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Garden office
I am running out of room in my flat and am wondering whether to have an office-outhouse type thin built in my back garden. Does anyone have any experience of this or someone they could recomment to give a quote? I don't need something fancy - just a reasonable sized space in which I can work, get wi-fi, and not freeze in the winter or over-heat in the summer. My garden is quite a good size.
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The other thing I have considered is seeing if anyone in the area wants to rent me a room to use during the day, Monday to Friday. I am an academic, and just need a space in which to work from November, once I become a father and life at home becomes chaotic.
Any interest anyone?
A writer friend works from a shed at the bottom of her garden. She lives in California, so she doesn't have to worry about heating it. I imagine it gets very hot in the summer, though.
I've been lurking on here for a few weeks, but this thread has finally inspired me to come out of the woodwork and post my first comment:
Ben - a friend of mine is establishing a business building just the kind of office/ outhouse/ garden room you are looking for. Check out his site at http://www.3rdspace.co.uk.
@dett I will check out the websit
@dorothy I will whisper to you in a minute.
@misscara my work is pretty portable: a memory stick and a few books and articles are about as much as I would ever be carrying around. But I find it hard to work in cafes, partly because there are too many distractions, partly because the chairs are never that comfortable, and partly because, despite the fact that I know that most coffee shops are happy for people to linger, I always feel guilty about doing so, and end up consuming far too much caffeine. I also quite like to have a radio on some of the time as background noise (but not on headphones). So I guess I would want somewhere reasonably comfortable, where I could make myself cups of tea and have a radio on.... and use a wi-fi connection. Some weeks I might be there most days; others none.
The advantage for whoever might rent me a room would be that I would be in to receive post etc. I might even be able to feed a cat.
I am very trustworthy and reliable - Colette can vouch for me.
In the meantime, what do people think would be a reasonable amount to pay? I have no idea.
Basically, I do research on prisons - often in prisons. I have written quite a lot about 'the prisoner society', how prisoners adapt to prison life, what everyday social relations are like (hierarchies, friendships, etc), drug culture in prisons, and so on. I am currently writing up a comparative study of public and private sector prisons. My department is in Cambridge, but I get to work from home quite a lot.
Re the above, would it be possible to come and have a look at the room sometime? Perhaps you could whisper me back to suggest a good time.
Ben