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I love working from home. I don’t have to put on make-up or take a shower until I am ready or delivered some urgent work to a client.  Sometimes however, the hooligan who is now entering her terrible two’s literally behaves and screams like a hooligan. It drives me insane.

This is me hard at work and showing off my obsession with the Jozi skyline.

Last week I got to spend the day at BASECAMP Johannesburg in Linden – away from the usual home office noise that include the hooligan and Thursday grass cutting in the complex.

When you walk in, you don’t feel like it is one of those dingy offices with no personality – aikona! It has a definite industrial/Scandi feel to it. You can definitely feel that business is serious for those calling it their permanent office base (nogals with their name on their desks).

What’s awesome about BASECAMP:

  • you can book a permanent desk
  • spacious desks with nice office chairs
  • free Wi-Fi
  • boardroom that you can book
  • safe as you enter/exit the gate by security code
  • nice and clean
  • watercooler 🙂
  • off-street parking
  • and within walking distance of shops

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I am very conscious of the hours I spend on the road, so when I had to take my car for a service and was faced by Uber costs and almost 4 hours on the road I was not too keen.

I dropped my car off in Jozi City (eeeeeek!) and decided that I’m going to try find a desk on short notice. Most of the hot desk offices only supply an email address and form to enquire – and one of those phoned me at around 1pm. However I found QSL on 44 – with a number – as it is part of a hotel.

They had space and I caught an Uber. I got the grand tour on arrival and set up my desk. I fully expected a full office, but I struck it lucky as most people were sitting upstairs. I had the run of the downstairs hot desks!

The office space has a small kitchen and chill area – but most importantly, it had a view and was close to a place that sells food.

For lunch I popped on over to 44 Stanley. I had a quick bite and then returned to the desk until my car was ready.

I don’t like to drive places to go work, but if I ever feel like the walls are closing in I will definitely try out more spaces with hot desks.