We’ve got new offices
It’s been a hectic week, but we have now moved Ether into new premises.
When we first started the company back in 1993 we had offices in the wonderfully bohemian and sadly demised Blackwattle Studios. During the late 1990s Ingrid and I tended to work on-site with clients, so there wasn’t a great need for anything grander than a desk or two at home. From 2000 onwards we set up an office in the largish basement of our townhouse, and that was working well – at least the commute to work was quick, and it’s made it easy to work while bringing up 2 kids, although finding separation between work and home life has always been rather difficult.
But the last few years have seen the business growing like crazy.
Late last year we realised we needed to get more staff but we had nowhere to put them, so we looked around for commercial space and were pretty uninspired by what we saw, and certainly nothing lived up to the glory days of Blackwattle Studios. Then a couple of the townhouses in our row came up for rent, and it occurred to us that renting one of those might give us just enough separation without losing the convenience of having an office within shouting distance (almost) of home.
So far we couldn’t be happier. Our house now feels spacious again now that Ether has moved out, and in the new place Ingrid and I are both loving having a room each! We’ve also now got a separate video editing suite which is a big improvement on our old situation which was completely open-plan.
Finally, the complex’s pool is just outside the back door of our office. (You can see it on the GoogleEarth snapshot above.) If only they’d finish repairing it so it had some water in it 