Desks in an old harbour shed
A quiet floor on the foreshore, month to month, fob access day and night.
Sit here for a morningI moved out of the flat in Vredehoek because I had stopped talking to anyone. Here somebody puts the kettle on at half past ten and asks how the thing is going, and that turns out to be the whole difference. The rest is a desk and a plug.Zinhle Mabaso · illustrator, second row by the window
142 members
Two law firms, a shipping broker, a pile of designers and one man who repairs film cameras.
Open 24 hours
Fob access every day of the year. A third of the floor only gets going after four.
Six meeting rooms
Three for four people, two for eight, one long one for sixteen. Booked on the screen by the counter.
Never off
Two inverters on the floor and a diesel genset on the roof. The fibre runs on its own battery.
The floor
Two rows of oak, a coffee counter, four booths and a terrace facing the cranes.
How it works
- Come and sit for a morning, free. Bring a laptop and take any open desk.
- Pick the desk that suits the work — shared, your own, or a room with a door.
- Sign a month, not a year. One calendar month of notice either way.
- Your fob arrives the same day and works from that evening.
Four of the hundred and forty-two
I need to be ten minutes from Duncan Dock and I need a door I can close when a claim comes in. Both of those are here for less than what parking used to cost me in town.
I came for a desk and picked up three clients off this floor. Nobody sold me anything. We just kept sharing a kettle.
The light coming off the water at four in the afternoon is worth the fee on its own. I have drawn in far worse rooms that cost three times this.
It is not a fancy place. The floors are old and the lift takes its time. But it is quiet, the fibre has never once dropped, and I get more done before lunch than I used to in a day.
Pick your desk
Month to month, VAT included, no deposit and no setup fee. R180 for a single day if you only need the odd one.
Hot desk
- Any open desk, first come
- Fob access day and night
- A locker on the stair landing
- Two meeting-room hours a month
Dedicated desk
- Your own desk and drawers
- A second screen if you want one
- Post and parcels signed for
- Six meeting-room hours a month
Private room for two
- A room with a door and a key
- Two desks, a shelf, a whiteboard
- Your name on the door
- Twelve meeting-room hours a month
Team room for six
- Six desks along the north wall
- Your own router if you need one
- First call on the long boardroom
- Meeting rooms with no hour limit
Come and see the room before you commit
Any weekday morning. Ask for Nadia at the counter — there is usually something free by the window.
Book a morningAsk about a desk
Nadia answers on 021 418 7735 between eight and five.