Office pods – office pod kits
There is an ever-increasing demand for home office pods due to more people being able to work from home or run a business from home. Most homes were not designed with a separate study room or even a study nook. People want a separate home office where they can work without distraction, and where visitors can come without passing through the domestic environment. Another advantage to building your own office is being able to rough-in electrical and service cabling during the construction process for outlets exactly where you want them. You can have Scandi-style office pods (marine ply lining instead of plasterboard), Hamptons-style (VJ lining boards painted white), or classic (plasterboard painted any colour you like). Choose from more than 20 exterior Colorbond colours, go with or without eaves, add a deck and veranda, any detailing to look trendy in your backyard. There can be taxation advantages to having a separate home office building (but you would need to get specific advice about your situation). Office pods from Backyard Pods have been built in all sizes throughout NSW, VIC, and SE QLD – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, and elsewhere. Some home offices have a powder room or ensuite, and perhaps a kitchenette, while others are just simple plain rooms for extra space. While small office pods are usually devoted to deskwork, larger ones can also function as a combination guest cabin, hang-out room, etc. Another option to consider is having a portable office pod, when this is needed, and it simply means erecting the structure onto skids instead of piers (ask us for more info). You can get an office pod kit to erect DIY or simply have everything completed for you. Browse our examples of freestanding office pods, home office extensions, portable offices, and multi-purpose home office buildings.
Office pod designs and examples
This stunning contemporary backyard office pod in Sydney is an inspiration. Custom-sized to fit in a very tight space, with the timber-look face and trendy Scandustrial detailing it adds value to the home and makes a great home office space away from the home. Would you like a home office pod like this one?
Rural properties often evolve over time – perhaps starting with a small cabin and growing with enclosed verandas and outbuildings (sometimes over generations) until the homestead ideal is fully expressed. Our customer on acreage in the Southern Tablelands added a cozy double-glazed home office as a DIY building project – well done!
This WFH dressmaker in Burleigh Waters, Gold Coast, got a home extension pod from Backyard Pods 4m x 7m built as a sewing workshop. Our customer (and their clients) can easily go to and from the main house in all weather.
With WFH (work-from-home) many people in Melbourne need a separate home-office in the backyard. This one has views over the garden with black stacker doors a modern contrast with the Colorbond Monument cladding. Add eaves and blade walls for energy efficiency and detail - really cool.
Creative people often need offices. That's where a multi-purpose pod like this combination photography studio and darkroom provides a custom solution, whatever your work-from-home needs. The cheapest way to get a decent-sized home office or work studio in your backyard is by starting with an office pod or studio pod kit.
We love the Scandi look of this Backyard Pod lined internally with plywood (instead of Gyprock). Plywood is under-rated as an interior lining material but it's natural, easy to work with, and it ages beautifully. Take a look around this characterful 3.6m x 6m backyard studio with thoughtful windows and doors for a great flow between indoors and outside.
The National Art School in Darlinghurst, an inner-eastern suburb of Sydney, needed to enlarge and upgrade its security checkpoint to house new security and communications systems operated by on-site security staff. Situated at the former Darlinghurst Gaol, the heritage listing called for the new portable office pod to ‘touch the earth lightly’ and not interfere with the existing structural environment.
With basic construction skills and attention to compliance, you can save on your Backyard Pod with DIY. This prospect appealed to a family living in a suburb of Canberra. They needed versatile studio space to suit the various needs of a couple and three children. How did they achieve their plans?
In western Sydney, our customer built a really cute home office using a Backyard Pod kit 3m x 4m with Bonville weatherboard-look Colorbond cladding, exclusive to Backyard Pods, in fresh Surf Mist. This is one of our favourite small backyard office design examples, featuring Polar Ecoview double-glazed windows (from Backyard Pods) for added energy efficiency.
