We’ve got a new place

Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by benmckenna in Blog, cool, News

Regular followers on Totaal on Twitter will have a pretty good idea of the trouble I’ve had trying to find suitable premises over the last few months. I’ve struggled for some time to find the right sort of place, I didn’t have a massive list of conditions but the few I had were that the new offices:

• Had to not be in Leeds – Not that I dislike the place of course, I’ve just spent seven years doing that commute and felt it was time for a change
• It had to be old – I’m a sucker for character in a building
• It had to be quiet, a good place for concentration, co-working and meetings
• It had to have parking, I’ve done my time on Public Transport so don’t eco-judge me
• And it had to be cheap, I’ve done the flash office thing to death

I had originally set my sights on Bradford as it’s closer and jam packed with beautiful old buildings that, whilst in various states of decay, fit my aesthetic sensibilities. Strangely though, Bradford didn’t really present a massive amount of options and what there was was reeeeeeeeally expensive. We are talking Leeds expensive here. As I said, I love a bit of character but not that much.

Anyway, to cut a potentially very long blog post short, I found a place just up the road from me in Baildon which ticked all the boxes. It’s two floors up in an old mill building packed with character and quirk, it overlooks the whole of Leeds and Bradford, is on the edge of Ilkley Moor and even – in what can only be considered a spectacular bit of quirk action – has it’s own duck pond!

Anyway, those of you who know me know that I’m a fan of a warm welcome so please do feel free to drop by for a cuppa and a natter. Be sure to bring some bread for the ducks too.

The details are:

Totaal Social Media Ltd
46 Baildon Mills
Baildon
BD17 6JY
01274 TBC (still faffing about with providers right now)
07540 305 556

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