Log cabin for commercial use

tea and coffee wrote: »

OK, thanks. Not looking good so.

Out of curiosity then, I know of the following
- someone working out of their back room as a salon. You go in through the side gate. Flat access

- prefabs in the back garden as a playschool (know a few of these). Steps up to it.

- using sun room as a play area for child minding

- prefab on commercial property as a hair dresser. Steps up to it.


All of these are above board, paying tax and insurance.



If a log cabin won't work, I need other options. The building we currently use isn't suitable for much longer and there is good scope in the garden to "work from home".

Look for viable premises.
You can’t just erect a commercial business in your back garden.
You’ll have parking issues, people coming and going issues and fire safety escape issues.

1. Back Room.
You can’t regulate the black economy. Just because they do it, doesn’t mean they are doing it legally.

2. Prefabs in back garden.
I do t know if many in a residential back garden as an official pre-school. Maybe post up an example as the records are public anyway, you won’t be posting anything private.

3. Sun room.
Residential child minding has been legislated for. You are allowed a certain amount in the family home. There are planning and tax and revenue guidelines on this already. It’s different to setting up a hair saloon in the back garden.

4. Prefab as saloon.
Sometimes you can add these as an extension to the main commercial use. They have to offer the same service within the main building to comply with access and disability requirements. Again, post an example and we can look at the public record and give an opinion.

tea and coffee wrote: »

I'd rather not post up people's details; not fair on them of me to do it.

Preschools: They are registered with Tusla. This is not a fly-by night job, and it is a prefab in one case and a "garden room" extension onto a house in another

On the back room thing- I'd be very certain it's not black economy. They pay commercial rates on it, have a big sign out front, advertise online, pay tax....

I'm not saying others don't do stuff from home on the q.t. but the place I'm thinking of isn't.

Also, wheelchair access- what about places with stairs and no lift?
Won't let me add photos - says internal server error-but basically any of those "over the shop " places, door at street level and then up a small stairs to the first floor, such as a solictitor's office, for example. https://www.google.com/maps/place/No.84+The+Beauty+Loft/@53.2024913,-6.1099631,3a,75y,285.75h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4vaMX2l6eDLj4Tl2_oTHtA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D4vaMX2l6eDLj4Tl2_oTHtA%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D285.74683%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x4867a921501f1da3:0x88c9e1bc5b3607c6!8m2!3d53.202504!4d-6.110146 or this sort of thing?

or this: https://www.loghouse.ie/product-category/pre-school-log-cabins/#iLightbox[image_carousel_2]/0


or this: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2901545,-6.1310782,3a,75y,218.23h,78.59t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7IYycaKV01b8dPvpRMxWyw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D7IYycaKV01b8dPvpRMxWyw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D39.27166%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Existing buildings can be exempt from putting in lifts if you repurpose the upper floors. You can only work to what you have.