On 13/03/2014 19:42, Rod Speed wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote
John Rumm wrote

Its still a routine deduction made by accountants for directors of
Ltd companies working from home (at least partially). So long as the
space used is not wholly and exclusively used for business, then
business rates / change of use ought not be an issue.

That is my understanding as well. So keep that bed in the spare
bedroom you use as an office.

I doubt something as trivial as a bed makes any difference.

What is important is whether the room is *exclusively* for business use.
With a bed in it, you can say it is a spare bedroom as well as an
office. If a valuation officer ever turned up, which is unlikely in
itself, he would be very unlikely to dispute that.

Colin Bignell