Hot desk or fixed desk: which one suits your week
If you come in three days a week or fewer, the long bench is usually enough (sample).
A desk in the old ropewalk
52 seats on one 96-metre floor in a converted rope works on Ropewalk Lane, Springfield (sample). Day passes, desks of your own, studios with a door and two meeting rooms.
The floor in November
Front desk and kitchen
12 m
Kitchen, 12
Front door, front desk, lockers, post and the kitchen.
Long bench
22 m
16 hot desks. Any free seat, first come.
Fixed desks
20 m
F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9F10F11F12
12 desks of your own: 9 taken, F4 and F7 free, F12 free from 1 November.
Quiet room
9 m
6 hot desks, no calls, no talking.
Phone booths
7 m
B1B2B3
3 booths for calls.
Studios
16 m
S1, 2S2, 4S3, 4S4, 6
4 studios with a door: S3 free from 1 November.
Meeting rooms
10 m
Twine, 4Hemp, 10
Twine room and Hemp room, by the hour.
Front door, 0 m
Far end, 96 m
Read from the front door on the left to the far end, 96 m away; each zone is as wide as it is long. Dashed edges are open floor, solid edges are rooms with a door. Occupancy (sample).
round: hot desk square: fixed desk filled: taken in November ring: free from 1 November
Plans and prices
Every plan comes with the wifi, the kitchen, the printer and a free trial day first. Pay by the month; leave with one month’s notice.
Day pass
Any free seat at the long bench or in the quiet room, for one day.
Mon to Fri, 8:30 to 18:00
$25
a day
Ten-day card
Ten days to use within three months. Good for two days a week.
Mon to Fri, 8:30 to 18:00
$210
ten days
Hot desk
Any free seat, every day, with a key fob and a locker shelf.
24/7 with your fob
$190
a month
F
Fixed desk
Your own desk with a pedestal and a locker. Leave your screen set up.
24/7 with your fob
$310
a month
S
Private studio
A room with a door that locks, for a team of two to six.
24/7 with your fob
from $780
a month, for 2 people
Example prices, tax included.
In every plan
The things you stop thinking about after your first week here.
- Fibre wifi at 1 Gbps, wired ports at every fixed desk
- Coffee, tea and oat milk in the kitchen
- Printing and scanning, 100 pages a month
- Showers, a bike store for 20 bikes and lockers
- Post and parcels signed for at the front desk
House rules by zone
Front desk and kitchen
Talk freely
Lunch, coffee, catching up. Calls are fine here too.
Long bench and fixed desks
Low voices
Short chats at your desk; take calls longer than five minutes to a booth.
Quiet room
Silent
No calls, no talking, headphones on low. Like a library.
Phone booths
Calls
Book a booth for up to 30 minutes at a time, or walk in if it is free.
Meeting rooms by the hour
Members get four free hours a month; everyone else books through the front desk. Every room has a screen, a whiteboard and water.
Twine room
4 seats
Up to 4 people
Screen with one cable for every laptop, whiteboard, window onto the yard.
$18 an hour
$60 half day
Hemp room
10 seats
Up to 10 people
Large screen, camera and speaker for video calls, two whiteboards, blinds.
$32 an hour
$110 half day
Event space
60 seats
Up to 60 seated
The front hall after 18:00: projector, microphone, chairs and the kitchen.
$220 an evening
Example prices.
This month on the floor
Small, regular and optional. Members bring friends to anything in the kitchen.
Tue 4 Nov
Members' breakfast
Pastries in the kitchen and five minutes each on what you are working on.
8:30
Thu 6 Nov
Lunch talk: pricing freelance work
A member who runs a design studio shares how she quotes. Bring your lunch.
12:30
Wed 12 Nov
Open studio evening
The studios at the far end open their doors; friends and neighbours welcome.
18:00
Fri 21 Nov
Friday drinks
The kitchen turns into a bar for an hour. Soft drinks too.
17:30
Events (sample).
From the members
I moved from the long bench to F7 after a month. The screen stays set up and nobody touches my plant.
Sample member, translator
We started in S1 as two people and moved into S4 when we hired. Same building, same post box.
Sample member, studio of six
The quiet room is the only place I finish a draft. The kitchen is where I hear about work.
Sample member, writer
Can I try it before I join?
Yes. Your first day is free: book a trial day and we keep a seat at the long bench for you.
What does 24/7 access mean?
Hot desk, fixed desk and studio members get a key fob that opens the side door at any hour. The front desk is staffed Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 18:00.
How much notice do I give?
One month for every plan. Studios sign up for three months first, then go month by month.
Can I use the address for my company?
Yes, with any monthly plan. We sign for post and parcels and send you a message when something arrives.
Can I bring my dog?
Quiet, friendly dogs are welcome in the studios and at fixed desks. Not in the quiet room or the kitchen.
Notice board
New rules for the quiet room
No calls, no talking, headphones on low: the quiet room is now silent all day (sample).
Why the building is 96 metres long
A rope was walked out along the whole floor while it was twisted. Hence the shape (sample).
Getting to the Ropewalk
14 Ropewalk Lane, Springfield (sample). The front door is at the station end of the building.
Front desk
Mon to Fri, 8:30 to 18:00
Day passes
Mon to Fri, 8:30 to 18:00
Members with a fob
24/7
Tours
Weekdays at 10:00 and 15:00
Opening times (sample).
Try a day on us
Come in for a free trial day: a seat at the long bench, the wifi code, coffee from the kitchen and a walk round the floor with the front desk.