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I do, and at first I thought it would be good fun but since my flat is pretty small it actually drives me crazy!

Just feel I’m always stuck at home… even started going out to coffee shops instead of getting up and doing the same thing over and over!

Oh well, needs must

I don’t

but I can think about cons and pros of such work.

I Do by Night, but also go to School by Day.

I work from home every once and a while: My PC desktop at home is rigged up to debug IE with great gusto, unlike any of the PC workstations at the office. So, when I can’t solve the problem with a display:inline or whatever, I spend a day at home and clear out the backlog of IE6/7 bug reports.

Here’s what I’ve learned from working from home: wake up early, earlier than you normally would, and go for at least 20 minute walk. If you can go for a jaunt to get coffee, or Then sit down and start working. Try to think of it as a walk to your office, and use it to clear out whatever mental rythms that you have when you’re at home.

Second, make sure your workspace is clear and comfortable. Keep only what you need for work on your desks: that means no bills, no books, whatever. Make sure you have a good chair and plenty of space to spread out. Your office area is your workshop; you wouldn’t want to do woodworking in a closet that has stacks of folded laundry on the side table.

Third, don’t force yourself to only do work. This may be contradictory, with the first point, but if you feel like you can’t focus, figure out what it is that’s bothering you and change gears to ‘home mode’ and deal with it. It’s better to have a serene mind and serene space and get fewer hours of work in, than have to plow through whatever distractions keep coming up because you’re at home.

I used to - I ended up searching for a cheap shared office.  I love it ... not sure what they cost elsewhere, but I found a place which is about 1/3 of my rent, is in a new building and includes all the utilities and a receptionist.  I consider it a very beneficial cost mainly b/c of the separation of work and home, but it’s also gotten me laid a couple of times - or maybe that was tequila… not sure.

I only work from home at night when everyone else is asleep. It’s impossible otherwise. I share an office with my dad and brother and don’t think I could do without it.

I’ve been working from home for years ... I now rent an office and highly recommend it. I can do both but have distance from work. Office is 1 mile away ... my brain is happier.

I’ve been working at home for more than 15 years now. It’s not for everyone, but it suits me.

I agree with most of what Nick says, and would add one thing - keep regular business hours. I get started in the morning by 9 am (sometimes earlier) and don’t quit until 5pm (sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later).

If you can discipline yourself to do this, then I think you’ll find that you’re much more productive at home than you’d be in an office. I know I am.

Dan

I have my office at home for as long as I can remember. Its great, but you have to have extra discipline specially in the morning when you want to stay a little bit more in bed.
I’m going to change to an office (2 miles away from home) now because I need to expand and have more space for employees, meetings etc.
I think it will be a nice change. Like skattabrain said, my brain will be happier.

I’ve been working from home for years ... I now rent an office and highly recommend it. I can do both but have distance from work. Office is 1 mile away ... my brain is happier.

How does that work out for you? I work from home also but enough $ to rent an office. I make about 1000 or so online every month. I think it would better my productivity to seperate my work computer from my normal computer, maby put it a spare room I am not using. Right now I have a my PC in my bedroom and sleep there. Do you think separating helps you be more productive?

I used to work from home however I moved elsewhere and my current job dosnt permit it…

However I have my own company I run from the comfort of my home.

I can attest to having a separate room for the “Office” defiantly works better!

Used to work in my bedroom now ive got an office and a bed room. It clears the mind none the less gets me away from alot of the distractions of a normal bed room. (Posters on the walls etc…)

Do you think separating helps you be more productive?

YES! it’s always too easy for me to just “quickly check my mail” and having 100% access to work let’s me fall into a feeling of “I can make up time later”. but going in at 8 and leaving at 5 forces me to get what I need done and more gets done. when i leave at 5 ... i have a feeling of “satisfaction”, then i can go do something that i used to do before i started working from home and having lots of clients. lol

2 computers can be a pain in ass frankly (logins and preferences!) unless 1 is for gaming (or something like that) only. i’d probably use 1 primary computer all the time and the other for serving.

regarding funds ... be smart. stay at home until you can easily handle the extra expense. no sense in painting yourself into a corner ... afterall, we work to make money, right?

... Here’s what I’ve learned from working from home… because you’re at home.

Thanks Nick thats a good suggestion for me. As i have everything on my table, actually its a dining table where i work hahaha 😊 its been just a bit over 5 months i started to work from home as office has no room to fit more than 10 people.

But actually i feel more pressure to work from home because they can’t see how much you work and sometimes you stuck on something and take long time to fix. at the end of the day if you have less work finished to show, you feel uncomfortable and forced yourself to work overtime for free just to make up the average work you do normally.

I worked from home and I didn’t like it. I couldn’t differentiate the ‘home’ from the ‘office’ part of my time.

I work at a sweet office in Camden.
One day I might end up working from home, but there is something very cool about actually meeting with the team and all kicking ass together :D