Berry Blog

Living regionally while still being able to hold down a city job is a long-held dream for many Australians. Serendipitously, the COVID-19 pandemic may allow this dream to become a reality. 

For years, businesses have touted workplace flexibility, but the health crisis is the first real test of it with the bulk of Australian workers now exclusively working from home.

 As a result, businesses are quickly realising that employees don’t have to be in the office every single day in order to be productive.

In a post-COVID-19 world, it’s likely employers will offer greater workplace flexibility to their workers, which could have an impact on demand for housing – not just the type of housing but its location, as people would finally have the freedom to loosen their ties to the office and take up residence in the county.

As we have been working thru our client database, checking in to see how our buyers are handling the crisis, this is a reoccurring theme. We are finding many stating that now they can work from home, that their timeline on moving to Berry and surrounds has been brought forward by COVID 19, not set back.