I need rent some office space as i’m doing some work which allows me to ‘work from home’. Realistically, with a new baby and two kids, working in the house is not going to be practical, so I need a desk w/broadband connection. Anybody got any ideas on where to start finding this type of thing and how much it would cost per month?

Guess it depends on your location (city, town, rural) and the nature of your business.

Small offices in towns and citys in ‘managed suites’ should be easy enough to find, although for an individual may not be that cost effective.

Places like this in Manchester are increasing in popularity Manchester Science Park.

Otherwise if you know anyone else that’s self employed and has a small office, they may be willing to let you bunk up with them for a small fee (every penny helps at the moment). I know a couple of people who share an office for two seperate businesses, and they seem to make it work easy enough.

A Hotel with free wifi connection?

Funnily enough this is exactly what I do. I work on my own out of a serviced office building in Gateshead, for a company in Fife.

I used to work from home but I found the lack of seperation between home and work quite difficult, and when we had a baby it was clear that I needed somewhere quieter to work! The only drawback is the crushing loneliness 🙁

No idea about costs though as my company pays for it.

Evans EasySpace do exactly what you want and have places all over.

Most pubs and cafes have free wifi nowadays.

Just google “serviced office space”

http://www.evanseasyspace.com/

Shed in the garden?

If you wanted something very basic and cheap, looking at places where artists have studios might fit the bill. In London they are pretty expensive, but outside, can sometimes be less so (I’ve known people who have studios for <£100 a month). Bonus is, you can make a real mess / fix bikes in them etc. and no one will give a damn.

Some places are artists only though, but some places are anyone who has money for the room.

Joe

Regus

http://www.regus.co.uk/

Thanks everyone, once again STW comes to the rescue 😉

I did look at converting my garage loft into an office (obviously not telling Planning etc) – only issue I could really see was its inability to maintain a usable temp – either too hot/cold.

bin bag in the garden, works for meeeeee!

sh’office (posh shed) in the garden for me.