Commuting away from home to an office is a pain. A carpet commute is a joy. The problem with a carpet commute is that sometimes attorneys and staff do not feel they have the space at or near home in which to work. Often they do not feel they have a quality small space that is designed as a professional office that is away from all of the hub bub of the home. Exchange a carpet commute for a garden commute could be beneficial and it really does not require that much space.
In the past we have demonstrated how you could build your own space or retrofit other prefab units. Now, however, a British company has developed the OfficePOD that is designed as a small professional office space.
The OfficePOD comes with an integrated desk, storage, LED lighting,
window blinds, and a lock. It comes together in one neat little package. It is green, and it costs about $25,000 US. It takes about a day to set up, and the lead time for installation is less than 12 weeks.
Yeah, but how do you get cable tv into it? And where is the sofa for naptime? Plus, that looks like an awfully long way to walk when it's raining.
Terrible idea.... :)
Posted by: Victor Medina | January 21, 2010 at 05:00 PM
$25,000 seems a bit steep for this thing. It looks cool, but couldn't you build-to-suit a similar sized shed or for less than that?
I DO like the design.
It would be interesting to get several of these, organize them around a central courtyard, and rent them out as a coworking facility. Set up a water cooler, coffee machine, restroom, and a few other amenities, and you'd really have something.
OR, how about putting one of these on the back of a flatbed truck, so you have a mobile office...
The possibilities are limited only by the imagination.
Posted by: Gordon | January 21, 2010 at 05:37 PM
Sure hope the Pod has AC. August and September in Central Florida would not be pleasant!
—Mike
Posted by: Mike Gort | January 23, 2010 at 04:08 PM
I love the idea of this. It's an isolated office away from the distractions of the home. Many lawyers I know who work from home complain that it takes them much longer to complete tasks than it did when they worked from an office--kids, pets, the home phone, and easy sources of entertainment all beg for attention. Also, when you work from home, you often feel like you are at work all of the time and don't have set work hours. An office like this allows for the feeling of leaving the house to go to an office where all you do is work, and then once you leave it to go back to your house, you're done for the day.
At the same time, I do agree that the price seems awfully steep. I bet you could easily build a similar set-up, perhaps from a shed or detached garage, for a much lower price.
Posted by: Julie A. Fleming | February 01, 2010 at 12:56 PM
I think that this is really pretty amazing. I've been working at a home as a freelancer for a few months now. I'm trying to surf the net for different setups of home work stations and this is really something new. It's like working away from home, away from the distractions, but you really are still home. I've been customizing my workstation room for a few days now. Bought a desk, some furnitures, chairs and trying to look with these Wooden Doors that I could use.
Posted by: Paul at Wooden Doors | February 09, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Myself being a professional blogger understands the value of a good place to work. Working from home is good, but distractions comes every now and then. Hence having an office like this in the pool-side under a tree is just an awesome idea.
Posted by: Home Decorating Ideas | April 02, 2010 at 07:26 AM