I&#x27;ve heard that offices aren&#x27;t more expensive cited here many times, but haven&#x27;t found that to be true.<p>Also consider that despite Peopleware, literally nobody builds offices for programmers as if they were attorneys. And yet we muddle through.<p>Having been involved in office planning to support moves 4-5 times... Costs were 5x-7x more for build out for a fixed office design vs. modular and would take much much longer.<p>Just in terms of labor, you&#x27;re talking about dramatically higher costs for drywall, electricians, and carpenters. If you&#x27;re retrofitting, construction triggers full code compliance ($$$), and in major cities you often run into labor&#x2F;prevailing wage problem.