Where Should You Live When Starting at Deloitte’s Dallas Office?

Because a company may have more than one office in the same metropolitan area, and even a modest change in workplace can alter the best neighborhood and commute strategy. HomeBase does not want to recommend housing based only on a company name or city. The exact address helps evaluate drive times, transit possibilities, toll roads, traffic patterns, and which social neighborhoods remain practical. Combined with the number of in-office days, it lets HomeBase balance work convenience against lifestyle rather than over-optimizing for the wrong location.

Often, yes—especially when the employee is in the office only a few days a week or spends most weekdays at client sites. Grant generally sees 30–45 minutes to the airport as workable and would not sacrifice a clearly better neighborhood just to shave a few minutes off the airport drive. For a frequent traveler, his priority often becomes better neighborhood first, airport access second, and office commute third. The exact order changes if the person still reports to the office frequently, but the normal five-day-office framework should not be applied automatically to a travel-heavy role.

Grant’s rule of thumb is straightforward: one or two office days means lifestyle can usually lead; three days is the judgment-call zone; four or five days means commute should carry substantial weight. A highly travel-oriented role can make the formal office address even less important. HomeBase therefore asks about the employee’s actual work pattern, not merely the company’s address. Two people at the same employer can receive very different neighborhood recommendations if one is in the office every day and the other travels or works remotely most of the week.