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<p>If you’ve ever been in the position of having to find a London office online, you have realised that this is an absolute nightmare.</p>
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<p>You approach the search in a similar fashion to looking for a flat to rent:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>You ask your friends for recommendations</b> &#8211; after a few email threads and dozens of CCs you end up getting nowhere quick.</li>
<li><b>You turn to social media</b> &#8211; the results are generally random, success is not expected, but sometimes this works.</li>
<li><b>You then turn to Google</b> &#8211; “startup office space London” please! Ah, thousands of hits &#8211; great!</li>
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<p>Think again. The cocktail of search results resembles more of a Neknomination attempt than a smooth and simple James Bond Martini. What you get is a combination of various types of office providers, agents, small business magazines, newspapers and so on. Don&#8217;t believe me? <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=startup+office+space+london&amp;oq=startup+office+space+london&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60j69i61j69i65j69i60.8370j0j1&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;espv=210&amp;es_sm=91&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Try it yourself</a>.</p>
<h3>This is confusing.</h3>
<p>All you’re looking for is 5 desks near Old Street station for a few months. How can something so simple be <em>so difficult</em>?</p>
<h2>Why does this happen?</h2>
<h3>Why can’t it be as simple as browsing and buying anything else online?</h3>
<p>Three <em>(interlinked)</em> reasons</p>
<h3>1. Assumed knowledge</h3>
<p>You have no idea that you don’t know what you’re looking for.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" style="width:400px;" src="https://creativeteachersupport.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/knowledge-is-power.gif?w=675&#038;h=545" alt="knowledge is the power to make other people feel stupid" width="675" height="545" /></p>
<p>You think you’re trying to find a London office, and you’re right. However, most of the time you have no idea whether what you need is a co-working space, a shared space, a serviced office or a standalone office. Even if you think you know what you want, you are still curious about the others, and you end up doing a broad search to find a London office.</p>
<p>The status quo asks the researcher to make a decision about what they want, before they’ve even had a chance to understand that they need to make a decision about what it is they really want.</p>
<p>Yes, that made my head hurt too.</p>
<p class="highlighted-text">We do not assume knowledge. We allow you to search using your most important criteria. Currently we offer a simple search by number of people in your company, compass locations within London and your budget. Our search evolves as we get more feedback.</p>
<p>Don’t want to experience the struggle in having to search to find a London office? Just ask us as and we will be more than happy to send you some recommendations and guide you through the process.</p>
<h3>2. Fragmentation</h3>
<p>Everything is all over the place.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" style="width:400px;" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.nicoletschampel.com/i/projects/home-of-the-big-mess/2.jpg" alt="Home of the big mess" width="640" height="480" /></p>
<p>Each co-working operator, serviced office operator, serviced office agent and commercial agent in London has their own website and are vying for your clicks.</p>
<p>Some office agents have multiple websites with different branding to dupe you into thinking you are browsing a competitor. Even the office space aggregators are essentially lead generation tools for the serviced office agents and operators. If you’ve ever tried to find a London office online and looked on Gumtree on consecutive days you will notice that most of the listings are duplicates and are automatically being re-posted by the same agents everyday.</p>
<p>Ironically enough, the sites which attempt to aggregate the market actually lead to further fragmentation. It’s an all out melée for your clicks which creates a vicious cycle:</p>
<p>Because you can see that the market is so fragmented, they know that you will click on multiple links. Because you click on multiple links, they know they have to have more than one website. Because they have multiple websites, the market looks fragmented and you have to click on multiple links. Round and round we go.</p>
<p>Yes, that made me dizzy too.</p>
<p class="highlighted-text">We aim to consolidate the market for SMEs looking to find a London office. We understand that a lot of the time you are not quite sure what you want, so we aim to let you search across different office types to find a London office that&#8217;s suitable for you. No duplicates, no masquerading. We are adding new spaces everyday.</p>
<h3>3. Asymmetric information</h3>
<p>Office search is a world that exists completely offline but masquerades as being online.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" style="width:400px;" src="https://hubblehq.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/2ecb7-govtcoverups3.jpg?w=413&#038;h=350" alt="stuff they don't want you to know in secret files" width="413" height="350" /></p>
<p>You just can’t find a London office online the same way you can find other things online through your typical e-commerce sites.</p>
<p>You simply can’t browse, compare and transact like you can with houses on Rightmove, holidays on Expedia, or shopping on Amazon. One of the main reasons these sites provide such a good experience is because, as a customer, you are given all of the information you need to make a purchasing decision (or a viewing decision, in the case of property).</p>
<p>Most of the listings for office space that you see online however are just lead-generation tools to capture your details and give you the hard sell. This doesn’t happen with other e-commerce, so why should it happen here?</p>
<p>Yes, it makes me weep too.</p>
<p class="highlighted-text">We aim to create perfect information. We aim to keep our prices and availability as real-time as possible. We give you the ability to ask questions directly to the person who owns the space, saving everyone time.</p>
<h2>What’s our mission?</h2>
<h3>We have one goal: to make it easy to find a London office.</h3>
<p><img class="blog-img; alignnone" style="width:400px;" src="https://hubblehq.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/be3e6-simplicity.png?w=500&#038;h=432" alt="simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" width="500" height="432" /></p>
<p>Ultimately, we want to bring the office rental market into the 21st century &#8211; to create the experience you have when you’re shopping on Amazon, Expedia or AirBnB. To make it simple.</p>
<h2>How are we going to do this?</h2>
<p>Talking to hundreds of business owners has allowed us to build an acute sensitivity to what people actually need (as opposed to what they are currently getting) and has given us a willingness to cast off business-as-usual-practices and approaches.</p>
<p>We are working hard to strip away the entrenched complexity in this market. We have built strong relationships with those who have space to rent and are working alongside them to stand out in such a convoluted marketplace.</p>
<p><em>HubbleHQ is built from the ground up</em>, with no assumptions taken from the status quo. Our platform evolves every single week purely from customer feedback. We know that we&#8217;re not perfect yet, but we&#8217;re trying really hard. Please forgive us if you see a few glitches &#8211; we’re brand new!</p>
<h3>We love and crave your feedback, so please do <a href="mailto:tushar@spaciousapp.com">let us know your opinions</a></h3>
<p>Check out some of our success stories <a href="https://hubblehq.com/blog/when-peter-met-laura">here</a> and <a href="https://hubblehq.com/blog/spacious-success-stories-uniplaces-shacks-up-with-network-locum">here.</a></p>
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Why is it so bloody difficult to find a London office online?

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<p>There are so many different options out there to choose from, it’s very easy to get confused and waste a lot of time figuring out the right space for your company.</p>
<p>Below, we have outlined the most common ways startups &amp; small businesses work and given some detail about how to figure out what suits you. Almost all of our offices are available on a one-month rolling lease to allow maximum flexibility.</p>
<h2 id="hot-desking">Hot-desking</h2>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="https://spaciousapp.s3.amazonaws.com/cache/25/1c/251cc71c5d374e8d17fb4e508a587f5c.png" alt="trendy hot desking workspace panarama office" width="1600" height="400" /></p>
<p>Hot-desking is an easy, affordable and convenient way to find a place to work whilst you’re on the move. You are granted access to hot-desking spaces where you are can sit in any spaces that are free. Most hot-desking have plans with weekly or monthly limits so make sure to check this before you book!</p>
<h2 id="co-working">Co-working</h2>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="https://spaciousapp.s3.amazonaws.com/cache/92/77/92777d3b650be6407e76d930915f6683.png" alt="panorama of co-working office clubwork space in London Bridge" width="1600" height="400" /></p>
<p>Co-working allows you to enter a co-working space and work from any of the free desks or tables that day. You are free to stay as long as you want for as many days as you want. This membership is normally on a monthly basis. You don’t have a reserved or fixed desk.</p>
<p>You are limited to one co-working space with a single location membership, which is great for people who want to work from one location but still benefit from being in a buzzing environment and community. Multi-location passes give you the flexibility to work the same way from different locations around London (or the world) depending on the operator. Ideal for those who go to a lot of meetings, but would still like to avoid working from a coffee shop! If you&#8217;re not convinced, read about the <a href="https://hubblehq.com/blog/why-you-dont-get-work-done-starbucks">8 reasons why you don’t get any work done in Starbucks.</a></p>
<h2 id="fixed-desk">Fixed desk</h2>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="https://spaciousapp.imgix.net/uploads/spaces/779/1422025256626-unnamed-%283%29.jpg?w=1800&amp;h=600&amp;fit=crop&amp;bri=-10" alt="co-working fixed desk office space in London" width="1800" height="600" /></p>
<p>A fixed desk in a co-working space is exactly what it says on the tin. In a co-working space, you get a desk which is your and no-one else is allowed to work there. You normally also get in-desk storage included with a key and some other perks. This is great if you plan to work from the same co-working space everyday, or if you have a company of 3 to 4 people but don’t want to be in a secluded office!</p>
<h2 id="sublets-shared-offices">Sublets &amp; shared offices</h2>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="https://spaciousapp.s3.amazonaws.com/cache/b7/95/b7951b4d0d9b2e1a57fd33bdbd4621fe.png" alt="shared office space in London with ping pong table" width="1600" height="400" /></p>
<p>Startups, agencies, small and large companies have extra space in their offices which they are not using. They want to to rent out their spare space desks to freelancers and other small companies who are in need of space. The great thing about sublets is that if you are the company renting out your space you get to mitigate some of your costs, make some extra money and most importantly benefit from being near fresh ideas, diverse skillets and new companies which may be able to help you out. This cross-pollination of ideas and social interaction can be really powerful for the tenants using the space as well.</p>
<p>If you are interested in subletting part of your own office, <a href="https://hubblehq.com/blog/how-to-sublet-excess-office-space">contact us.</a></p>
<h2 id="dedicated-offices">Dedicated offices</h2>
<p>Dedicated offices come as serviced and non-serviced offices. Serviced means that all your utilities, broadband, access to facilities is included in the monthly rental. Non-serviced means that you have to organise all of this yourself!</p>
<p>The dedicated offices that we would recommend to startups are offices that can hold 5 &#8211; 10 people (normally quite flexible) on this and are actually part of co-working spaces. This means that your company can benefit from having its own office but also benefit from being in the co-working community. If your expansion plans are uncertain (as they are with most startups), then these give you great flexibility in increasing how much space you have and also using the co-worker desks as an “overflow” area which you can use in the interim!</p>
<p>At HubbleHQ we have all of these spaces ready to view and book <a href="https://hubblehq.com/office-space-london">on our platform.</a></p>
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