I’m back three and a half weeks from San Francisco and I’m now in a position to put out a call to anyone interested in joining a co-working space right in the heart of Dublin City Centre.

In a nutshell, If you’re an internet-y creative type / freelancer and interested in joining a co-working space just off O’Connell street at an introductory price of €200 plus vat per month, get in touch.

From the BarCamp discussion, I met Mary Rose Lyons from Brightspark Consulting who put me on to Emmet, the landlord in Space 28. I know the place well as I used to rehearse in, and actually made a demo in Loop Studios in the basement.

The vibe in the place is sweet – we’re talking suits out, creativity in. It’s gritty, to be sure – the lane way behind SuperMacs often smells of pee and the Lott itself is a back lane behind restaurants and shops. The interior of the building is all bare floors and walls. It’s not your corporate suite, nor your serviced office arrangement for business types.

Emmet is all about opportunity, fairness and grass roots. The place was initially set up with a word-of-mouth trust system. Price points are arranged so as not to be exclusive. It’s all about helping people get off the ground. Oh, and the whole building is supplied by green energy.

We’re looking to get the place up and running as soon as possible on a trial basis. Emmet suggested to begin with five residents at €200 plus VAT per month. I couldn’t be happier with the price.

I’m thinking we’ll go with the CitizenSpace model, but perhaps without the lite option initially anyway. A few permanent residents with the added bonus that drop-ins will be more than welcome to come in for a few hours and get some work done in a creative atmosphere, or make connections and build networks.

So what’s included?

Well, most fundamentally it’s a permanent office space, with co-workers … somewhere to work alongside like minded people. I guess we’re looking for internet-y types, freelancers, designers, software engineers, bloggers, small teams, lonely hearts etc.

Practically, it’s a desk, an internet connection and a key with 24 hour access 365 days a year at an affordable rate.

It’s all in the about-to-happen stage right now, but the space is there. I took some photos – it’s just been left by a band who were using it as a rehearsal space, so needs a bit of tidying up, but they give a good sense of the size of the place. I’ve also a Google MyMap to the location.

Interested?

Drop me an e-mail ( paul at rslw.com ) or leave a comment here. I’m going to arrange a viewing for sometime next week.