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Originally Posted by Rochard
I think in the future people won't commute to jobs. Most of us will work from home, and houses will be built with home offices built in. My wife drives into Sacramento every day, and there's no need for it. She has a computer here at home, and if she needs to talk to anyone she can do video conferencing.
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Yes. Existing homes are being reconfigured for this and I believe new homes already are being built with offices as part of the plan. This house I'm in is a good example of a reconfigure. It's a 4 bedroom / 3 bath with a good sized separate dining room and two living rooms. We use the one at the back of the house as the "living room" because it's got sliders to the back and is all open to the kitchen and everything, and there's 2 bars (kitchen bar and a separate wet bar). I use the front living room as my studio. Massive vaulted ceiling and architectural cutouts & styling, fireplace (also a fireplace in the back living room and again in the dining room) and right next to the front door. The space is fantastic, but the downside is there are no doors or anything, it's wide open so no office privacy. Second floor is entirely master suite, (bath & walk-in) and nothing else. (attached 3-car garage, laundry room, blah blah blah, etc...)
The homes here in this area were all generally built this way, with minor variations. One of the two living rooms was intended to be a "show" living room basically. One of those places where snooty people put expensive furniture that no one can ever sit on. Well I decided that was stupid, got rid of all my extra furniture, put in overhead halogens, and studio-ized it. Been working on the garage and exterior here now for the last few weeks, putting in shelving and wiring for sound, etc... because garages are for boring people. I need a
Lair. 