A HOME OFFICE IS THE EMERGING TREND TODAY. WITH TIME BEING A LUXURY, MANY ARE OPTING TO SPEND ON A FULL-FLEDGED HOME OFFICE.

With new houses mushrooming every day and commuting becoming the bane of our lives, coupled with high levels of noise pollution, the concept of home offices are becoming increasingly popular. Whereas America has had this concept for decades, it was earlier meant for women working part time where they could fulfill the dual demands of running a home as well as their careers. No longer is this true, Jyoti Aggarwal a financial analyst for Wall Street mostly runs her office from her Manhattan apartment, whereas Neera Raj a full time realtor has a beautifully appointed home office in her New Jersey mansion. The same is true here as well. Many executives, COOs, designers, architects run their office from home. Not only does it give them flexible work hours, but those who operate from their corporate offices can come home early enjoy a workout at a local gym and get back to work with their shoes off in the leisure of their home offices.These spaces are not meagerly done up to work as a make shift back office, in fact detailed planning and execution goes into these specifically demarcated areas.

In a lot of cases these spaces are modern and functional while others have beautifully laid out carpeting, chandeliers, mahogany desks and of course the laptop, with a seating of a comfortable sofa set, coffee tables to match for those meetings conducted at home even on a weekend.

Jagdeep Rangargh, head of Stork Group of Companies, has a lovely home office in his DLF home and he completely enjoys working from there. Complete with wooden flooring, a desk and his computer, he manages his entire group of companies even though he travels around the world for his business meetings. His wife Poonam reveals that many a Sundays, he works from here and is also able to catch up on a game of golf, while he can come home early and work late into the night whenever he wants. Lined with a complete library, this is where Poonam catches up with most of her reading while Jagdeep works.

Aashish Thakur, head of Ashwin Enterprises has a modern and functional home office in the basement of his house. Done up in light wood, the basement has been divided into portions as work stations with glass doors separating them. The other part is his wife Anjali's, who runs her design business from there. Interiors and furniture is their concern and a home office in their Phase-III home is definitely an advantage, apart from his main office.

Courtesy: - ET Realty dtd:- 29th August 2008