Tenant wants to use home for consultancy ?

[Manoj N.]

Tenant request permission use the house for his consultancy work.  He says that work involves people visiting him (one at a time) for some type of mental therapy. Our city's guidelines seems OK for this. The tenant is very good and I like to help him out. But I would like to know of any negative implications (insurance, bank mortgage etc). Thanks in advance,

[Benjamin Timmins]

At the least, Id make him take out his own insurance, cause it turns the place into a business, and his customers can sue if they are injured on the property.