one off coworking place in Brokley / Honor Oak?

[mima08]

Hey, can anyone recommend a place in Honor Oak/Brockley to work from for a few hours tomorrow (Monday 13th Feb)?

[ken78]

Why not use your home ?

[mima08]

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Why not use your home ?

 

because I won't be able to

[ken78]

Why not ?? Better to be home than use someone's else's energy just a thought

[mima08]

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Why not ?? Better to be home than use someone's else's energy just a thought

 

Really? This is a very simplistic and totally unhelpful comment.

Take your pick of potential reasons why I could not work from home:

- major building work means no power for the day

- replacement wifi means no internet access that day

- need to be within 10min of walking distance to King Sports Ground for 6 hours

- pest fumigation needed at the house for the day

- removal people packing up the house

- fear of alien abduction as forecasted in the doomsday book for anyone living at this house number...

Ps: one of them is the real one but most are perfectly reasonable!

[ken78]

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Why not ?? Better to be home than use someone's else's energy just a thought

 

Really? This is a very simplistic and totally unhelpful comment.

Take your pick of potential reasons why I could not work from home:

- major building work means no power for the day

- replacement wifi means no internet access that day

- need to be within 10min of walking distance to King Sports Ground for 6 hours

- pest fumigation needed at the house for the day

- removal people packing up the house

- fear of alien abduction as forecasted in the doomsday book for anyone living at this house number...

Ps: one of them is the real one but most are perfectly reasonable!

 

you forgot some more

- cheaper to use other people's internet

- save on your electricity

- don't want to be in for some reason (who knows)

you can take your pick and maybe one of them is spot on

or if its for work just take a day off ... just saying

[mima08]

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Why not ?? Better to be home than use someone's else's energy just a thought

 

Really? This is a very simplistic and totally unhelpful comment.

Take your pick of potential reasons why I could not work from home:

- major building work means no power for the day

- replacement wifi means no internet access that day

- need to be within 10min of walking distance to King Sports Ground for 6 hours

- pest fumigation needed at the house for the day

- removal people packing up the house

- fear of alien abduction as forecasted in the doomsday book for anyone living at this house number...

Ps: one of them is the real one but most are perfectly reasonable!

 

you forgot some more

- cheaper to use other people's internet

- save on your electricity

- don't want to be in for some reason (who knows)

you can take your pick and maybe one of them is spot on

or if its for work just take a day off ... just saying

 

seriously, do you have nothing better to contribute?

just to close this post off:

nope, none of the ones you listed were correct.

I was looking for a proper co-working location where you exchange money for the ability to use wifi & electricity.

I used those frequently pre-pandemic.

There seem to be none in the location I needed to be in.

So instead I spend money on delicious food & coffee in a number of places.

Would it have been cheaper to stay at home? Yes - so you can get off the insinuation I am trying to use someone else's electricity for free.

Could I have taken the day off? Sure, but I am not in the habit to let customers down, so work needed to be done.

[Joe]

I'll give you a more sensible answer as I've searched for the same thing (but around ED/Peckham and not Brockley/HoP)

Most proper co-workspaces will charge you £50+ a month upwards for a hotdesk and more for a fixed one. There isn't anywhere local which does a 'free' model as far as I'm aware.

Obviously not your requested area, but there Market Peckham which does a trial for £40.

Or maybe ask some local co-workspaces if you can have a free trial day as it sounds like you want to do this for a one-off.

Otherwise, you'd probably have to look for a cafe which opens early. Most cafes are fine with people working there as long as you keep the coffees coming!

Pubs are another option but most of them open at 12pm, so not useful for mornings.

[ken78]

Well said Joe if you found them so could other people

[mima08]

Thank you, Joe.

Yes I did find the various places that offer monthly desks -its not quite what I needed.

I was hoping for places that allow use on a single day (paid!) basis -e.g further in town you can use the likes of HubbleHQ and Andco to book a day pass but nothing came up on Google. I just thought maybe someone local knew of a gem that I had missed!