You mention having a family, so the biggest struggle you're going to have is convincing everybody around you that you're "at work" even though you're physically around.
The best plan is to have your office be in a separate building from your house. A shed out in the yard, a room over the garage, even a rented desk in town. Whatever you can do to avoid being anywhere where anybody can walk past and casually interrupt you.
Barring that, you'll need to set your boundaries well. If it wouldn't have been important enough to call you at the office to ask about before, it shouldn't be important enough to ask about now. No, you can't watch the kids for a few minutes. No, you can't look up the dates when the in-laws are coming out. You're at work.
Sort that out up front and everything else will go smoothly.
Working remotely rocks, by the way. That was the last on-site job you'll ever have. You just won't be able to consider going back to that after tasting this.
I work remotely and I agree with all this, although I'll add that you don't really need a shed in the back yard. I have four kids aged 6, 4, 2, and 0, and I work fine out of a separate room in the house. I close the door and the kids know not to bother me. You might have to train them a bit at first, but really it hasn't been a problem for me. Right now my office is upstairs, which definitely helps keep things quiet when I'm on a call, but I did this in a downstairs office too for a couple years and didn't have issues. Good luck!
The best plan is to have your office be in a separate building from your house. A shed out in the yard, a room over the garage, even a rented desk in town. Whatever you can do to avoid being anywhere where anybody can walk past and casually interrupt you.
Barring that, you'll need to set your boundaries well. If it wouldn't have been important enough to call you at the office to ask about before, it shouldn't be important enough to ask about now. No, you can't watch the kids for a few minutes. No, you can't look up the dates when the in-laws are coming out. You're at work.
Sort that out up front and everything else will go smoothly.
Working remotely rocks, by the way. That was the last on-site job you'll ever have. You just won't be able to consider going back to that after tasting this.
Good luck!