I'm looking forward to the sequel. I'm about where you are. After nearly 5 years of WFH and 3 years of homeschooling (to be fair, my wife does the brunt of it, which is a whole other topic that touches on guilt and missed opportunity) I'm done with WFH.
At this point the model that would work for me (I believe) is a hot-desking model in a shared space where you are flexibly allowed a certain number of units (hours, days, whatever works) of time to come in with no, or little, advanced reservation required. You wake up, look at your meeting schedule, look at the weather and decide "I'm gonna bike into the 'office' today", check that there's an available desk and in you go.
Unfortunately Guelph's current offerings are limited and much more geared toward folks needing a full-time office. Up in the Junction the minimum rate is $800 a month which isn't all that much when you think of it, but still a bit hard to justify if you're going to only go in a couple of days a week.
I wonder what a cooperative shared office lease might look like - how many folks would need to pool their resources in order to bring the cost closer to $100/wk? I'd totally be up for finding such a space, fixing it up, appointing it with some basic furnishings and digital services and setting up some basic booking software. What's the average cost per square foot in downtown (ish) Guelph these days?
I'm looking forward to the sequel. I'm about where you are. After nearly 5 years of WFH and 3 years of homeschooling (to be fair, my wife does the brunt of it, which is a whole other topic that touches on guilt and missed opportunity) I'm done with WFH.
At this point the model that would work for me (I believe) is a hot-desking model in a shared space where you are flexibly allowed a certain number of units (hours, days, whatever works) of time to come in with no, or little, advanced reservation required. You wake up, look at your meeting schedule, look at the weather and decide "I'm gonna bike into the 'office' today", check that there's an available desk and in you go.
Unfortunately Guelph's current offerings are limited and much more geared toward folks needing a full-time office. Up in the Junction the minimum rate is $800 a month which isn't all that much when you think of it, but still a bit hard to justify if you're going to only go in a couple of days a week.
I wonder what a cooperative shared office lease might look like - how many folks would need to pool their resources in order to bring the cost closer to $100/wk? I'd totally be up for finding such a space, fixing it up, appointing it with some basic furnishings and digital services and setting up some basic booking software. What's the average cost per square foot in downtown (ish) Guelph these days?
Well stay tuned Tom. I think I'll have some options for you shortly....