Work somewhere that isn't your kitchen.

Fernhall Workrooms is a small, quiet workspace with desks, two meeting rooms and a proper kitchen, open to members and day visitors.

A bright open room with a grey sofa, a rug and a long dining table with chairs under tall windows.
The front room: sofas by the windows, the kitchen table behind. Sample photo.

Home is too quiet, and cafés are too loud.

Most people who work on their own have tried both, and a big flexible office on top.

  1. 01

    The kitchen table is also the office

    Work never quite ends when it's in the same room as dinner, and nobody else is there to talk to at lunch.

  2. 02

    A café charges you in coffee and noise

    Good for an hour. Then the music changes, the table is wanted, and the call you have at three has nowhere to go.

  3. 03

    Big flexible offices feel like airports

    Rows of strangers, a different desk every day and a booking app for the kettle.

The spaces

Six rooms over two floors. Every member can use all of them; meeting rooms are booked by the hour.

  • A white room with long shared tables, white chairs and a sofa at the far end.

    The open room

    Fourteen desksTalking is fine

    Shared tables by the big windows, for people who like a bit of noise around them.

  • A white desk with a lamp and a closed laptop in front of a large window onto trees.

    The quiet room

    Eight desksSilent

    No calls, no music, no meetings. Phones on silent.

  • A white meeting table with grey and black chairs and three small potted plants.

    The long table

    Seats eightBookable

    A meeting room with a screen and a whiteboard, booked by the hour.

  • A loft room with a wall of black-framed windows, a long white table and black chairs.

    The loft

    Seats twelveBookable

    A bigger room for workshops and team days, booked by the half day.

  • A corner with a brown sofa, two yellow armchairs and a low table with a plant.

    The lounge

    SofasCalls are fine

    For reading, a quick call or a coffee with someone who isn't a meeting.

  • A white kitchen counter with a glass coffee maker, a kettle and a plant by a window.

    The kitchen

    Coffee and teaFridge and oven

    A real kitchen, a table for twelve and lunch at the same time as other people.

All spaces, with what each one has

What's included

With every plan, including a day pass.

Wired and wireless internet
A cable at every desk in the quiet room, for calls that can't drop.
Two phone booths
Small, soundproofed rooms for calls, first come first served.
Coffee and tea
Proper coffee, a kettle and milk in the fridge. Bring your own lunch or use the oven.
Lockers
A locker for anyone on a part-time or fixed-desk plan.
Printing and scanning
One printer, kept working.
Bikes and a shower
Covered bike racks in the yard and a shower on the ground floor.
Step-free access
A ramp at the entrance, a lift to the first floor and an accessible toilet.
Post for members
Use the address for your business post on a fixed-desk plan.

How it compares

Three common places to work when you don't have an office, compared by approach. We're not the right answer for everyone, and the table says where.

QuestionWorking from homeA caféFernhall
Quiet when you need itPartly: Until the neighbours start buildingNo: RarelyYes: A silent room, and a lounge for calls
Somewhere to take a callYes: Any roomNo: Not reallyYes: Two phone booths
Meeting a clientNo: Not at the kitchen tablePartly: If it's quiet that dayYes: Two rooms, booked by the hour
Getting thereYes: No commuteYes: Usually close byPartly: Depends where you live; we're in one place
Other people aroundNo: Just youPartly: StrangersYes: A small, regular group
What it costsAlready paid forCoffee, all dayA day pass or a monthly plan

Plans

Monthly plans need a month's notice to end. Day passes need nothing at all.

Day pass

Sample price

$25per day

Turn up, work, go home.

  • Any desk in the open or quiet room
  • Kitchen, coffee and phone booths
  • Book a tour first, or just arrive
Book a tour

Part-time

Sample price

$160per month

For two or three days a week.

  • Eight days a month, any days
  • A locker
  • Two hours of meeting rooms
Book a tour

Fixed desk

Sample price

$320per month

Your own desk in the quiet room.

  • The same desk every day
  • Open from early to late
  • A locker and post handling
  • Six hours of meeting rooms
Book a tour

Prices are placeholders for this template. Meeting rooms are booked separately on the day pass.

Which plan suits how often you come?

Move the slider to the number of days you'd use a desk each month. The costs use the sample prices above, so they're an example, not a quote.

6 days
  • Day passPay for each day you come in.

    $150 a monthLowest

  • Part-timeEight days included; day passes after that.

    $160 a month

  • Fixed deskYour own desk, every day.

    $320 a month

Sample prices from the plans above, before tax. Meeting rooms and the loft are booked separately.

Where we are

Two floors of an old print works, two minutes from the tram stop. Come in through the yard.

Address
14 Fernhall Yard, Eastbrook (sample address)
Opening hours
Members 7:00 to 22:00, every day. Visitors and tours, weekdays 9:00 to 17:30.
Getting here
Two minutes from the tram stop. Bike racks in the yard; no car park.
Access
Step-free entrance, a lift to the first floor and an accessible toilet.

Book a tour

Two bare bulbs hanging from wooden pendants in a dark grey corner by a window.

Questions

Can I try it before joining?

Yes. Book a tour, then stay and work for the rest of the day on a day pass. If you join that week, the day is taken off your first month.

Are meeting rooms included?

Part-time and fixed-desk plans include some hours each month. Extra hours, and rooms on a day pass, are booked separately.

Can I bring a guest?

Yes, for a meeting in the lounge or a booked room. Guests sign in at the front desk.

Is there parking?

No car park, but there is on-street parking nearby and covered bike racks in the yard.

How do I leave?

Give a month's notice by email. Day passes don't need any.

Come and see it first.

A twenty-minute tour, a coffee, and a desk for the rest of the day if you'd like to try it.