The Geekspace is a hotdesking environment, aimed at creating a robust ecosystem for South Africa’s online development sector. It is based in Joburg.

Prices:

Hotdesking, R990 per month
This gives you access to a desk/table, and a chair. Your workspace must be cleared each time you leave the premises.
24/7 access
All facilities included

Dedicated desk, R1,990 per month
As above, except that you get a dedicated desk that is yours, and does not need to be cleared each time you leave the premises.

Private office space
Extremely limited. Charged according to capacity, at R2,100 per person. Private offices are not encouraged.

Daily Rate:
The daily rate is R100, on a hot desking basis, and is made available as space allows.

Facilities
All facilities, including meeting rooms, boardroom, quiet rooms and “phone call” rooms, bar area, kitchens etc are made available to tenants on a fair usage basis, free of charge. Ditto for coffee

Bandwidth
Still trying to negotiate my way around the best way/cost to offer the best bandwidth possible. Ideally I would like it to be included in the above prices, but there are no promises. If it is going to be a separate charge, it will not be more than R200 a person, uncapped, on a fair use policy basis.

Things to know:
1. Zero tolerance for not respecting other people’s space and stuff.
2. One month deposit. A calendar month’s notice. No notice accepted in November/December.
3. Rates are per person, not per desk.
4. No visitors, exept in meeting and boardroom. All other circumstances, visitors must check in and pay daily rate. Each tenant will get 2 free day passes a month to give out to colleagues, though.
5. Prices exclude VAT, which will be charged once we have VAT status (about 3 months from now)
6. All potential tenants, after they have been accepted into the Geekspace, must pass a security check, apply with their ID document, and agree to be fingerprinted on entrance to the space.
7. All potential applicants will be screened for their suitability for the Geekspace ecosystem.
8. Everyone must respect that this is a low-noise environment.
9. All tenants will be required to sign a “Code of Conduct” and a “Paying it Forward” pledge. Both these are to support the ethos of the ecosystem.

Hope this works for everyone.

Remember: if you are a company that earns revenue off the online space (development, consulting, marketing etc) please consider adding yourself to the Directory of SA Web Professionals and Companies. Your supoprt will help support the Geekspace!