As the winter months become gloomier and colder, enduring the daily commute can be a real misery for many of us, especially when you have to leave and return home in darkness. Staying clear of squashed up fellow bus or train passengers sneezing all over the place or having to de-ice your car before you slip and slide your way into work, only adds to the winter commuting woes.
So why on earth do we suffer winter commuting when it can be the bane of our existence?
Ellen Robinson from Horto explains “For many people the winter commuting woes is just a part of their everyday lives. Thankfully, this situation is changing and an increasing number of people are opting to work from home”. Ellen ads “Once upon a time you either went out to work or stayed home. Typically it was the man who carried on working while the woman halted her career to look after the children. However, today more and more employers are introducing new ways of flexible working that reflects a changing, modern society and the world of work”.
Evidence also suggests that employers who support smarter working practices, such as home working, benefit both their organisation and employees. The arrangement can also provide the employee with an improved work/life balance and a greater sense of control over their working and family life.
Although the TUC recently pointed to a 27.7% increase in the number of home workers in the last decade, the reality is that not all of these people have a ready-made space in their homes to work productively. Setting up a home office in a separate structure from your house could be the solution to working from home in peace and comfort.
The perfect work space, which eliminates travel costs, avoids long or busy commutes, embraces an environment in which to effectively work, think and create is the Horto garden office. The energy efficient building ensures a dedicated office space in your garden that feels you can leave the house for work, but you can also leave it behind at the end of the working day.
The Horto garden office is a substantial structure, carefully designed and meticulously hand made on-site. Stephen Lock from York comments on his Horto garden office “It looks great with the beautifully grained cedar cladding, stylish roof, canopy and a glass front wall. Horto have done a wonderful job. We really couldn’t be happier”. David Goldsmith from Selby, another Horto client, is delighted with his garden office “quite simply it’s brilliant. The level of craftsmanship and detail that has gone into it has far exceeded my expectations”.
One of the biggest working from home benefits is avoiding the daily commute. Calculating that a winter commute could take twice as long, being able to take a short, relaxed stroll down the garden path and turn on your computer is a big work from home perk indeed.