The office is a crucial space and will be used daily in the running of our business. This room will see upwards of 60+ hours of use per week so the overall design and ambiance of the room is important to us as it will be heavily utilised.
We would like the room to be more than just a practical utilitarian space in which to do work. If possible, in addition to a desk, we would like this space to be large enough for built in joinery (bookcase/shelving/cupboards), a lounge with a pull-out bed or even a Murphy bed allowing the room to also function as a small den and guest bedroom.
The space must have abundant natural light and ventilation and an outlook that provides visual interest such as into the garden or private courtyard is essential. We do not want to spend the day looking at the goings-on in the street or staring at the neighbour's fence.
FSR restrictions and budget permitting, ideally we would like the office to be a small freestanding structure that could also function as a guest bedroom. In this situation a small ensuite bathroom incorporated into the design would be highly desirable. To this end, we would consider a pre-fabricated building or even a structure built on a trailer chassis that could be assembled off-site.
Whether an internal room inside the home or an external free standing building in the garden, at the very least, with some creativity, we think we can make this room function very well as an office with the ability to be able to quickly and easily convert to a guest bedroom.
Privacy - must be enclosed with a locking door and not open plan or a study nook
Large enough to fit an 1800mm desk
Abundant natural light and ventilation
Air conditioned
Highly Desirable
Quiet - away from main living areas
Multi-purpose e.g. can also function as a guest bedroom, den or small TV/media room
Large enough to fit additional furniture e.g. bookcase, TV + 2-3 seater couch
Ability to open the room up e.g. French, bi-fold or stacking doors
Ceiling fan
Desirable
Separate from main house
Gas or ethanol fireplace
Room to fit a large (1.5m-2m) aquarium
Dislikes
Noise of any kind - unless it's birds 🦜 or the rain 🌧
A bland, uniteresting and uninspiring outlook or worse, no view at all
Impressions
Note
The images in the gallery on this page illustrate features and elements of interest and do not necessarily represent the overall design style we are wanting to achieve.
