7 reasons you need to move your business from home to a rental office space post-covid.
Did you start a business during Covid-19? Has it grown into something that can support you and your family? Well done is all I can say to that, it has been a really tough 15 months and we are only
just getting back to reality. There is a good chance your business was started in a spare room or on the dining room table. Perfect when no one was coming to visit. But it’s looking a little cluttered and your partner is starting to get grumpy about the paperwork everywhere. Why not move your business into a rental office space?
- A Professional Business Address
Having a professional business address will not only make your business appear more professional it will also provide you with additional privacy and security. You might think having a dedicated and professional business address is only beneficial for customer-facing businesses. But even if your customers never have to visit your address having a business address can still impact the credibility of your business to others. Google My Business now shows your business address as a street view, and if that street view is of a residential area with not a logo or business sign in sight this can be a big red flag to some customers.
So rather than carrying on with your home address, why not get a rental office where you can put a prestigious and professional address on all your business documents.
- A Professional Meeting Space for Clients
For those businesses which do meet with clients face to face a rental office space in a prestigious building can ensure that the first impression is a good one. In the rental offices, we currently have available there is also a fantastic conference space for when your meeting needs to take up a few more seats at the table. This is ideal for small businesses as you can afford to have a smaller, and cheaper, office space and then use the larger meeting rooms when required.
A professional setting for meetings also helps clients to feel safe when visiting your business. They know what to expect and they feel there is a higher level of privacy compared to visiting a home office space.
- No More Pets or Children Showing Up on Zoom
It has happened to the best of us, and even high-profile figures such as politicians and experts are not immune from the accidental appearance of a pet or failing child on a zoom call. While most of us are used to this and see it as a light-hearted sign of our times, in some circumstances it can come across as highly unprofessional. A dedicated rental office in a building away from home offers the security of a child and pet free meeting whether in person or on zoom.
Contact us today to find out how we can help you to avoid the dreaded naked child fiasco at your next zoom meeting.
- Space – to think, to process, to work.
Let’s be honest it’s not just showing up on zoom calls which can make working from home with kids tricky. It also the lack of privacy and space you have when working surrounded by the domestic
chaos of family life. For anyone with children at home, trying to work while fending off constant demands and questions from all sides can not be easy or enjoyable. Having a rental office space allows you the space, not only the physical space to work, but also the mental headspace to think and focus while working.
If you are one of the thousands of couples who have had to share what little home working space there is, the benefit of physical space to work might be the cure you have been looking for. And for those who love working with their spouse but would like a little more room we event have a his-and-her office available. Laid out as 2 mini offices but with an adjoining door, perfect for team working without sitting on top of one another.
- Working hours and structure
Being a small business owner often means you end up working 24/7, constantly on call, constantly running in work mode. This is made much worse when working from home, particularly if you don’t have a dedicated office space. By renting office space you can create a working space that is dedicated and professional ideal for getting into a good working headspace. But it also means when you are finished for the day you can shut that door, lock your office, and walk away. Giving you the headspace to enter that non-work mode when at home.
Having a set office space allows you to create a better and more consistent work structure and working hours. This helps to stop clients from contacting you at all hours of the day, giving you back your downtime and privacy.
- Storage space for stock control
If your business sells a physical product and keeps stock, there is a good chance that over the last 12 months your home has become a glorified warehouse for everything you need to sell, pack, and post your products.
Now it is time to take back the living room, and the garage, and the spare bedroom and move all that stock and packaging into a dedicated professional workspace. Our rental offices don’t just have to be used as offices they also make ideal storage and packing spaces for your business.
This not only improves your home life with more space to live in, but it also helps you to improve your stock and packaging processes as you can have the space to set up an effective process for all your postal orders. It also helps to reduce the chances of lost or damaged stock from moving it in and out of rooms at home or from children and pets getting involved in the process.
- Networking and relationship building
Working from home can be so isolating, particularly for small business owners. The advent of online networking over the last 12 months has helped to ease this. But let’s all be honest and say we are zoomed out. Zoom has been a fantastic tool, but I can’t wait to be able to network in person with other business owners.
Having a physical rental office in a shared building is a fantastic way to develop relationships with other business owners in your area. It is a lot less intimidating than formal networking, and even taking 5 minutes on your walk to the office to say hello to another resident business owner can lead to fantastic networking opportunities.
Contact us today to find out about our available office spaces in Torquay.