Continuing to work. Any Problems?

[rjm1cc]

It seems that some residents are continuing to work for their current employer although they live part or full time in TV. I would be interested in learning how well this works and what type of problems can be expected. What is the best way to communicate with fellow workers � email, phone, chat, video meetings, trips back to the office, etc.? Currently my company uses email and phone as the primary communication method. My job is in company administration. The company has multiple locations and I would expect dealing with those locations would be the same as if I was at my current desk. Is this a good assumption?

[graciegirl]

My husband continues to work in just that way. He is able to do it by phone and the internet with air trips back to Cincinnati a couple times a month.

He is so pleasant to be around that it is hard to leave him locked up in the third bedroom while I go and do fun things.........

[carm310]

I anticipate working for the same company remotely when I live in The Villages fulltime. There are times when I travel I continue to work remotely by PC, phone, instant message, etc. I also have worked from home when I couldn't make it into the office due to bad weather, snow....yes it is coming again soon to Chicago! : )

[tpop1]

It seems that some residents are continuing to work for their current employer although they live part or full time in TV. I would be interested in learning how well this works and what type of problems can be expected. What is the best way to communicate with fellow workers � email, phone, chat, video meetings, trips back to the office, etc.? Currently my company uses email and phone as the primary communication method. My job is in company administration. The company has multiple locations and I would expect dealing with those locations would be the same as if I was at my current desk. Is this a good assumption?

I am blessed to be able to work from home, both in T.V. and up north.... no major issues....Instant message and email to communicate; Live Meeting for real time meetings.

Only downsides are:

My work PC is a desktop, so I have to drive each way,
Everyone else is out playing and I get feeling sorry for myself!!!:shocked:
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[Larryandlinda]

I am blessed to be able to work from home, both in T.V. and up north.... no major issues....Instant message and email to communicate; Live Meeting for real time meetings.

Only downsides are:

My work PC is a desktop, so I have to drive each way,
Everyone else is out playing and I get feeling sorry for myself!!!:shocked:
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This is all good to know and hopefully relieving!
There was some talk going 'round nearly a year ago here that it was verboten to 'operate' a business from within TV.
Anyone know the actual limitations?

Of course we would not expect to have a street full of customers coming to look at a garage full of goods, nor would we expect to be able to store bikes in the house and have UPS pull up to pick up and deliver....
But we would like to be able to send emails back and forth, make calls, and pay bills from within TV for our shops out of state.

There are people that handle investments, maybe even =some that buy and sell, ship and receive eBay items.....,
anyone have the difinitives?

or are we going to have to slip outside the house and use the laptop in the car on the street?

L and L

[graciegirl]

I think that it must mean that if you aren't causing, noise, polution, or parking problems, or in ANY way annoying anyone, than who will care?

[CaliforniaGirl]

There are many self-employed businesses boasting TV addresses, including LLCs and regular corporations. You can't have signage and you can't have clients/customers coming to your home. That's pretty much it for rules & regs. Unless you're in Lake County, you don't even need an operational license (business tax receipt.) If you aren't self-employed you can do anything you want via internet, email, chat, video conferencing, etc as long as it's not illegal.

[Pturner]

I might be mistaken, but I'm thinking the issues that have surfaced previously dealt with home-based businesses. If the company's business address is a TV home address, perhaps that would be challenged.

It's hard to see how communicating with an outside employer from a computer at home could be an issue. How would anyone even know? And to paraphrase NPR:

Wait, wait... don't tell them.

[Larryandlinda]

[ How would anyone even know? And to paraphrase NPR:

Wait, wait... don't tell them.[/QUOTE]

Sure it's not 'Dont Ask don't Tell"?

L and L

[jannd228]

I have an online business, everything is online (dance competitions) nothing is mailed to me, no paper, all green, payments via Paypal, registrations via online event services (eventbrite), email blasts and newsletters via constant contact, and the website via godaddy. I have run it this way for 5 years. I don't think it should be a problem for anyone. If the deed says no, maybe the deeds were written prior to the explosion in technology. A hairdressing salon could be an issue or if I moved to TV and decided to open a Tiny Tutu in my house (dance classes for the 2 to 8 year old set) THEN I could see an issue.

I have friends with ebay businesses and I heard that is a lot of drop off and pick up for one person I know via UPS and Fedex (she sells custom t-shirts).

[Bill-n-Brillo]

It seems that some residents are continuing to work for their current employer although they live part or full time in TV. I would be interested in learning how well this works and what type of problems can be expected. What is the best way to communicate with fellow workers � email, phone, chat, video meetings, trips back to the office, etc.? Currently my company uses email and phone as the primary communication method. My job is in company administration. The company has multiple locations and I would expect dealing with those locations would be the same as if I was at my current desk. Is this a good assumption?

Sounds like good reasoning to me! Put your sales presentation presentation together and go sell it to your boss!!! Make them an offer they can't refuse............ :)

Bill

[jojo]

Another technology piece that works for me in my consulting practice is use of webinars. I do some "presentations" from my home via webinars. I also participate in staff trainings for some organizations that I consult with via the webinars. This has slightly reduced required travel. And I can play more in TV!

[Talk Host]

This topic comes up from time to time. I can add a piece of personal experience to the discussion.

You cannot use your Villages address as a business address of any kind. If you run an internet business called "EBay Masters LLC" and you get a monthly statement from EBay at that address, you're in violation.

If you are "Bill the Handyman" and somebody sends a check to "Bill The Handyman, 1234 Villages Street, The villages, Fl" you are in violation.

If, however, you do it in the shadows and nobody reports you, then there seems to be no problem, assuming you are content to violate the rules.

When and If you are ever in this situation, ask the deed compliance office what it is that they plan to do to you and how they plan to enforce it. I would be curious what answer YOU get.

[villages07]

When this topic came up last time, I sent an inquiry to the deed compliance office along with a link to the totv thread. Within a couple of hours I received a phone call from the head of deed compliance. She reiterated that the intent of the restriction is to avoid home based businesses that involve customers coming to the home or those that require maintaining an inventory of products for sale. They react to complaints... I know someone who was cutting hair in her home and an unhappy neighbor reported her. Talk host was ratted out by a disgruntled forum member even though it does not appear he was violating the intent of the rules. The other thing deed compliance, and, apparently, some residents, look for is businesses openly advertising in the Sun with phone numbers and local addresses.

The intent of the restriction is to maintain the peace and tranquility of a residential neighborhood not to be overbearing and prevent folks from doing any kind of business at home.

If in doubt contact the deed compliance office and get their official answer on whether what you are contemplating doing is in line with the rules. And, get it in writing to head off any conflicts with anyone who might take issue with what you are doing.

[jannd228]

good to know

[quidam65]

QUOTE: I have friends with ebay businesses and I heard that is a lot of drop off and pick up for one person I know via UPS and Fedex (she sells custom t-shirts).

There is a UPS Store located in TV. If you use it as your business address, and don't have any customers coming to your TV residence (i.e., you meet them at their place or at a neutral site), then you're probably not going to be challenged as to sitting on your computer at work all day. And I doubt you'd be challenged about working for your employer from your house (unless you've got lots of customers coming over or packages coming in).

Clearly the intent of the deed restrictions is to keep a residential neighborhood functioning as such, not as a quasi-commercial district.