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I imagine this may be illegal many places from a zoning perspective. At least in the US, most houses are in neighborhoods that are zoned strictly residential. T

I imagine this may be illegal many places from a zoning perspective. At least in the US, most houses are in neighborhoods that are zoned strictly residential. There are usually exceptions for working from home, but I doubt those exceptions apply to a bunch of other people working in your home.

ccozan 11y ago
I don't think zoning applies to working from home. Is not like you open a front-door shop or some garage. Plus there is no money involved, there is nothing commercial.
- roel_v 11y ago
  "I don't think zoning applies to working from home." Yes it does, and certainly when you let others into your house like these people are doing. And just as well - I wouldn't want the parking hassles of several additional cars if one my neighbors did something like this (well theoretically, because where I live right now I wouldn't have such issues - just saying that there are good reasons for zoning regulations about things like this).
  - ccozan 11y ago
    Ok you are right [0]. The only thing which might apply would be cars parked. [0] http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/38884 http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/38884
- DanBC 11y ago
  It doesn't matter if it's commercial! https://www.sba.gov/content/home-based-business-zoning-laws https://www.sba.gov/content/home-based-business-zoning-laws > Most zoning codes: > Restrict the numbers of visitors to a home-based business > Restrict the number of employees working in the home or prohibit employees altogether > Restrict business parking or require that additional parking be provided [...] > Restrict or prohibit nuisance impacts (e.g., noise, odors, glare) http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/68844 http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/68844 > The fact is, unless you've taken the time to thoroughly investigate your city and county zoning regulations, you're leaving yourself wide open to the type of scenario mentioned above. Your business could be shut down before it even sees the light of day-or, worse, shut down when you're already in business.
austinjp 11y ago
Yup -- see my other comments. They relate to the UK, but similar issues will apply in any country with taxation and "zoning".
cosmolev 11y ago
In Silicon Valley TV series they solved this problem by blackmailing the neighbor.
codingdave 11y ago
By their map, this is hardly a US-centric project.

ccozan 11y ago

I don't think zoning applies to working from home. Is not like you open a front-door shop or some garage. Plus there is no money involved, there is nothing commercial.

roel_v 11y ago
"I don't think zoning applies to working from home." Yes it does, and certainly when you let others into your house like these people are doing. And just as well - I wouldn't want the parking hassles of several additional cars if one my neighbors did something like this (well theoretically, because where I live right now I wouldn't have such issues - just saying that there are good reasons for zoning regulations about things like this).
- ccozan 11y ago
  Ok you are right [0]. The only thing which might apply would be cars parked. [0] http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/38884 http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/38884
DanBC 11y ago
It doesn't matter if it's commercial! https://www.sba.gov/content/home-based-business-zoning-laws https://www.sba.gov/content/home-based-business-zoning-laws > Most zoning codes: > Restrict the numbers of visitors to a home-based business > Restrict the number of employees working in the home or prohibit employees altogether > Restrict business parking or require that additional parking be provided [...] > Restrict or prohibit nuisance impacts (e.g., noise, odors, glare) http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/68844 http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/68844 > The fact is, unless you've taken the time to thoroughly investigate your city and county zoning regulations, you're leaving yourself wide open to the type of scenario mentioned above. Your business could be shut down before it even sees the light of day-or, worse, shut down when you're already in business.

austinjp 11y ago

Yup -- see my other comments. They relate to the UK, but similar issues will apply in any country with taxation and "zoning".

cosmolev 11y ago

In Silicon Valley TV series they solved this problem by blackmailing the neighbor.

codingdave 11y ago

By their map, this is hardly a US-centric project.