15 November 2026 · 4 min read
Most workspaces look good on a tour. The differences show up in the third week, when the internet drops during a client call or the air-conditioning cannot be turned down. These seven checks take ten minutes and tell you most of what you need to know.
1. Sit in the actual cabin
Not a similar one. Sit at the desk, close the door and listen. Can you hear the next cabin? Can you take a call without lowering your voice?
2. Test the internet yourself
Connect your own laptop and run a speed test, on Wi-Fi and on the LAN point if there is one. Ask what happens when the main line fails, and whether there is a second line.
3. Ask about power
Ask what runs on backup and for how long. Lights only, or the air-conditioning too? A UPS, a generator, or both?
4. Read what the price includes
Ask for the inclusions in writing. Internet, electricity, housekeeping, tea and coffee, meeting room hours, printing, parking. Anything not on the list is extra.
5. Ask about the term and the exit
How long is the commitment, what is the deposit, and how much notice do you give to leave? Ask what happens to the price at renewal.
6. Check the meeting rooms
Look at the room you would actually use for a client. Does the screen work with your laptop? How do you book it, and what does it cost?
7. Look at the ordinary things
The washrooms, the pantry, the parking, the lift. Arrive at the time you would normally arrive and see what the place is like then.
One more: who answers when something breaks
Ask who you tell when the internet is slow or a chair is broken, and how quickly they usually respond. A staffed front desk is the difference between a problem that takes ten minutes and one that takes three days.
Want to see it in person?
Offilounnge is in Dr. A S Rao Nagar, near ECIL X Roads. A tour takes half an hour.