Aibu to ask - if you permanent work from home - where is your office

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So- I have my own business and work from home. I currently work from my (admittedly very large) lounge. Have a desk which overlooks the garden etc.

Am about to move to a new home, and chances are I’ll end up using a bedroom as an office which I’ve never fancied. I’d previously worked at the kitchen table but not fancying going back to that,

Aibu to ask - if you have a home office - where is it and how do you find it?

it’s £200 per month cheaper than when I m now... that’s London rent for you! (Used to have mortgage that was less than half and it still galls me!)

WFH and computer (desktop) is on a table in the front room, not ideal but nowhere else it can go due to space limitations

A table in the corner of the living room. I can shut the door on the rest of the house and no-one disturbs me when the door is closed. I store the monitor and paperwork underneath when not in use, put a cloth over it, add a candle on top and it's no longer a work space. It works well for me.

I’m employed but work from home all the time. When we moved here there was a double garage which we had converted into a garden room with some storage as well and I work from there as does DH sometimes. We both have desks. There’s also sofa and chairs there although they don’t really get used.

I'd like to know what kind of work all you homeworkers do.

I have the box room set up but normally work on the sofa in the living room. I get lonely and sad shut away and i don't mind noise. If i need quiet i go back to the box room.

At the moment we have a large two bed flat- but only ever have guests stay once or twice a year for only one or two nights so use an inflatable bed thingy.

The deffo pick the office space as priority. You use it every day. Use the bigger room with the lower window.

Also does the second bedroom overlook the garden? Use that - enjoy the view.

If it's just the two of you, what are you going to use the other bedrooms for? Guest rooms? Gym stuff? Hobby room?

If you don't have any other need for them other than occasional visitors, pick your bedroom and then use the larger room of the other two as an office. Although, personally, I wouldn't fancy working in a room with those mirrored wardrobe doors so I have to look at myself all day! The blue room would be fine too. The high window could actually be a good thing as if you have your desk facing the window, it will stop sunlight dazzling you. If you have the desk anywhere else in the room, it will minimise light reflection on your computer screen if the window is above the height of your screen.

I much prefer having my office in a room where I can shut the door at the end of the working day so anywhere but downstairs would be my choice. Plus, when you take a break to go get a coffee or lunch, it feels more like a break if you physically leave your workspace.

My brother has converted his garage in to a home office, it wasn't big enough to get a modern car in to comfortably so he took 6 foot off for a utility room & then made the rest in to a home office as he works from home at least a couple of days a week.

We bought a house with a a large granny annexe and turned into into an office .
It’s away from the main house so it is ideal

Definitely the second bedroom after seeing the link you’ve posted. The third bedroom is claustrophobic and the window is too high. A nice working space is much more of a priority than a guest bedroom that’s used twice a year.

I think that is a lovely house.

I would actually prioritise view from desk over view from bed. So I will make the larger bedroom with the views out over the garden the office and use the one facing the brick wall as the bedroom.

We pretty much only go to the bedroom to sleep but I spend a lot of time in my home office and having fresh air/a bit of a peaceful view is one of the main benefits of working from home IMO.

Smallest bedroom. It would be very small for a bedroom but perfect size for an office.

Just a bedroom. My desk is next to the window. Set it up like an office . Works perfectly fine.

Really you just need a room with a door that closes so other people in the house can’t bother you.

The smallest room is bigger than most offices at my company.

Whats a studybed?

Dedicated office. It is the third bedroom but there is only me and DH here. We specifically bought a three-bedroom house to have an office that is just an office, not an office-cum-guest room.

My employer insists that full-time remote workers have a separate room in their house, not just a computer on the kitchen table. We also have to get dressed each day - no working in pajamas. We have video on our phones and if we get a call from management or we call management about something they want to see that we are dressed in regular clothes.

Echo those saying second bedroom.
You'll be in there for, what, 40 hours a week. Value the space you'll be working in, why squash yourself into a third bedroom when a larger one is practically untouched.

Although part of me thinks the nicest part of the house is downstairs, so depends if you'd feel happier being downstairs, or you want to separate work from home life.

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He only works from home a couple of days a week so his hut is perfect. Nothing cave like about it. He has his desk and chair, full IT set up, phone line, sofa and coffee table and a little wood burner for winter. It is most definitely an office but with lovely views across the Downs. The children used to disappear up there to revise pre exams too as it’s comfortable and distraction free.

At the moment in the living room, which has always been okay for me and I've liked the sun and being in the house... but it does get hard to draw mental lines between it being my office & our living room at times.

If all goes well with the house we're trying to buy, I'll soon have the second bedroom as an office - it's not huge, currently a nursery, but it'll give me some space! That said, I'll also use the garden and sometimes the lovely bright kitchen, because I like changing my surroundings.

A kind of square space on the landing, it’s just big enough for my desk and chair. I have a nice set up with docking station and 2 big monitors, much better than when I used to have my laptop on my lap in the living room!

When/if we move I’d love a separate room though.

Oh lovely house.

I'd set up under the stairs, by that big window would be lovely with lots of light.

I'd like to know what kind of work all you homeworkers do.

Kids dram classes where we hired a school hall etc for the actual classes but did admin etc at home.

Dh now gives private music lessons at home.

I used to use the smallest bedroom pre DS, it's a nursery now. I loved it, it was cosy and gets the afternoon sun, it's also at the front of the house so I could be nosey. I had a daybed set up as a sofa with lots of cushions in there, as well as a desk, one of the IKEA hemnes ones, it was great for storage and work related reading naps , now I have a desk in the morning room which is next to the kitchen so not ideal, but I won't be working from home anywhere near as much when I go back to work anyway. Having an office space in a bedroom or a separate room means you can get away from work and close the door.

I'm tempted to put a picture but it's outing. We have a dedicated office room.