SPACES review
Booked a trial session at SPACES at One
Raffles Place earlier this week.
The physical location and space was nicely
done up, while I initially started off working at one of the big tables facing
the Raffles Place grass patches, I moved to one of the booth seats as the
morning sun was coming in once the cloud cover moved. Would recommend taking
the booth seats at Level 1 instead of Level 2 since it would be quieter. Level
2 is there the main reception/entrance is so people come in and out quite
frequently. The booth seats offer some privacy although it is not to the extent
of the private suites (that cost extra). There are also phone booths in SPACES
for taking calls more privately, but there is no desk inside the phone booth,
so it isn’t really conducive for actually getting work done.
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| Booth seats sufficient to fit 4, but current capacity at 2 due to social distancing measures |
Due to the Covid-19 situation, the place was
quite empty (~10 people in the whole space at around 11am) and there were booth
seats available throughout the day. Not entirely sure how the crowd is like
without the virus but the empty-ness makes it very conducive for work.
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| Nicely furnished with a foosball table |
In terms of amenities, there is a drink bar
in SPACES but that comes at an additional cost of $40 per month for unlimited
coffee/tea and some can drinks can be purchased separately. There is also a
water dispenser for those who bring their own bottles. WiFi worked well
although there were some issues getting it set up at the start with my
company’s VPN; sorted it out within 30mins though. On each table there are a
set of pencils, erasers and writing paper so that’s helpful. There are also
newspapers and some magazines lying around.
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| Phone booth for taking private calls |
Generally I quite like the place and might
consider signing up for the Regus lounge package which was $188 monthly for
unlimited access to all Regus lounges (but excludes SPACES co-working). If I
want access to SPACES, I have to top up $11 to have 5 monthly visits to SPACES
on top of the unlimited access to Regus. Have to go check out the Regus offices
first to see if its like SPACES before making a decision. Lockers are also
available but come at an additional cost of $50 per month for a small one (sufficient
to fit laptop) and some small items.
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