Uk Law – renting and sex work
I am not a lawyer, but this is my understanding.
Bottom Line for escorts working from home – if your landlord or neighbours work out what you’re up to, you will probably be seeking a new place to live, because :-
LAW ONE : YOU CAN BE EVICTED without reason, with 2 months notice. (At least until Section 21 actually abolished).
Most evictions, of anyone, are of this type. Other types of eviction exist, but I’m not getting into them.
You CAN try and fight evictions, but doing so can mess up your references, and normally all it does is delay things, you still lose, eventually.
It is perfectly legal to be a sex worker – cammer, porn maker, escort – and to work from home within the law.
Though, within the law does require you to tell your landlord about the fact that you will be running a business, and what that business is. (Clauses banning running a business are not generally enforceable if they are more restrictive than general planning / nuisance laws. Being noticed working can in effect mean there is local nuisance, esp if people knock the wrong doors. So, escorts are vulnerable).
That said, you can be evicted without cause at 2 months notice, so being right, doesn’t let you win.
Camming and Porn makers – you really shouldn’t have any issues, so long as you don’t upset the neighbours. Upset the prissy neighbours and have a landlord who wants a quiet life? See Law One above.
Escorts can also, work from home, but no matter how careful you are, you run a much higher risk of upsetting the neighbours. A few late night, loud or lairy clients and complaints will be made, and you will be given 2 months notice.
Escorts should, if at all possible, rent a second property for work, and do make sure it actually looks like you live there.
A spot check that suggests no one lives there will result in eviction. Not because they think it’s a brothel, but simply on general “why the fuck would anyone rent and not live there”? Drugs? Brothel? Dodgy Business? Don’t know, don’t care, def don’t want to find out in a manner that involves police raids and the local press. EVICTION SERVED.
Speaking of brothels…
Brothel – a property used by ONE worker, is NOT a brothel. However, if a property is used by more than one, even if only one is there at a time, it’s a brothel. A flat share with another escort, even if you take different days, is a brothel.
Landlords have a legal duty to NOT ALLOW any of their property to be used as a brothel. If a property owner is found to have known what was going on, they will be in legal trouble themselves.
So, most landlords will evict anyone they suspect of being an escort, even if that person is working legally and the only escort using the property, BECAUSE, mainly they think it’s a brothel (even if it isn’t), or they worry about getting caught up in mess (even if they won’t).
Business Opportunity
If you are a sex worker who has made money and want to be a landlord, escorts who understand and obey the brothel laws make the best tenants, and will often pay a premium to market rent for the joy of having an onside landlord.