Does anybody rent a room/small office for work?

[jrewing]

We are potentially moving house in near future to quite remote spot. Mrs Ewing works from home and needs a reasonable broadband connection which is not available where we want to live, but in the nearby town.

We are considering renting a small room in a local business in the town or even a bedroom in a townhouse for her to work during the day.

Has anybody good or bad experience with doing this? How is best to go about it - advertise in paper / local shops ? Is there any particular type of business which would be particularly amenable to this type of arrangement ? What type of money do other people pay?

Thanks
JR

 

[Vanilla]

I did this for a while. Worked out of one room office. It worked fine as a temporary measure but certainly depends on the type of business. I was lucky in that I had a client who had a commercial building which was all rented out except one room which I took on. I know of other solicitors accountants and other professions which own a building and rent out one room with independant access to another ( non competing and possibly helpful~) business. Some even share overheads such as the use of a receptionist. I know one client of mine also has an office in a large shared commercial warehouse with bb and shared receptionist in an industrial estate. Finding these places can be hard but really word of mouth is the best- maybe if you know anyone in business around, local accountant, solicitor etc will have access to lots of local knowledge and could put you on the right track.