Tiny homes are springing up in the back yard of houses all over the United States as tiny home offices to help accommodate the needs of telecommuters and other remote workers working from home during the online job restructuring process fueled by the coronavirus.
The current trend to use a tiny house as a home office during a pandemic surge is surpassing using a tiny house as a chic she shed or a $110-a-night Airbnb revenue stream in your back yard.
Increasingly, Americans are coming to grips with the fact that telecommuting and working from home is going to be more than just a temporary fix for adapting to restrictions levied on behalf of the pandemic, and there is a general understanding that in a post-pandemic world, telecommuting will prevail as the standard for the workforce of the future.
While carving out a place to work in your otherwise work-free zone of the home is not bad as a temporary fix, now that we are closing in on a year of doing so, for many, the work from home mandate is starting to feel more like a prison sentence than a welcoming accommodation.
Tiny House Home Office
For the Americans who have the necessary components to accommodate a tiny house, like a deck, driveway, or yard to host the (+/-) 400 square foot tiny homes, they are springing up like dandelions through cracks in the sidewalk, with the intent of using these quaint structures as a tiny house home office.
And it makes sense. If you are used to working in an environment where a clear separation between work and home life is healthy, normal, and possibly even essential, having a closed system workspace is an extremely good idea, for you, your professional career, and your family.
This type of small-footprint home or tiny house on wheels can be put just about anywhere, can be hooked up to your existing services, like water and power, and can have all the mini accoutrements that you might expect to see inside your place of residence.
Once your tiny house home office is installed, you can enjoy the interruption-free privacy of having a freestanding office within a few feet of your home. You still can enjoy all the benefits from remote work, while maintaining the clear separation of workspace and home life that you may have found as empowering or even a responsibility to your family’s best interests.
You can have your own office, with a private bathroom, a mini-kitchen, privacy for videoconferencing, and you could use the loft-area (where the bedroom is generally located) to store all your work-related files, nearly within arm’s reach.
Quarantine Accommodation
Some tiny houses are being used as an upscale method to quarantine family members. It can be an interesting way to spend ten to fourteen days quarantined inside a tiny house, while not having to put the rest of the family at risk of cross-contamination.
When the pandemic restrictions are lifted, and you have an office to return to, you can turn your tiny house into a cozy she shed, or with a little remodeling, you could turn it into an Airbnb rental at over a hundred bucks a night.