Home Office

A new home office with new units, drawers, build-in shelving and desks being fitted may require the skills of a trainer professional carpenter or joiner.

Despite many firms offering straight-forward home office suites, they may need to be adapted to fit the shape of the room or specific requests you have.

If you are building a completely bespoke home office, then you’re going to need the services of a skilled joiner and carpenter.

A full home office package will include the design of the home office itself, with input from both the customer, the furniture supplier and the company involved in the installation.

Starting from scratch? You need a design, supply and install package

If you are starting from scratch with a new home office and need help with direction of what style you are looking for then the best deal could work out to be a full all-inclusive package of design, supply and installation.

Benefits of a complete home office package

• The benefit of going down the full-package route is that you only have to deal directly with one company. Therefore, if there are any requests, issues or changes you might want to make you only have to contact one firm.

• Another possible benefit is that you are more likely to get a discounted cost if you employ the one company to cover all of your new home office installation needs. If you use separate firms to carry out the design, supply and installation the chances are you’ll have to pay a premium for it.

• Design, supply and installation packages mean you have a specialist team to blueprint the look of your new home office. When you’re happy with that you can then choose the unit, shelving and desk styles and fittings with a range of woods, finishes and colours.

Alternatively opt for a package of supply & installation

If you already have an idea of how you want your home office to look then you’ll need a company to supply you with the style of units and desk you desire. Homeowners opting for this type of package tend to have a strict view on exactly what they want and how they want their office to look.

Therefore, finding a firm to supply and install the specific home office requirements you want can be a difficult process, especially with so many different companies available.

Installation only is another option

Although new home office installations can be carried out by the homeowner, to guarantee a top quality finish and fitting you’ll still need to employ a skilled professional carpenter or joiner.

Every room shape is different; there’s more to a carpenter’s job for a new home office installation than simply building the cupboards, units, desk and drawers and fitting them. In most cases there will be the need to make changes and tailor the units to fit the shape of the room, especially when it comes to fitted storage and desks.

There’s more to design only than meets the eye

The design of a home office is a bigger job than many first assume. It’s not a simple case of fitting new units and a desk that are the same dimensions as the existing ones but in a different finish or material because the chances are the same dimensions may not be available.

A designer will also be able to open your eyes to new ideas for your home office, and analyse and design subjectively; providing you with a number of different design ideas that you might never have otherwise considered.

Whatever your home office requirements Builder Guide has a number of firms, both national and regional, ready to quote for your job.