What are the pitfalls when renting a freelancing office?

Question

Freelance

I have been freelancing for many years, I have always managed to work at home - first during the day, then at night (if the little one doesn’t go to kindergarten during the day), and now a situation has arisen and I understand that it’s time to quit working somewhere outside the home. Of the possible options - rented apartment / coworking / small office, I chose "small office". ("A rented apartment" is not suitable for the price, and the nearest coworking is not within walking distance.)
A question for those who have passed this stage in life: friends, what are the pitfalls when renting an office? At first, I'm going to work alone: ​​just me, a table, a chair and a laptop. Therefore, I do not need more than 10 squares. But you need everything else - security, internet and free technical equipment. The contract will have to be concluded - I understand that. What else is important to consider?
Thank you!

Answer 1

Find a small, little-visited library with a free socket (agree with the librarian) + mobile Internet.

Answer 2

Travel time matters. If every day 40 min. there and 40 min. back, a total of 1 hour 20 minutes, then in 5 working days it runs 6 hours 40 minutes, and in a month 22 working days 29 hours 20 minutes. or almost four full days. Losing four working days every month is simply unwise.

Answer 3

Maybe for your purposes it is easier to rent a small apartment?

Answer 4

Better coworking. All issues have already been resolved.

Answer 5

A similar situation occurred to me.
Subscribed to mailing lists on all known commercial real estate rental sites.
As a rule, offices are rented empty and in addition to rent, you will need to pay utilities, cleaning, and the Internet. The Internet is expensive for legal entities, so I decided for myself that it would be easier to buy a large Internet package for the phone and work through it.
But I got lucky. I found an all-inclusive office: with furniture, cleaning, internet, and everything at a very low price.
When drawing up the contract, a moment with a pledge got out. It is normal practice to leave a deposit on all furniture in the amount of one month's rent. Therefore, the first payment turned out to be 2 times more. I was also a little stressed by the fact that the owner of the office said to treat the deposit as a payment for the last month of rent, such as if I decide to leave, I will not pay for the last month. But this is a bad idea. Because right now I have, for example, paid until the end of August. If I decide to leave, then I will have to sit for another month for free, i.e. until the end of September, which is stupid. Therefore, it is better to discuss that the deposit is simply returned at the time of departure.
The rest of the office is great. It's easier to work. But since this is not a coworking, you still continue to sit alone and communicate with people a little.

Answer 6

Yes, actually nothing, you can’t take something into account in essence without a contract, today there is no tomorrow, and you can only present a contract.

Answer 7

I'm renting an office. It is unrealistic to work at home when there are small children :)
Possible pitfalls:
1. Some landlords do not want to rent offices to physicists. In my case, I shot as a physicist, and then I did it as an IP, and then I shoot as an IP.
2. Dear internet. The problem of expensive Internet was solved by an unlimited iota. It was possible to throw wifi to the house, there was a direct line of sight. But I moved to another apartment.
3. Access unfortunately not 24/7. Regime object. For each sneeze (guests, boxes to bring in / take out) - write out a pass from the Security Council.
4. Availability of food nearby. I have a factory canteen in the building. Tasty and inexpensive.

Answer 8

If the question is only that children interfere with work, you have a direct road to the reading room of the nearest library . Near my house they distribute wifi with a good speed. But even if your library does not have the Internet, then, as rightly said above, the Yota modem solves the problem.

Answer 9

At one time, they took, as needed, a room in a huge call center. It was full of free rooms and all amenities. Those. they were not constantly there, but took about 2-3 days a week. A sort of coworking turned out with separate premises and appropriate infrastructure.
Formed for physical face. For the Security Service, they made a list of employees for passes.
Anything is better than sitting in Uncle Carlo's closet.