home office, my neighbour says NO
 

today my neighbour tells me I am not allowed to work from home and have an office because this is a residental area

wtf.. am I missing something? or is she just full shit?

I tell her even on my taxes I say I work at home, and claim my office space..

Full of shit

Check with your local zoning board; but unless you're having content shoots at your home, she's just a bitch.

Unless you have employees or customers coming to your house, or a "we're open" sign on the door, tell her to eat shit. Shooting content at your house might be a different story, be discreet.

lol why the hell would your neighbor care? Do you have a big sign up and parking for your "office" or something insane? Then she can take a leap off the top step.

Generally cities only throw a fit about a home-based business if you create too much traffic in your neighborhood. Check local laws and then tell your neighbor to eat shit.

If you are running a business out of a home you can run afoul of zoning laws. You should never tell your neighbors anything about yourself or your business. If I was you I would casually mention the next time you talk to the guy that he got the wrong impression from your conversation and that you DO have an office outside the home somewhere nearby (even if that is bullshit), and that you just have a private office at home to do your bills or some shit. Otherwise this guy now has something over on you if you are running a business out of your home and he can make trouble for you if you ever get into a beef with him.

Agreed. Outside of content shooting I don't believe you will encounter any issues, except that of your bitch neighbor!

yeah thats what I said.. unless I got people coming and going.. wtf is the problem.. I am sure a good % of ppl around here are "working from home".

she told me some lady down the street just got a huge fine.. and that I should be quiet about working from home... fucking nosey neighbour.

yeah I suppose to be safe.. need to keep things to myself.

there isn't anything wrong or illegal with a home office. The only problem is if you have employees coming into your home to work or clients coming and going frequently.

Just like a wellfare bitches "job" is sitting at home watching TV while her kids run around the floor is her "job" you sitting at your desk whacking off is your right.

You should probably beat him in his colon with an axe handle. That will make him comply very quickly.

i would tell her to mind her own fucking business

Zoning laws are for examples like so...

You have an office at home and you have multiple clients that come and go which create parking issues and these clients can come by at a walk in basis. So you are a pet groomer and people are constantly coming and going. No appointments and you could feasibly have 10 clients at one time.

Another example. You do welding work and it requires the use of loud machinery. You store chemicals that require commercial zoning, etc...

sadly I try to get along with my neighbours since I plan to live here for awhile..

Well she is supposely just warning me to keep a low profile.

Maybe I should tell her I heard the people down the street got a huge fine for not keeping their dogs on a leech.. just Warning her!!

Tip: Don't talk to your neighbor, he is uneducated :2 cents:

you should get a brown paper bag, fill it with dog shit, put it on her doorstep, light it on fire, ring the doorbell, and then when she comes and answers the door...

punch her in the face... and eat the bag of dog shit... (of course, put the fire out first)

Basically put, your neighbor is an idiot.

yeah anything that effects my neighbours I could see being a problem, me working on the computer making money.. is not different than someone at home wasting the day playing online games... I am not harming anyone.. and no one would even know besides them all wondering how the fuck I can afford a new home when I am always home doing fun stuff.

outside alot latly doing new home summer stuff and jealous hard working neighbours :(

I'd seriously check with your zoning board. Then you can directly throw it back in her face if she wants to be that way. You can also note the hours her stereo is too loud, her dog barks, et al. Eventually, someone will move, but make sure you have the law on your side, first.

She needs a good rump fuck

full of shit, but there is a limit to how many people you can have working at your home and the nature of the work.

how would anyone even know? unless you actually see customers inside.

bulshit!..........the day someone tells me what I can or can't do in my own home .. that is the day I put my foot up that person's arse!

I have spoken!

Your neighbor needs to learn how to mind her own business and you shouldn't be volunteering any information about yours.

LOL @ stupid jealous fucking yuppy neighbors

haha that's pretty funny

Bullshit ...

I have a "corporate" office and an office in my home and I have clients stop by here all the time at my house. We've signed deals here, had a few beers, BBQ, etc.

To my neighbors - its just my friends stopping over ... little do they know that contracts are getting inked and Statements of work / Builds of Materials for IT projects are getting done and really its not their business anyways.

Ive lived here for 8 years and plan on being here until they carry my dead body out the door in a box. Fuck the neighbors - the bitch is crazy

I work at home too and I don't have any neighbors to complain she needs a man to fuck her good that's what and to know you better she needs to talk to you that's why she can't tell to herself "I didn't fucked with a stranger..." it's like the old saying "don't open the door to strangers";

Just tell her you are making your money with day-trading or that you made a big heiritage and don't need to work at all anymore.

I know some local guys that do content and his neighbour walked into his house and started bitching at him.. he said to him that if he complains again he will burn the place down.. no one complained since.

thou I'm not like that haha.

Im not worried thou, I just think its funny as fuck, I told her not to worry about me, even if I was doing something wrong, I know people with offices, etc etc.. so many ways around it, and no one can stop me from doing shit at my own home.

She's full of shit, unless you do content shoots you are fully in your right to work from home.

Sometimes you need to tell them what they want the hear to keep them quite, Tell her you went to the city and got a "Home office permit" for $100:winkwink:

I always laugh when I'm watching shows about buying a house and everybody says they want a "home office". Why the fuck does everyone think they need a home office? LOL.

Anyway, considering everybody seems to think that they have or need a home office these days to feel important, I'm sure half of your block has a "home office".

You can declare any room or space in your house as an "office" for crissake. Just slap a desk and and computer in there and maybe a phone and fax if you need them, and get busy. I don't know of any residential zoning law anywhere that prohibits someone from working from home, people have been doing it since before Amway and Mary Kay and Avon and fucking Fuller Brushes.

I used to do bikini & lingerie and softcore shoots in my home years ago, no law against that either that I'm aware of. I have never heard of any law against using a camera or taking video in one's own home.

And the best part is you get to claim a % of your utilities and all your "office expenditures" on your income tax as a write-off.

I say again, your neighbor is an idiot. A nosey misinformed overbearing idiot. Do like others have said... contact your city hall, maybe get them to print you off a copy of the actual laws governing home-based businesses in your community, and go drop it in her mailbox. (or walk up and thumbtack it to her forehead)

Correct.

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Tell her you don't have a home office
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_office

Unless you have customers coming and going, I cant see it being anyones business. Now if your incorporated I can see the local gov wanting their taste in the form of a business license.

haha... piss on her car and shit in her garden!

tell her you like poo...

She will soon leave you alone/... WORKS FOR ME!

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tell her t go fuck herself bitch :D

Prob different in the states but here if you register a business name and the place of business is your home address you need to get Development Approval from the local government. I applied for an exemption and got it because i was just working on a pc.

not that sure of that ...

In Montreal, if you have an office ( to earn a living ) at home, you need to apply for an " occupancy permit " . The city limits the usage to no more then 33% of the habitable space.
They charge a one-time fee . You must post the permit in your office.

This permit not given for all type of business, but those that will not create excess traffic , noise, or risk .

If you want to have a doctor's cabiner, forget it ...

I am pretty sure that this is in force in quite a majority of cities ....

But again, you are smart, so this must all be bs ..... :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/p...chema=PORT AL

I have to tell them to take it up with CDShit ....

Just tell people you are retired.

Exactly!!!

Check local laws

Are you from the US? I can see them trying to pull some shit like that there... A new tax! The work from home tax.

I mean if you aren't commuting, you aren't contributing!

Serves you right, trying to use your home to get around the SYSTEM.

I am so sick of fucking hippies.

:mad:

Did you tell her you have an adult business too??

i call shenanigans on that bitch.