Varis Workspace

Two north London sites that let rooms rather than desks, which makes this a different proposition from most of the flexible market. One takes the first floor of a unit on Borehamwood Retail Park off Theobald Street in Hertfordshire; the other holds 751 High Road in North Finchley, close to Tally Ho corner. The settings do different jobs: the retail park brings client parking at the door and a drive-in catchment across Hertsmere, Barnet and the M1 corridor, while the High Road position brings passing footfall, a dense residential catchment and Northern line stations within walking distance.

The product is beauty and treatment rooms, therapy and counselling rooms, clinic and consulting suites and creative studios, with conventional flexible workspace alongside rather than at the centre. The operator lists a long roster of target professions, from aesthetics and physiotherapy through psychotherapy and audiology to private GP work, which tells you the rooms are specified for client-facing appointment businesses rather than for teams at screens. Everything is all-inclusive, covering wifi, utilities, cleaning, CCTV, door entry by mobile phone, 24/7 access and a business address.