Five reasons why you’ll want to consider coworking

Working from home’s great until, suddenly, it’s not, and the cabin fever sets in.  And working out of coffee shops is pretty cool, until you get sick of competing for tables near plug sockets and paying for endless cups of coffee to justify using the space all day.

Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur, freelancer or the leader of a small team, there comes a time when your business needs a workspace to call home. But perhaps making the move into a private office is a step too far. Maybe you’re better off reaping the benefits of coworking at your local flexible workspace. Here are five reasons to consider giving coworking a try (trust us, you’ll never look back):

Here’s why we love coworking

1. Networking opportunities

Your flex-space community could hold the missing piece of your business’s puzzle. Who’s doing your social media? Who’s going to finally redesign your website? Coworking communities are overflowing with skilled professionals looking for new clients – who might just offer you a helping hand in exchange for your own expertise (or at least give you a friendly discount). Being a member of your local coworking community is a great way to spread the word about the work you do – people talk, after all, and everyone prefers to hire someone who’s been personally vouched for.

Coworking also brings you that readymade office crew you’ve been missing out on while WFH (you’re back in the Christmas party game!). Not only does the social side of coworking do wonders for employee wellbeing but it could also be the start of something epic. Coworking hubs are hotbeds of innovation. Ideas are born when two great minds open their laptops at the same communal table or linger at the coffee machine to ponder what’s possible. A new business partner could be on the cards. 

2. Flexibility

Coworking is the perfect way to enter the world of leasing office space because it lets you test the water. Entry-level coworking packages are aimed to be affordable for fledgling businesses, with the option to expand services as and when you need them – great news for your company’s bottom line. And the lower level of commitment means less risk, so if you do need to cancel your coworking subscription due to a change in circumstance, you can – no worries.

3. Scalability

How much office space do you actually need? Is there somebody you might want to hire as a permanent team member when you finally have the budget?

Coworking spaces are loved for their scalability. Once you realise you’re going to grow out of your coworking plan and make the move into a private office, you can do that at a without having to move your stuff out of the building (just don’t forget your coworking crew once you’ve got your own four walls)…

4. Design

Investing in an office environment that makes you feel motivated to be your most productive self is money well spent. And coworking spaces blow traditional office space out of the water when it comes to inspiring, modern, intuitively designed environments. At Spaces, we have a thing for repurposing disused buildings into mind-blowing open-plan coworking hubs that show off all their original features – just check out the gorgeous Spaces Werksviertel in Munich, housed in a revitalised red brick warehouse in a buzzy neighbourhood. Which brings us to our final point…

5. Location

When your business is starting out, chances are you’re priced out of hiring offices smack-bang in the centre of the city. And also, depending on your industry, chances are you don’t want to. If you’ve managed to escape the rat race to start out on your own, and hopefully achieve more of a work/life balance, surely having workspace you can hop, skip or jump to – rather than spend an hour commuting to – is part of the fantasy? Coworking hubs are now everywhere – popping up in towns and suburbs where small business communities are flourishing. They habitually launch in the heart of covetable locations where other things are launching too – close to restaurants, shops, bars, gyms – with members’ daily lives in mind. Coworking generally means working closer to where you actually live – so you can get one step closer to grabbing that work/life balance holy grail.

Discover our coworking memberships right here, or give it a try just for one day, we promise you’ll love it.