A home office might not strike many people as an essential room in your average home. But if you work or study from home, having a designated work space can really help to improve your productivity.<\/p>\n
Because a home office isn\u2019t often a priority, lots of homeowners find that they need to be creative to find room for one. And this is where your garage comes in. For many people, a garage conversion is the perfect place to have a home office.<\/p>\n
If you want to learn more, read on to find out 3 reasons why your garage would make a great home office.<\/p>\n
A big bonus to converting your garage into a home office is that you\u2019re essentially starting from scratch. You haven\u2019t created a new structure but the chances are that your garage has very limited fittings and furnishings. This gives you a great opportunity to customise the room to suit your needs. This could include making sure that there are power sockets and internet points in convenient places. It could also involve installing practical and attractive lighting.<\/p>\n
A great thing about converting your garage into a home office is that you can make it as part of or as separate from your home as you like. If it\u2019s attached or integrated, you can design its access based on how easy you want it to be to get from the main part of your home to your office.<\/p>\n
If you want to be free to come and go between your living space and office as you please, you can fit an easy-access internal door. You could even try to make your access more open plan if regulations allow. For many people being able to enjoy their home is a big perk of remote working. Or if it\u2019s important to you to have an office that\u2019s separate to your home, you can soundproof it and create a separate heating system. You could even bypass having an internal door completely.<\/p>\n
Another perk to using your old garage as an office is that it can be ideal if you have regular work-related visitors. It can be hard to maintain a professional fa\u00e7ade if you have to lead your clients past your washing up or through a sea of children\u2019s toys to get to your office. With a garage, however, you have the opportunity to create external access. This means that your visitors can bypass the rest of your home and come straight into your office.<\/p>\n
So if you want a home office, your garage could be the perfect place to create one. Or if you want to explore other uses for your garage, see our articles on playrooms<\/a>, dining rooms<\/a>, home gyms<\/a> and annexes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019re strapped for home space or have a garage you don\u2019t use, consider converting it into a home office. Detached, integrated and attached garages can all make ideal office spaces and enhance your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1426,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"tax_works":[55],"class_list":["post-923","project_page_element","type-project_page_element","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tax_works-extensions-conversions"],"acf":{"price_time":[{"acf_fc_layout":"price","price_title_label":"Price","price_detail_label":"Approx. \u00a39,000 - \u00a311,000","price_sub_detail_label":"Depending on size, fittings and furnishings"},{"acf_fc_layout":"time_limit","time_title_label":"Construction time","time_detail_label":"Approx. 1 week - 1 month","time_sub_detail_label":"Depending on size, fittings and furnishings"}],"benefits_inconvenients":[{"benefits":"\n