Asking to be WFH

I was hired as a paralegal and office manager of a mid-size law firm at the end of August. I took over for a woman who went on maternity leave (but I don’t believe she has any plans to come back).

She, and many of our other employees, have been remote since Covid. Some of them come into the office a few times a week but almost everyone is at least hybrid - everyone, that is, except myself and the attorney we hired after me.

I have my own corner office in our beautiful suite in downtown which overlooks the water. As the office manager, I know how much we pay for rent & parking (a lot) so I think my boss really wants people in the office getting our money’s worth. I really do like my office but I just want to have the option to WFH. Clients come in to the office occasionally but pretty much everything is done over the phone, email or zoom (if necessary).

My reasons for wanting to WFH: I have a terrible immune system and I want to be able to get things done if I’m feeling too sick to come in to the office, but not sick enough to not work. (Im the only one who does my job so calling out doesn’t matter as I’ll just have more work to do the next day). I also live alone and I have two dogs who are at home all day, alone. I have a Mac laptop but we use Microsoft so I’d probably need a new computer/laptop or Microsoft office suite, a second monitor (we might already have one), as well as our server / softwares installed onto my computer.

How do I ask to be hybrid? And when should I ask? I was thinking about waiting until I had been here for 6 months but I think the longer I wait, the more it seems like less of a necessity.