Interested in starting an In-Home daycare in Arlington in my rental property ( or second home)...

[Anonymous]

...what do I need to know? And does running it out of my rental property ( or my second home) make it different for licensing purposes?

I’ll be having another child this spring so was thinking about creative ways to stay home with the kiddo for the first year. . During the year I teach for local school system but the job has zero flexibility ( in terms of the schedule... plus for someone who wants to breastfeed for a year it would be impossible working and don’t know where I could pump other than some gross closet).

I’d love to stay home with baby for a while so thinking to take a break from teaching all next school year. With the high cost of childcare it wouldn’t be worth it to work part time so thinking about maybe starting an in-home daycare.

About to buy a new house but problem is I know our new home won’t be very big and I wouldn’t want to run an in home daycare out of a duplex or small
Arlington home. Have a condo now that we were planning to turn into a rental but now wondering if I could use that as the place for the in-home care. Would also be appealing because it would help separate “work” from “home”. Mortgage isn’t terrible so think I would only need to watch 2 kids in addition to my own to make it worthwhile. Quick glance at licensing materials talks about running daycare out of own residence.... would make a difference that it is a second residence or rental property?

Or is this idea not practical. Tell me what my pregnant brain isn’t thinking through!

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't trust a daycare run out of a condo by someone who is more interested in nursing their own baby.

[Anonymous]

Condos have restrictions. There's no way the HOA is going to let you run in-home daycare out of one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't trust a daycare run out of a condo by someone who is more interested in nursing their own baby.

I thought lots of these in home daycares usually start because someone is staying home to watch their own kid(s)!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't trust a daycare run out of a condo by someone who is more interested in nursing their own baby.

I thought lots of these in home daycares usually start because someone is staying home to watch their own kid(s)!

Not the two I used, but maybe that happens sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't trust a daycare run out of a condo by someone who is more interested in nursing their own baby.

I thought lots of these in home daycares usually start because someone is staying home to watch their own kid(s)!

Doesn't mean they're places you want to send your own child, especially if a fly by night operation just for a year and in a little condo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Condos have restrictions. There's no way the HOA is going to let you run in-home daycare out of one.

I obviously don’t know about all HOAs, but I live in a large condo community in Arlington with an HOA and there is a licensed in-home daycare here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't trust a daycare run out of a condo by someone who is more interested in nursing their own baby.

I thought lots of these in home daycares usually start because someone is staying home to watch their own kid(s)!

Doesn't mean they're places you want to send your own child, especially if a fly by night operation just for a year and in a little condo.

OP here. Sorry, to clarify the baby would be about 6-9 months before I would consider starting this. It’s not like it would be round the clock nursing at that age!

I thought the appeal for parents would be:

Caregiver with teaching license
Ability to drive/walk to local parks and activities
Less exposure to covid than with traditional daycare
Designated space — condo is about 900 sq feet and no one would be living there so there wouldn’t suspiciously be any TV in the middle of the children’s play space like every in-home place I ever toured !

[Anonymous]

OP, are you accounting for taxes, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't trust a daycare run out of a condo by someone who is more interested in nursing their own baby.

I thought lots of these in home daycares usually start because someone is staying home to watch their own kid(s)!

Doesn't mean they're places you want to send your own child, especially if a fly by night operation just for a year and in a little condo.

OP here. Sorry, to clarify the baby would be about 6-9 months before I would consider starting this. It’s not like it would be round the clock nursing at that age!

I thought the appeal for parents would be:

Caregiver with teaching license
Ability to drive/walk to local parks and activities
Less exposure to covid than with traditional daycare
Designated space — condo is about 900 sq feet and no one would be living there so there wouldn’t suspiciously be any TV in the middle of the children’s play space like every in-home place I ever toured !

I'm not sure people will care about a teaching license for infants or toddlers, which are most kids at in-homes. How are you going to drive a whole bunch of kids to the park? Even walking is probably going to be tough unless you have mostly older kids.

[Anonymous]

What grade did you teach? For infants, I don't care if you taught older kids, I'd want to see you had experience with babies and toddlers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't trust a daycare run out of a condo by someone who is more interested in nursing their own baby.

I thought lots of these in home daycares usually start because someone is staying home to watch their own kid(s)!

Doesn't mean they're places you want to send your own child, especially if a fly by night operation just for a year and in a little condo.

OP here. Sorry, to clarify the baby would be about 6-9 months before I would consider starting this. It’s not like it would be round the clock nursing at that age!

I thought the appeal for parents would be:

Caregiver with teaching license
Ability to drive/walk to local parks and activities
Less exposure to covid than with traditional daycare
Designated space — condo is about 900 sq feet and no one would be living there so there wouldn’t suspiciously be any TV in the middle of the children’s play space like every in-home place I ever toured !

How are you going to transport all these non-walking kids to the park on your own? Seems dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you accounting for taxes, etc.?

Yes, that accounts for taxes and still leave me with a little spending $$
I stayed home with my last kid and worked part time but since everywhere around here charges full time for care it ended up being a complete wash... I was basically just working to pay for care. If I continue to teach I’ll come out slightly ahead money-wise but will miss out on those hours with the kid. Also thinking care going to be extra hard to find in covid times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Condos have restrictions. There's no way the HOA is going to let you run in-home daycare out of one.

I obviously don’t know about all HOAs, but I live in a large condo community in Arlington with an HOA and there is a licensed in-home daycare here.

Then your HOA is complete crap. What's the rent-to-own ratio?

[Anonymous]

I think you’re wildly overestimating how much someone will pay for this set up. It’s basically a nanny share but with a very biased nanny favoring her own kids. Especially if you’re expecting “flexibility” in terms of schedule. I expect my daycare to be open all day every workday except federal holidays.