Cool and calm: New co-work space opens in Helensburgh
If you’ve been dreaming of a co-work space where the chief distraction is bird song, now is your chance to take up an affordable offer in Helensburgh
If you’ve been dreaming of a co-work space where the chief distraction is bird song, now is your chance to take up an affordable offer in Helensburgh.
Andy Offord, the owner of HBP + Storage, has launched the new HBP + Workspace in the former cafe site at Helensburgh Business Park, where his daughter Jade has used her design skills to create an airy, modern office.
Unit 21, located just inside the gates at 17 Cemetery Road, is now a welcoming co-work space with high-speed WiFi in a tranquil setting, overlooking a native garden with banksias, kangaroo paws and native rosemary.
“We’re going to get a bird bath,” says Jade, who is managing the new space and has already had a few professionals book a desk for a day. “There’s the most beautiful native birds that come in here.”
A pop-in pass costs $35 a day, regular hot-desking is $25 a day for a 10-pack, with monthly offers also available. There are seven desks plus two private partitioned offices, which will cost about $895 a month.
“We wanted to keep it affordable,” Jade says. “We're flexible and I'm willing to move with the community and what they want.”
The co-work space is priced to attract small businesspeople, and it’s in the perfect spot. About 20 local enterprises, including Crawchys Swim School and Switched On Mechanical, operate out of the hub of industry on Cemetery Road. The new co-work space also complements existing services like HBP+Storage, the Offord family’s secure facility for everything from documents to vehicles.
The new co-work space at Unit 21 / 17 Cemetery Road, Helensburgh
HBP + Workspace is cool, calm and air-conditioned, set up with WiFi, an A3 printer and tea and coffee facilities. New Eames-style office chairs slide in under desks lining the walls, with lounge chairs and a coffee table (just waiting for a birdwatching book) in the middle.
The HBP team are also planning to open a cafe next door, plant a small kitchen garden and build a boardroom so meetings can take place here too. The cafe will be a hole-in-wall style outlet behind the office, keeping things fresh and simple with barista coffee and takeaway sandwiches.
But all that will have to wait until the New Year.
Right now, Andy Offord is focused on tackling one world's toughest and most prestigious yacht races, the 2025 Sydney to Hobart, which traditionally departs from Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day. What’s more, he’ll be doing it two-handed. Sailing with a friend from the UK on the yacht Borderline, Andy is part of a growing double-handed division testing the limits of skill and endurance on the iconic 628-nautical-mile race to Tasmania.
In the meantime, back home in Helensburgh, HBP + Workspace is open for business, a great spot for anyone wanting to stay fresh and focused over summer.
HBP + Workspace is at Unit 21/17 Cemetery Road, Helensburgh. Visit the website, email enquiry@hbpstorage.com.au or phone 02 4294 1197.
