Serviced Offices are fully furnished. Meaning that from the date you move in you already have all the desks and chairs you need. Additionally, items like meeting room tables, filing cabinets and more can all be added or are already included.

This allows you to be ready to go very quickly and not have to source your own equipment.

However, you may do so if you desire, here at The Rostie Group, we would never stop you from getting your own equipment if you prefer it. We understand that choices in furniture can be very personal, and while we make our best efforts to only use the best quality office furniture, if you find you’d prefer to procure your own, you’re more than welcome to do so.

One of the greatest advantages of a serviced office is the included amenities.

Unless setting up a new office space is something you do very often, it’s easy to forget some of the most basic details. You have hired all the developers you need but who’s going to clean the bathroom?

Here is a quick list of items that a serviced office can provide, that otherwise you’d have to find your own suppliers and providers for:

• Internet – To get any type of work done, you’ll need a fast internet connection. This is something that can cost a significant amount of money. A serviced office with The Rostie Group will include super fast business class internet. One major expense off your mind.
• Telephone – Working from a personal mobile device may be something you’re willing to do, but not everyone in your staff should. In particular, if you do a lot of calling, local and long distance, mobile carrier plans may not always provide enough minutes, and cause you to incur massive phone bills. At The Rostie Group, we provide you with telephones at your desk for you and your employees, saving you another large expense.
• Bathrooms – It may be the first thing on your mind, or the last, but having clean, ready to use, well stocked and supplied bathrooms may be one of the most important parts of your business. All the raises, incentives, perks, and vacation time in the world can’t help you hire or retain employees if your bathroom is a mess.
• Cleaning – Not only do the bathrooms in your office have to be clean, but so does the rest of the office. While all staff can pitch in and keep the place in good condition, there will eventually be messes, spills, and just overrun garbage. Are you going to ask your marketing people to do a garbage run? Cleaning services can be costly, and there is always risk of theft of private information. With a serviced office from The Rostie Group, you won’t have to worry about who does the clean up, because we will take care of it.
• Kitchen – Another item to keep on top of and keep stocked is the kitchen. You might be in luck and find an office in an area close to several restaurants and your staff may be able to eat out. But you’ll need to provide an area for them to bring lunch. A meeting room is better used to meet with clients than for staff to have lunch breaks. Additionally, you’ll have to provide them with running water and a sink, keep it stocked with cleaning supplies maybe even a dishwasher. One more expense that getting a serviced office from The Rostie Group can help you with.

A serviced office is perfect for both startups and established companies that are looking to expand. Lease terms are more flexible than with standard offices, allowing companies to test markets, or rapidly grow without a long term commitment.

At The Rostie Group we work with you to make sure that our terms fit yours and that you never feel trapped by a lease.

If you’re starting a new company, or even moving to a new space, either downsizing or growing, a serviced office is the best choice to avoid downtime. Being fully furnished and internet ready, there will be nothing to stop you from continuing your operations as usual.

Nothing can be more disruptive than having your office or business “closed” for the potential weeks it may take for you to find a new space. With The Rostie Group, you can have your number and mailing address changed in just a matter of hours, and we will be more than happy to help you continue your business.

Expanding into a new market is always a risky proposition. You have to be familiar with the local culture, and the local laws. Sometimes the challenge is how to market your current product or service to the local populace, or even introducing a new category.

Regardless, depending on your business, you may need physical space. Somewhere at least for your sales persons and local management staff to gather so you can communicate with them.

That’s how a serviced office can help. The lower barrier to entry that a local serviced office provides makes it the ideal base to test your expansion, with minimal commitment and lower costs.

Building maintenance is often another of those items that are often overlooked but can quickly become a large expense. Anything from doors getting slammed into walls, portraits being hung and then falling, painting, remodeling, and even normal wear and tear are all part of maintenance that has to be kept up with. You may have the biggest and best building in the city, but if left to decay, you’ll quickly have little left.

A serviced office held by a provider like The Rostie Group further reduces your costs by being in charge of building maintenance. If something breaks or just needs to be repaired, we will be the ones to take care of it. You can continue working and not worrying about costs associated with regular wear and tear or accidental damage.

Regardless of the size of your firm, there is some information that has to be kept private. Whether it is proprietary technology, customer data or even sales numbers that are not for prying eyes.

A serviced office with The Rostie Group can help with that. Many of our private office spaces have attached small meeting rooms for you and your team. If that isn’t sufficiently large, then we also have executive meeting rooms where you can meet with your clients in luxury and comfort. As office tenants, you’ll even get an allowance of free meeting room hours.

Another expense that you may not consider is your reception staff. If your business is the type to receive clients and customers regularly, then you’ll require a front desk and staff that is trained and willing to help them, even offering water and coffee to those who come in to your business.

A serviced office with The Rostie Group provides just that; Trained reception staff with a comfortable waiting area to receive your clients. They’ll be pampered and offered coffee while you prepare to meet them either privately in your office, or in one of our meeting rooms.

The first impression matters, make sure you make the right to your clients.

Another often overlooked cost is telephone answering. You can have all the calls forwarded to your personal mobile device, or even one of our office phones but there is a certain positive impression that live telephone answering leaves on client’s minds.

Not only do we answer calls for our serviced office tenants but we also make sure that the calls are quality before we pass them on, transferring only the most important ones, and filtering out low quality and distracting calls that can impede your work and make you less productive.

Like with telephone answering, having someone to handle your mail and packages is crucial. You’ll want to make sure that your mail is handled carefully, and in a timely manner.

Keeping track of several courier services, how much they cost, how long they’ll take to ship, and what is their pickup and delivery times can be exhausting. That’s just one of the tasks you’d need to hire an office manager for.

A serviced office with The Rostie Group eliminates the need for that. We will handle your mail receiving and shipping for you, so you can focus on running your business.

In a privately owned office, you’ll have your space where you and member of your staff will gather to discuss your business. 4
What you’ll be missing is a valuable outside view of your business and products. A good way to avoid groupthink is to ask someone who has an office on the same floor as you what they think. Take a little time to review each other’s products and services, and give an honest opinion as an outsider looking in.

The serviced office model also allows you to build your business further. When networking with other business owners, you may find they are just in need of your service.

They may be eager to sign up, and get in on the ground floor. You’ll be able to work with them to build the type of features that they need, and build your product that way, with an actual user, sitting in the office down the hall.

At The Rostie Group, we often take the time to have networking parties and meet and greets so that all of our coworking, virtual and serviced office clients can help each other grow and succeed.