Piano lessons at our home

[boltt]

I'm struggling to find a piano teacher that'll come here for the lesson. Am I asking for something unreasonable?

We live centrally in a small city location.

Travel time (unpaid) to and from clients’ homes eats into a tutor’s availability to provide the lessons they get paid for, plus many are reluctant to teach on an unfamiliar piano which might be badly tuned or maintained etc. It’s not an “unreasonable” ask, just not one every tutor offers.

I tutor in another area, and also find that often pupils concentrate and focus better when they’re in a neutral environment that isn’t their home.

Yes, all fair enough..

I think I'll have to just drag the three year old with us then.

I'm a musician and don't know anyone who offers this anymore.

Too time consuming and costly, logistically can be a nightmare, various homes aren't conducive to learning.

It's a million times easier to offer studio based or online lessons. I know quite a few online piano/music tutors.

I’d be frightened you’d kill me 👀

That was such a weird show!

We tried lessons at home but found lessons at a studio or the teachers settinh were better.
Dont be tempted by online lessons - for a young child these are so so difficult to get to work, and really engage the child

Agree online is out of the question.

What was better about studio lessons?

I occasionally teach music (not piano) and would never travel to clients' homes to do it. It's not just the travel. If I'm delivering lessons, even in my own home environment, it's in a space that I've made sure is safe and suitable for lessons, with no distractions for me or my student and seating and lighting that's suitable for playing.
Clients' homes might be messy, smelly (including strong air fresheners, reed diffusers etc), noisy, have big vicious dogs etc - no thanks!

Absolutely this.

I do the odd lesson at a pupil's home, but only if I can make it work around my plans... eg: one pupil lived near my children's holiday club so I went there after dropping them off.