Treatment room

I go to a therapist who has converted a garden shed - she has a builder friend who lined the walls/roof with insulation, and then plasterboard. It gets too cold to use Nov - Mar, so she moves to a local therapy centre. The only draw back is that there is no toilet - so if I need to use it, I have to go into the house, through her kitchen - avoiding the over-friendly beagle on the way!

I have had a garden room built for therapy work - I already had an established business (40th anniversary next year!). The cost was added to my mortgage, which, coincidentally, finishes next month!!! Yippee!! When I first started, I converted an seldom-used dining room into my work room. It had easy access from the front door, and was next door to a loo, so clients didn't need to see any other part of the house.

You need to sit with a pencil and paper, and work out how much you can afford to spend in order to set up a business, especially if you haven't started training yet. The training is the easy bit (actually, it never stops!) but building a client base takes time - so don't expect to make your outlay back immediately - it can take years.

If the facilities and ambience are OK I am happy with any room if it has room for a treatment table/chair and room to walk around it easily.Plus a surface to do paperwork on . It also needs an ordinary chair so the client can sit during the initial consultation. I did a treatment in a room about 8 x 10 the other day. It was just a bit too small to make it ideal. So I guess 10 x 10 would be OK for me. But I need a table not a chair, and I need space to walk round the table. With reflexology you may need less space. Hope that helps

Thanks very much for your replies. You've been really helpful. 🙂