The news is full of doom and gloom about the terrible winter we are having, although we are only in the second week of bad weather. Swine flu has gone, the Iraq war is over and Afghanistan is now a peaceful place once more, or so it seems. Instead of the news that has dominated the airwaves for the last couple of years we are being bombarded by reports of a small bit of white stuff falling from the heavens which has, once again, ground Britain to a halt in a matter of hours.
The first wave of bad weather has come and gone for most, but the weather people who failed to predict it in the first place are saying more is to come. One thing comes to mind, other than the fact we all can’t cope with snow in this country, is that there is a stronger need to be able to work from home for quite a large proportion of the snow bound workforce of the U.K.
Technology has come a long way when it comes to networking and PC based office work. Computers are smaller, much cheaper and more powerful. The ability to connect to the office is only a click away and with file sharing and networking more widespread than ever we could easily continue to do our jobs from the comfort of our own home. I for one could be writing this anywhere and could post it to the internet from on a plane for all anyone knows.
With the snow falling and blocking us all in and industry losing millions daily isn’t it about time we figured out that we don’t all have to lose a day’s pay because we can’t get to the office, especially if we had thought ahead and invested in a home office. If we had a designated and ‘hooked-up’ area of our home that can easily allow you to work without going to the office then business would continue to run even in the whitest of winters.
But what are the best solutions for home office working? Working from a room in your house may not be the answer, especially when the kids are home from their closed school. A more convenient and more productive place to work is undoubtedly the garden office. You will still need to be able to separate your home and working environments to be able to keep productivity high.
By utilising a log cabin or converting your garden shed you will be giving yourself that distance from your home without having to leave your property. Snow wouldn’t be an issue, loss of pay wouldn’t be a worry and we might not be too bothered about the wet white stuff falling so annoyingly during winter.
To view a range of excellent Log Cabins fit for use as a home office visit: http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Log-Cabins
If you want to go down the shed convertion route visit read our popst insulation: http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/blog/post/2009/12/02/A-Brief-Introduction-To-Shed-Insulation.aspx
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