Girl Wants To Use My House For Massage Parlour.

[beezaneez]

i have a house, my friend wants me to rent it to her on a short time basis to do massage, i let her use it last week and i paid by my card to advertise her services on a website. i am now concerned that she could be wanting to use it for sex, if so i will not be doing this for her, i am scared of getting arrested for running a brothel or living off proceeds of prostitution if she is offering sex although she has promised me she is not providing that . she has went to a massage school and studied it before about 3 years ago so im stuck on this idea. she is not giving me any money whatsoever . i feel sorry for her and but i dont know if she is manipulating me or not, people have told me to take care about this.

where do i stand regarding law. i have read it up about brothel etc and there would be only her doing massage betwwen her and customer, i will never be in house at same time . i will be there once or twice a week to collect mail etc. she needs this money to go away in new year and is constantly asking pleading with me. as i say i let her use it for 1 week before but stpped her using it as my friends warned she could be prostituting herself , that is up to her behind closed doors but its me whos going to be fall guy in long run, i need to know law on this before i consider this, if against the law then ill simply tell her "no " thankyou

[murraymints]

I'd say you're right to be concerned ...simple no Will suffice !

[RATTER15]

Why not just phone the number incognito and ask what service she provides and ask she she does any extras or something along those lines.

[murraymints]

Jorrrrdy ! Lol xx

[ummmm]

Is it actually illegal?

[EDDIE51]

Why can she not do 'visiting massage' where she goes to the clients home or hotel?
Sorry but she does seem to be using you, you say that not only did she not pay you rent but you paid for the advert!

[FredPuli43]

You may be fortunate that living off immoral earnings, under the Sexual Offences Act 1956, has been substituted by another offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 ! The old law provided that anyone who took anything, even a meal or a drink, from a prostitute, could be prosecuted.Taking rent from one would certainly be enough.

Now the offence is controlling a prostitute for gain, that is intentionally contolling any of the activities of a prostitute for gain. You don't fall within that ,whatever the one woman is doing alone.

[murraymints]

I'd still say no !!!

[sandyRoe]

There's a building of plush, short-term rental, apartments in a posh area of Belfast 9 which is entirely occupied by masseuses and sex workers. I sometimes wonder how the owner is avoiding the attentions of the law.

[murraymints]

Best customers Sandy ?? Lol

[gness]

And your house and contents insurance will be affected unless you notify your insurers and pay a much higher premium...☺

[sandyRoe]

One of the perks of being a policeman, having things handed to you on a plate. Many a true word spoken in jest. :-)

[FredPuli43]

Possibly, sandy, because the flats are each separate and self-contained and each occupied, perhaps let to, only one woman who works alone. Unless the women share a maid, thereby giving an air of unity and common sevice which could make the premises a brothel, it isn't one. And the landlord escapes if he is not controlling the activities for prostitution of any of the women. Of course, if he is a lessee, he may be in breach of his lease, but that's another matter.

[sandyRoe]

As long as the women aren't there under any form of coercion is shouldn't be of any interest to the authorities. Though I wonder what the neighbours think of all the comings and goings.

[ummmm]

I always thought it was legal as long as you weren't soliciting.

[beezaneez]

ok, i am annonymous so i will need to tell you guys the truth, this woman is threatening me, i had sex with her 6 months ago, she is my wifes friend, i know this was a very stupid thing to do but i was working away from home and met her in manchester, anyway it was very very stupid of me, now she is manipulating me, coming off with thinly veiled threats, i have spoken to my solicitor who told me that if she is threatening me then i should go to the police, i have seen my doctor 2 weeks ago and told him the full story, i actually broke down in tears in front of my doctor, my life has been ruined by this person, i am heart scared that if i do tell police about threats etc then police will arrest her and my wife will find out i had sex with her, me and my wife havent been getting on for some time and sex has been scarce for 2 years now, it will absolutely destroy my wife if she finds this out. please , no stupid comments, dont think your being smart by slagging me off, this has driven me to contemplate suicide everyday. only we have a 4 year old daughter i would take myself off somewhere and not come back. my life is in turmoil now as a result of this stupid thing that i have done. its really not funny !!! and its taken me a week or more to consider even posting this on here.

[ummmm]

She could get a visit from the police without your wife finding out.

[sandyRoe]

She'd have no evidence that you'd had sex with her. Tell your wife what she's up to, trying to blackmail you using a false claim that you both had sex, and them tell her to eff off.

[murraymints]

Bee...you have to do something or she will hold this over your head for evermore...is this a second house to let you have ? If so get tennants in PDQ...