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nineballsafety8

nineballsafety8

6ft 5" 285, hits 'em hard
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Just curious as to where most cuemakers do there work?


I know some have "retail space", some have "industrial space", some work out of their homes/garages...

just curious as to where most cuemakers do their craft, and for those of you that work out of your home... how does the "zoning" piece work for running a business out of your home?
 
"I'll take the fifth on that....................."
"Its a Hobby ."

^^^ ditto ^^^

Gary
 
It all depends on where you live and you better check the zoning.

I started in Memphis in my garage. Everything was fine until I had a run in with the owner of HighPocket's at that time who was Jay Brown. A couple of weeks later the code people showed up and asked if I was running a business out of my home.

I showed the guy what I was doing and my equipment in the garage and told him that no one was coming to the house to purchase anything and that it was a big hobby and I made a few bucks on the side doing repair work and a few cues. I also asked who turned me in as it could not have been anyone around me as you could not hear anything unless you were 15 feet from the house as my garage was insulated. He would not say but said he would let me slide.

About a month later there was a small article written in one of the local pool rags and the code people showed up again and said I would have to move the shop as someone has mailed them the paper. I had to them move my shop to a local pool room to work.

Lesson learned, I now live in the country and have a nice shop not attached to the house. The wife is happy now that I don't get the house all dusty and I don't have to put up with code any longer.
 
I usually set up shop near a 24 hour pool room but on my last move I rented an old U.S. Post office. I have 1850 sq. ft. of floor space but still that is not enough. Although my rent is very cheap, the utilities are ridiculous. One nice thing is that I can make all of the noise and when I spray or dip Nelsonite I don't have to worry about neighbors complaining.

Dick
 
Just curious as to where most cuemakers do there work?


I know some have "retail space", some have "industrial space", some work out of their homes/garages...

just curious as to where most cuemakers do their craft, and for those of you that work out of your home... how does the "zoning" piece work for running a business out of your home?[/QUOTE]

This one is easy, wherever the cheapest place is for most hobbyist cue makers. The established maker's have dedicated shops for their craft, which is a very small percent of cue maker's. The remaining percents are hobbyists and do not pay taxes, follow any osha laws or regulations. So any type of "zoning" is no big worry for them. And only pretend to run a legitimate business through internet sales and service. While it is legal in some areas to have residential and commercial sales on one property, most are non permit, non licensed shops just building for a buck on a shoe string budget trying to get by and illegal.
 
16 by 28 attached to garage

i live on 20 acres in mid missouri, when i was looking for a home, one of the reasons i bought where i did was the previous owner had an arts and crafts store. it has heat and air and is carpeted. makes a great work shop.
 
One thing hobbyist who work out of their basement or garage should take into consideration is fire insurance. Unless a policy has a rider there is a good chance that the homeowners insurance policy will not pay over any damage caused by a fire.

Dick
 
rhncue said:
One thing hobbyist who work out of their basement or garage should take into consideration is fire insurance. Unless a policy has a rider there is a good chance that the homeowners insurance policy will not pay over any damage caused by a fire.

Dick
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Yeah and if someone falls in the driveway while picking up a cue at your house.
You are screwed if your business isn't listed on the policy.
 
rhncue said:
One thing hobbyist who work out of their basement or garage should take into consideration is fire insurance. Unless a policy has a rider there is a good chance that the homeowners insurance policy will not pay over any damage caused by a fire.

Dick
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Anyone who thinks they are going to play the hobby card has never known an insurance investigator. They will talk to neighbors probably visit local pool rooms and ask about you. Google you on the net and find your website.

Find cues you are selling on this forums for sale section. Look at the equipment you have and decide if it looks like an ongoing business

Find you have never reported any income from your cue business or collected any sales tax. As you stand there looking at the pile of ashes that used to be you house with your notice they are not paying you may begin to wonder if it was worth it.

Even if you don't have something as drastic as a fire. Most code enforcement inspectors are pretty busy and not out there trouble shooting but if they get a complaint they have to follow up. If you are making a few bucks with your cues you are only one complaint from being out of business. So don't piss anyone off.
 
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