Working Away From Home

[worsy]

Not sure where this resides but here goes.

Am originally from Wales/Shropshire border and family still there along with a lot of old friends. Have an opportunity to self build on a fabulous plot back there which is:

Close to good schools
Has connections to M54
Close to family (who aren't getting any younger)
A once in a lifetime opportunity to self build something special

Now the downside is, I am a contractor. Lots of work I do is London, or South East. Currently live in Swindon and can get into London in about an hour and 15 by train. Plus time to get across London it is doable, if hard work and expensive, daily. Most of the time I tend to Work From Home, but if the work requires me to be on site daily obviously I can do that. In the last 3 years I would say I have been perm at home about 15 months, the rest 3-4 days on site per week.

If I was to move, any work in the city I'd need to stay down there perhaps 3-4 nights per week. I'm thinking one option would be to buy a 2 bed where I am as a crash pad. Advantages, close to friends down here and right side of country for car commute.

Anyone made the move away from South and either regretted or embraced it?

[Eric Mc]

Contractor employee?
Self-employed contractor?
Contracting through your own limited company?
Contracting as an individual through an agency or an umbrella?

[worsy]

Eric Mc said:

Contractor employee?
Self-employed contractor?
Contracting through your own limited company?
Contracting as an individual through an agency or an umbrella?

Eric, I'm 3rd on your list. Operating outside IR35, I have more than one client, no MOO, no control etc. Mon-Fri/Hotel room would therefore be tax deductable, however the question is more about whether anyone lives in an ideal spot and works away as a consequence.

[Broomsticklady]

My husband did it a while after we moved to Aberdeenshire from the Lothians (3.5 hour drive). We had a 1 bed flat he lived in Mon to Thurs and came home Thursday night and worked from home Friday.

It wasn't great, being separated, but we coped for about 2.5 years til I was diagnosed with cancer and his boss told him to work from home full time which he's been doing ever since fortunately, so now we both enjoy our amazing surroundings 24/7

[Eric Mc]

worsy said:

Eric Mc said:

Contractor employee?
Self-employed contractor?
Contracting through your own limited company?
Contracting as an individual through an agency or an umbrella?

Eric, I'm 3rd on your list. Operating outside IR35, I have more than one client, no MOO, no control etc. Mon-Fri/Hotel room would therefore be tax deductable, however the question is more about whether anyone lives in an ideal spot and works away as a consequence.

Sounds to me that your base of operations has to be where your business is administered and managed from, rather than from where you actually work.
You are not an employee or even a "deemed employee" (i.e. IR35) so the normal employee restrictions should not apply to your situation.

[worsy]

Eric Mc said:

worsy said:

Eric Mc said:

Contractor employee?
Self-employed contractor?
Contracting through your own limited company?
Contracting as an individual through an agency or an umbrella?

Eric, I'm 3rd on your list. Operating outside IR35, I have more than one client, no MOO, no control etc. Mon-Fri/Hotel room would therefore be tax deductable, however the question is more about whether anyone lives in an ideal spot and works away as a consequence.

Sounds to me that your base of operations has to be where your business is administered and managed from, rather than from where you actually work.
You are not an employee or even a "deemed employee" (i.e. IR35) so the normal employee restrictions should not apply to your situation.

True, however sometimes it is not always possible to be remote f/t. Client face to face meetings, secure access etc are reasons why that is not possible.

[worsy]

Broomsticklady said:

My husband did it a while after we moved to Aberdeenshire from the Lothians (3.5 hour drive). We had a 1 bed flat he lived in Mon to Thurs and came home Thursday night and worked from home Friday.

It wasn't great, being separated, but we coped for about 2.5 years til I was diagnosed with cancer and his boss told him to work from home full time which he's been doing ever since fortunately, so now we both enjoy our amazing surroundings 24/7

Sounds like something positive has come out of it BSL. My situation is likey to be variable, so shouldn't be such a long stretch.

[Eric Mc]

worsy said:

Eric Mc said:

worsy said:

Eric Mc said:

Contractor employee?
Self-employed contractor?
Contracting through your own limited company?
Contracting as an individual through an agency or an umbrella?

Eric, I'm 3rd on your list. Operating outside IR35, I have more than one client, no MOO, no control etc. Mon-Fri/Hotel room would therefore be tax deductable, however the question is more about whether anyone lives in an ideal spot and works away as a consequence.

Sounds to me that your base of operations has to be where your business is administered and managed from, rather than from where you actually work.
You are not an employee or even a "deemed employee" (i.e. IR35) so the normal employee restrictions should not apply to your situation.

True, however sometimes it is not always possible to be remote f/t. Client face to face meetings, secure access etc are reasons why that is not possible.

Not a problem. My base of operations is my home office but I still have to pay visits to my clients from time to time. Nothing unusual or contentious there at all.