Living and working in Commercial Space.. allowed?

kiwipixi
By kiwipixi

HI,

please can anyone give me any information about renting villas in qatar for commercial and living purposes?

Is it allowed to rent a villa with a business running on ground level and accomodation above?

Any information regarding this would be much appreciated.
:)

By DohaBrit2011• 7 Nov 2012 11:49
Rating: 5/5
DohaBrit2011

No, it's not allowed. Firstly, depending on what activity your business has, you'd likely not be able to get a Municipality License against the property. (unless your business is a Beauty Salon, Medical, Nursery, Training School etc) The property will have to be either Commercial or Residential.

'If' you managed to get an ML on the villa, then you are still theoretically not allowed to live in the same premises. However, that's not to say that people don't do it! At the moment, if you were to get a spot inspection by a government department (getting more likely), then as far as I know, the fine is 5000QR. Again, as far as I know, they take no further action than the fine. This being Qatar though, this could have changed recently and the action they take is not always certain!!!

Oh, the only way it has anything to do with the landlord is if he has by some miracle split his villa in half, getting a commercial license for half and residential for half and gives you 2 separate lease agreements....that won't happen.

By anonymous• 7 Nov 2012 11:08
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

Not allowed I guess, but some are practicing this. Villas are for residential purposes but some business entities are taking advantage of this.

By landloverreview• 7 Nov 2012 11:06
landloverreview

Yes. U have to talk with your landlord first.

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