

bigbucks wrote:

What if thier was no lease

Apartments invariably have leases, in a simple six storey building you have 6 apartments owning the same bit of land.

can u just register the business to your own house and then film wherever you want,

Presumably. Once you don't create other legal issues, like using a premises with residential planning permission for a business. You will get away with only you working there, but probably not with others.

you see im thinking about if i make money from my business how do i deal with tax and that if im not actually registered as a company.

You would get taxed as self-employed. Just like a accountant, solicitor or other undesirable.

and if im liveing in an apartment and its all been filmed from there then would i not have to register it there at that apartment?

No, your business could be registered anywhere, some people use their accountant's or solicitor's office as their registered office, although their main office is elsewhere.

antoinolachtnai

Well, he will get away just fine in a house, if there isn't a fuss and if he doesn't have people tramping through and making a fuss all the time. An apartment is a bit more restrictive. It is easier for people to complain, and it is more likely, because everyone is living so close together. But the OP was concerned about being legit.

bigbucks

ok thanks guys so heres the plan im going to regster the business from my house why i live with my family and then im going to make the filming in n apartment and then post it on my website.And then get an accountant to sort out the tax and a solicitor to help meseet up the legality of it and the website so does this all soun ok aaor is there more i need to worry about?,The apartment would be a shortterm non lease rentel agreement between myself and the landlord.Thanks

antoinolachtnai

You and the landlord will still be in breach of the lease.

bigbucks

but what if the person owns the apartment and is renting it without a lease privately and not through an estate agency.

antoinolachtnai

apartments are almost always leaseholds on long leases.

even if they weren't you'd be in breach of planning regulations.

bigbucks

I dont understand how i would be in breach of planning regulations?im not planning on building a garage or anything im just gonna rent an apartment and film some movies and market them on the internet,i may even be able to do it in a way that it cant be proven that the filming is being done in the apartment.and if the apartment is short term without a lease then i dont think i will have a problem.thanks

antoinolachtnai

Well, if you don't think you have a problem, well, then why are you bothering to ask?

Apartments only have planning permission to be used for living in. If you want to run a business, you need different permission.

You could always rent a business premises.

monkeyfudge

Well if you think of the apartment as more of a shooting location than the location of a business then I don't see the issue.

I believe the laws around shooting on location in Ireland are all a bit sketchy though. Blitzkrieg would know more as I remember him talking about the differences between shooting in the UK and shooting in Ireland before.

To be honest I think you should be more worried about the legal implications of generating and selling 'adult content' in Ireland.

carpediem

Apartments are zoned residential. To carry out business on a premise, it has to be zoned commercial. Requests for commercial zoning have to be made via the planning permission process.

MLM

carpediem wrote:

Apartments are zoned residential. To carry out business on a premise, it has to be zoned commercial. Requests for commercial zoning have to be made via the planning permission process.

What about people who work from home?

Victor

MLM wrote:

What about people who work from home?

Theres only one of them, no employees and suppliers* coming and going, no rates, no public liability insurance..


* I don't want to know.

monkeyfudge

Yep... Public liability insurance is actually a big thing if you're shooting anything.

I think you need something like €30,000,000.

DerekP11

Public liability requirements for shooting in pubic...oopps sorry....public places is around 7million.

But maybe its different in the porn industry.:eek:

Is this thread for real.

bigbucks

Victor wrote:

Theres only one of them, no employees and suppliers* coming and going, no rates, no public liability insurance..


* I don't want to know.

Acutually i work in an office attached to my boss`s house,He has operated from home for the past 7 years that he has been in business.He has got public liabilty but he was not legally forced to get it .I was working from home myself until he built the office and he had no liabilty then.So am i right in saying that i should have publlic liability insurance but i am not legally required to ?

bigbucks

So those anybody have a place i can rent?i would be willing to pay genourously.Thanks bye