Shoffices, or shed-office hybrids, are rapidly becoming a backyard fixture for homes across the pond. A handful of London homeowners have already jumped on the bandwagon, combining a home office and storage shed with the help of some serious space-saving architecture.
Will American homeowners follow suit? Have you taken on a listing with a shoffice?
Here's my take:
It can actually be used as an office. Anyone who’s done both will tell you that working from home is much different than working in an office. Who really wants to work in their home? With a shoffice, homeowners can physically separate themselves from their home lives, eliminating all possibility that their minds may start wondering what time Judge Judy is on. (4:00 p.m. EST, folks.)
The backyard won’t look like a barren wasteland. If the backyard’s lacking in the landscaping department, a shoffice is the perfect way to enhance it. Modern models (like the one above) make for a larger-than-life alternative to a garden sculpture.
Kids will love it. If the homeowner doesn’t need an office at home, a shoffice could be the perfect spot for a kid hangout. Who wouldn’t love a cave/spaceship/He-Man Woman Haters Club to play in?
Home values will go up. Creating usable living space where there was none typically has a positive impact on a home's value. No matter the seller’s original purpose, showcase a shoffice as a functional (albeit detached) part of any home.
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The preceding was adapted from RISMedia's blog, Housecall. Original content can be found here.
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