Notes from the floor

The Loft Nine journal

How the building works, what things cost, and the decisions we would make differently. Written by the people who run it.

THE MONTHLY MEMBER NOTE

How to choose between a hot desk and a dedicated desk

£110 a month separates them. The right answer is usually about your second monitor and your evenings, not your budget.

Meeting rooms: how many hours do you actually need?

We logged every booking for a year. Most members use fewer hours than they think, and the ones who use more are predictable.

Moving a five-person team into a private office

What the first fortnight looks like, what we get wrong, and the three questions worth asking any space before you sign.

The Thursday lunch, and why we have never skipped one

It costs us about £180 a week and takes an hour of someone's time. It is the cheapest thing we do and the hardest to replace.

What a day pass actually gets you

Twenty-four pounds, one day, and a short list of things people are usually surprised are included. Here is the whole of it.

Why we built ten phone booths before ten more desks

The booths cost about the same as eleven desks would have earned. Three years on, it is the decision members mention most.

How to choose between a hot desk and a dedicated desk

£110 a month separates them. The right answer is usually about your second monitor and your evenings, not your budget.

Meeting rooms: how many hours do you actually need?

We logged every booking for a year. Most members use fewer hours than they think, and the ones who use more are predictable.

Moving a five-person team into a private office

What the first fortnight looks like, what we get wrong, and the three questions worth asking any space before you sign.

The Thursday lunch, and why we have never skipped one

It costs us about £180 a week and takes an hour of someone's time. It is the cheapest thing we do and the hardest to replace.

What a day pass actually gets you

Twenty-four pounds, one day, and a short list of things people are usually surprised are included. Here is the whole of it.

Why we built ten phone booths before ten more desks

The booths cost about the same as eleven desks would have earned. Three years on, it is the decision members mention most.

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How to choose between a hot desk and a dedicated desk

£110 a month separates them. The right answer is usually about your second monitor and your evenings, not your budget.

Meeting rooms: how many hours do you actually need?

We logged every booking for a year. Most members use fewer hours than they think, and the ones who use more are predictable.

Moving a five-person team into a private office

What the first fortnight looks like, what we get wrong, and the three questions worth asking any space before you sign.

The Thursday lunch, and why we have never skipped one

It costs us about £180 a week and takes an hour of someone's time. It is the cheapest thing we do and the hardest to replace.

What a day pass actually gets you

Twenty-four pounds, one day, and a short list of things people are usually surprised are included. Here is the whole of it.

Why we built ten phone booths before ten more desks

The booths cost about the same as eleven desks would have earned. Three years on, it is the decision members mention most.

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Twenty minutes, no sales patter. You see the floor you would sit on, meet whoever is in, and leave with a price in writing.

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Loft Nine is a demonstration site built by Produlis. The building, the people and the prices are invented.