Trigger Your Home Based Business to Success With a Good Home
Office
by Kanaga Siva
Published on this site: May 10th, 2006 - See
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Seldom do we come across someone starting a home-based business
at the spur of the moment. A decision such as this is often made
after much thought and deliberation. You are probably no exception.
Once you have made this decision, you owe it to yourself to set
up a good home office with good working conditions that will inspire
and motivate you to spend a few hours within and put in your best effort. A good home office and
good working conditions are a necessity so that your work does not
get interrupted, your documents remain safe and you remain focused
on your job.
Location, Location:
When you are in the look out for a property, location gets top priority.
Similarly the location of your home office too should be given top
priority. Unlike in a spacious house with several rooms, a small
house or flat can be tricky, especially if you have customers coming
in to see you, or you need to have discussions with business colleagues.
A room in the front portion of the house with windows overlooking
beautiful scenery will be the ideal set up. Though this is the ideal,
this does not preclude you from setting up a good and pleasant home
office within your means, in a part of a living room, basement,
attic, garage or any free space to start with.
Ventilation and Fresh Air:
This aspect of fresh air and ventilation is ignored or overlooked
more often when a home office is set up in a rather small house
or flat. I t is important that provision is made for the supply
or flow of fresh air into your work place. Working long hours in
a stuffy room can lead to nausea, headache and a depressed feeling
due to lack of fresh air. This will result in a drop in efficiency
and the success of your home-based business will be in jeopardy.
Color:
To create a good working environment, considerable thought has to
be given to choosing the proper colors for the walls. Psychologists
consider that color can influence your mood and the amount of time
you would like to spend in your workplace. Dark colors make you
tense and irritable. On the other hand light pastel shades such
as yellow, blue and green are considered warm, soothing and reassuring.
Furthermore these colors inspire and encourage you to spend more
working hours in your home office.
Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures:
It is essential that your home office is equipped with the basic
furniture and fixtures necessary for the successful operation of
your home-based business. Items that you will require are a table,
two chairs, a telephone, filing cabinet, computer, printer and scanner,
table lamp, trays and book-case. A good comfortable chair should
take pride of place since you have to spend several hours a day
working in your office.Excessive expenditure is unwise at the start
and can be detrimental. If you do not have much money to equip your
home office, it will be wise to shop around for good second hand
furniture and equipment and cut down your initial costs.
Lighting:
Natural lighting is the best way of illuminating your office during
the day time. If that is not possible, alternate arrangements have
to be made.
More often than not your home office is a new creation within the
confines of your home and the chances are that the lighting there-in
will be inadequate.
Your home office has to be properly illuminated, especially your
place of work. Bad lighting can lead to health problems such as
headache, eye strain and fatigue.
Tax Benefits:
All entrepreneurs working from home are entitled to tax benefits
when you set up your home office. You can claim running expenses
for the space and the time it is utilized as a home office. Deductions
can also be made for a proportion of telephone expenses, light, power, cleaning and maintenance.
In addition to the above you can claim as a home based business
entrepreneur a proportion of the occupying expenses in connection
of the whole house.
The advice of an tax professional will be helpful to learn more
of the tax benefits that you are entitled to.
Conclusion:
The number of hours you put in within the confines of your home
office is to a great extent going to determine the success of your
home based business. The sooner you set the trigger by organizing
a good home office that will inspire you to work many hours the
better are your chances of success.
Kanaga Siva is an experienced Marketer and a Writer of
popular Internet Marketing articles. You are welcome to his Business from Home http://www.business-fromhome.com
website for Tips,Ideas, Advice and to enroll for his free Newsletter.
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