Tube Strikes again hit London ' work in your garden instead! How?

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Are you fed with long commutes, Tube disruption and rail strikes? If so, working from home could be the perfect option. But, with such a wide range of garden workshops on the market in the UK today, how do you know what to look for when buying one? This article outlines the massive benefits of working from home and why a garden workshop could be the perfect antidote to hours of Underground disruption.

More and more people are becoming disenchanted with their office based job and having to spend hours commuting to their place of work. Barely a week goes by these days without the news reporting Tube or rail strikes, and prices for season tickets and public transport seem to rise faster and faster every year.

So, it is not surprising that thousands of Brits are looking for different ways of working. Spending hours struggling with strikes on the trains or Underground isn't the most productive way for employees to use their time, and these strikes are costing businesses millions of pounds. Indeed, the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimated that the 2010 Tube strikes would cost businesses £48 million per day in lost revenue and productivity hours.

With the most recent Tube strike resulting in over half of all services being cancelled, and thousands more services disrupted and delayed, commuting into London has become both expensive and awkward. Thousands of productivity hours are being lost as commuters struggle to get into their places of work thanks to ongoing industrial action. As one commuter recently told the BBC: "It was terrible down there. It's the queuing to get into the station that's really bad. Some of the lines are totally crippled."

Rather than the long daily commute, have you considered working from home? More and more businesses are allowing their employees to work from home, whilst many other people are leaving their city jobs in favour of starting their own businesses. A leading human resources agency discovered in 2007 that the benefits of home working significantly outweighed the pitfalls. Factors such as improved productivity, lack of lost time through commuting, higher morale and lower stress levels all result from home working. The survey found that people who worked from their home or garden workshop also benefited from more flexible working hours, leading to a better 'work/family' balance. In addition, many people are also choosing to step off the corporate ladder and set up in business on their own. Other people have been forced to make these decisions thanks to redeployment or redundancy during the global financial crisis. Whilst many home workers use a study or spare room to run their companies, people are increasingly turning to garden workshops and log cabins as the ideal place to house their business. It is easy to connect power to your log cabin providing heating, lighting and internet connectivity to allow you to run your business without having to clutter up valuable room in your home.

So, isn't it time that you considered working from your garden?

Using a log cabin or garden workshop can offer significant advantages to home workers.

Why consider the option

Availability of different home office styles

They are made from thick insulating timber Fast Broadband The availability of good reasonable office furniture The commute No more tube strikes

Firstly, you are much less likely to be distracted by other things going on in the home such as children, the television or other disturbances. It is the perfect quiet retreat to allow you to concentrate on your project or other work whilst the ease of hooking up power means you always have access to heating, lighting and whatever tools you need to power your business. Working from home can often see you cramped into a small corner of your home or taking up valuable space that could be better utilised. Using your spare bedroom may seem like the obvious answer - until you have guests to stay. A cramped corner of the garage may also be perfect until the weather gets cold and suddenly your work space is lost to the car.

Of course, the other main advantage of using a garden workshop is that your commute to work involves a few footsteps down your garden path, rather than hours on strike disrupted and expensive local rail, bus or Tube services. Why waste hours of your day grappling with disrupted Underground services when you can do the same work from the comfort of your garden log cabin?

Once you have decided that you are going to leave the rat race in favour of working from a garden workshop, you need to decide what sort of log cabin to buy. These versatile garden buildings come in all shapes and sizes and you will need to find the right one for your garden. Remember to choose a workshop that is the perfect size and shape for your specific use, whether you are planning to house a home office or a workshop for a business that involves tools, arts or crafts.

So, why spend the next few years of your life waiting for cancelled trains and Underground services and losing valuable time to strikes and disruption? An affordable, attractive, practical log cabin could be your perfect workplace.

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