Rent/Own/Size/Etc...

[coolconfidentme]

I own (no mortgage) a separate home for my DC. It has 1800 sq ft for the kids. I also own rental properties & do not allow tenants to have a home DC business. I did in the past & the place was road hard & put away wet.

[LysesKids]

I own (no mortgage) a separate home for my DC. It has 1800 sq ft for the kids. I also own rental properties & do not allow tenants to have a home DC business. I did in the past & the place was road hard & put away wet.

I loved my landlord in IN... she was very cool and she did the painting in the duplex I rented (she was a contractor ). All her tenants were there over 2 years including myself... I was a registered provider. Not everyone who rents is a bad tenant if they do childcare (infants only here).

[coolconfidentme]

I loved my landlord in IN... she was very cool and she did the painting in the duplex I rented (she was a contractor ). All her tenants were there over 2 years including myself... I was a registered provider. Not everyone who rents is a bad tenant if they do childcare (infants only here).

I know they aren't but I spend more time then I care to in court for damages. Every person who applies for a house, I find a reason to stop by their current home to *sign a document* or something. So far, the ones who have an in home business have trashed out their current living space. This includes the 3 who have in home DCs. Great tenants are hard to find. Probably why I am selling off my homes..., one at a time. My licensing inspector told me to turn them all into DCs cause I run a good, clean program here. That's not going to happen anytime soon, I can't clone myself.

[Blackcat31]

She thought the fact that I had a tenant in my home was grounds for reporting me.

Depending on where you live that could be a reportable offense.

In my state ANYONE over age 13 living in the home must have a criminal background check and have their name listed as a resident of the home (tenant AND/OR family member) and on file at licensing/DHS

So if you did have a tenant that was not "approved" to be there, it may have been reportable.

I understand the parent may not have known whether or not the person was there legally and perhaps should have just asked but I suppose she thought she was within her rights to report. Who knows.

But like I said previously, if you aren't doing anything wrong, it shouldn't matter.

[LysesKids]

I know they aren't but I spend more time then I care to in court for damages. Every person who applies for a house, I find a reason to stop by their current home to *sign a document* or something. So far, the ones who have an in home business have trashed out their current living space. This includes the 3 who have in home DCs. Great tenants are hard to find. Probably why I am selling off my homes..., one at a time. My licensing inspector told me to turn them all into DCs cause I run a good, clean program here. That's not going to happen anytime soon, I can't clone myself.

Sorry to hear that about your tenants... my Gal visited weekly and her youngest & my youngest child became best friends. We still talk a few times a year and I moved away in early 2005. I always left my homes in better shape than I found them; my last landlord actually gave me back more than the security because all my gardens & plantings improved his home a lot ( he was trying to sell)

[Second Home]

She thought the fact that I had a tenant in my home was grounds for reporting me.

Here in MD ALL adults in the home must be background checked , fingerprinted and require a physical w/ TB test. So if those were not done on your tenant then you would be in violation.

[coolconfidentme]

Depending on where you live that could be a reportable offense.



But like I said previously, if you aren't doing anything wrong, it shouldn't matter.

THIS!

[sally]

We own our home. We have a large living room, and downstairs we have a huge family room and a playroom plus a good sized backyard. With having my own children we have plenty of inside and outside toys for kids. Plus we live a couple blocks away from a city park.

[Unregistered]

I found out about one woman doing daycare in a rental and I called the place just to see what the rule was and they were not happy to find out she was advertising for daycare. She was below the licensing for state requirements but that didn't make it okay as far as the landlord was concerned. I am assuming they shut her down. The reason I called is because if I was a landlord, I would appreciate someone cluing me in. I wouldn't want the property to be used as a daycare without my knowledge. We currently own so its not an issue for us. As for this particular lady, if her landlord allows it and the state allows it, shes not doing anything wrong. Not every parent cares about outdoor space and that type of thing. In fact, one of my daycare provider friends has a family that specifically asks that their daughter NOT be taken outside ever (not even in the backyard). They wanted to know the exact location of their child at all times, which was the daycare room.

It's not your responsibility to get someone else in trouble like that. The fact you even validate it just shows that you're childish and selfish, obviously want her business. You knew you were calling the LL to get her in trouble.

[Cradle2crayons]

It's not your responsibility to get someone else in trouble like that. The fact you even validate it just shows that you're childish and selfish, obviously want her business. You knew you were calling the LL to get her in trouble.

It's everyone's responsibility to weed out illegal daycares. Not only do illegal daycares make things harder for those of us that are legal, it can even out the lives of children there in danger. If someone is willing to operate illegally, what other laws are they violating?? It's true there's no way to know of ALL illegally operating daycares, but if we know specifically of one, it's our responsibility to report them. Not that reporting will get anything done though because st states simply don't have enough workers to not only search out those running illegally, but prosecute them if they find out.

[Margarete]

I found out about one woman doing daycare in a rental and I called the place just to see what the rule was and they were not happy to find out she was advertising for daycare. She was below the licensing for state requirements but that didn't make it okay as far as the landlord was concerned. I am assuming they shut her down. The reason I called is because if I was a landlord, I would appreciate someone cluing me in. I wouldn't want the property to be used as a daycare without my knowledge. We currently own so its not an issue for us. As for this particular lady, if her landlord allows it and the state allows it, shes not doing anything wrong. Not every parent cares about outdoor space and that type of thing. In fact, one of my daycare provider friends has a family that specifically asks that their daughter NOT be taken outside ever (not even in the backyard). They wanted to know the exact location of their child at all times, which was the daycare room.

Old thread, but she wasn't operating illegally.

In California landlords are not allowed to say no to providing childcare in the home/ apt you live in (but they are to be notified of licensed care). It's considered a 'residential use', and illegal to discriminate.

[Blackcat31]

Old thread, but she wasn't operating illegally.

In California landlords are not allowed to say no to providing childcare in the home/ apt you live in (but they are to be notified of licensed care). It's considered a 'residential use', and illegal to discriminate.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think California is one of the only states that allow a tenant to run a daycare out of their rental home even if the landlord is not okay with it.

I think in Cheers case, her state says the landlord DOES have the right to evict or be aware of whether a tenant has a daycare business.
In my state, you cant run a child care out of a rental home UNLESS the landlord says you can. If you do you ARE operating illegally.