I exclusively WFH full time. My company are small and have never been office based. I'm lucky enough to have a spare room to use as an office.
I have two adopted children who have additional needs, so WFH is great as they're too old for a childminder/afterschool club, but can't be left alone in the house. My DP is home by 4pm (not the DC's dad). I sometimes ask my DD to stay in the library for homework club on a Mon / Tues as to be completely honest she is a pain in the arse when I'm trying to work, and her getting home an hour later means I have an hour more productivity, being that I am at work until 5:30pm. Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn't- in general she is defiant and oppositional so I really can't "make" her do anything if she doesn't feel like it- it is part of her early life trauma. DS has a something after school on a Monday and Tuesday that means he gets home around 4:20. He's generally quieter and will go and get on with something if I don't shout "hello".
No one in the house seems to care that I'M FUCKING WORKING. I'll get message after message, they'll just walk in and start talking, they'll shout to me from another room, they ask me question after question, they put music on loudly on their Alexa, the kids will start arguing and shouting at each other.
What can I do? I've asked them to not speak to me. I've put notes on the door saying Do Not Disturb, I've shouted, I've ignored.
In their defence, I do sometimes work in the lounge, which has a glass door, because it's warmer and comfier and my DP has said in the past that if I don't want to be disturbed I should go in my office upstairs. And I get it, if it actually made any difference, because it's louder in the office as they're usually in their rooms next to me. He also said it's unfair to make DD go to homework club and it might make her feel "pushed out".
Who is BU here? I am also not ALWAYS busy either, so sometimes I can ask about their day or whatever, but not always, which could be muddying the waters. I also get it's their HOME and they should be able to relax.
I'm toying with asking to reduce my hours to finish at 4pm and just take a 30 min lunch break, so I'd only be cutting 5 hours worth of money a week, but I could really do without losing any money at the moment.