willbenito123

Cheers for the feedback!

I think this is really helpful and I guess this question is about the USP. This is what I think it could be:

- privacy - solo work space - change of environment = productivity + mental health benefits - community value (per WeWork, Airbnb etc) - Networking. People could share with like minded / same industry professionals to increase their personal exposure

So I think this would be for knowledge intensive workers, who can currently work from home if they want.

For businesses with big property and equipment costs I agree - you can't operate from a different location.

Luckily, the biggest and newest businesses are not machinery heavy (haven't seen anyone touch the photocopier in a while). Footfall etc are less of an issue - this only applies to the retail sector and frankly a smaller and smaller part of it!

Yeah, definitely still privacy / safety / legal concerns.

Ever have any problems yourself?

Would you be happy for people to work in your place if you were out at work all day? Lots of Airbnb hosts never meet their guests!

Really good points and we are thinking hard about those.

It would inevitably be different to Airbnb in price, location and opportunity. People are increasingly looking to explore non-conventional holiday/working destinations.

In some circumstances another room might be better. If yours is small/loud/unproductive/depressing etc.

1) Potential to do both if you live there but work in an office, you can rent out your own desk with an Airbnb guest in a spare room.

2) I think the price point is much lower and definitely depends on a different set of criteria like WiFi speed, quietness, privacy etc.

3) People might not want the hassle of an overnight guest, but would prefer an extra person just during working hours.

Fair enough!

Suppose this wouldn’t be for you ... would you trust people more with a peer review system like Uber / Airbnb?

Thanks for the reply - if you worked in an office / somewhere else would you ever let someone use your office space if you could make income from it?

True. I think the value is twofold.

1) The community. Like similar platforms, this could spawn a like minded community of digital nomadic workers.

2) health and productivity. In lots of knowledge intensive industries, office space is being shut down very fast. If you need to work somewhere quiet and private, millions of people would only have their own bedroom and this could be a great alternative!

Would love some feedback on previous players in this space pre the world of remote work who ran into problems.

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Thanks for the reply. I think there is strong potential to do both accommodation and workstation renting.

Especially if you are out working during the day, you could actually rent out your own desk space, rather than additional space.

Essentially you are right - unless offices close down big time, there is going to be less supply for workplaces than for holiday accommodation.

I think that depends on what you do as a job. For some people a one day break in a new location could be stimulating and healthy.

Appreciate that for others its a different story. One way this could go is a week/two week room swap that includes accommodation AND a work space. That gets difficult for logistics though...

Fair enough...think this is definitely a post-COVID idea for legal and commercial reasons!

This was initially the idea!

For students / young professionals to rent out spare rooms in their house. Especially if they are going into work or campus, they can earn a bit of extra income.

This is essentially very similar and you could even rent out accommodation and working space.

This is interesting feedback.

Even a kitchen table could be interesting for people without plausible alternatives.

Alternatively, if you go to work in the day, you could rent out any spare desk space that you would otherwise use if you were at home.

Wonder if annoying housemates would be evaded by peer rating systems.

i.e. people who left a mess / required lots of cleaning would get a low rating and thereafter struggle to use the platform.

Interesting to hear.

What are the blockers?

Feel like this would be very much for people who are happy with both / either.

Interesting - think you're thinking of remote workers who might travel for a certain reason.

I was thinking about remote workers who want to change up their environment for mental health / productivity reasons.

If office space becomes smaller and more competitive for desks, I see employees looking for entrepreneurial ways to meet their workspace requirements.

Hoping to become the Airbnb of remote work