What is on each sheet
Both floors and their schedules are below. CW-1 is the classic hot-desk model; CW-2 is the managed-office model Mumbai operators have moved towards.
| Sheet | Overall size | What is drawn on it | Key dimension |
|---|---|---|---|
| CW-1 — 3,200 sq ft, 70 per cent hot desks | 64 ft x 50 ft | 48 hot desks, 8 dedicated, 6 cabins, 3 meeting rooms | Revenue seats: 62 |
| CW-2 — 4,800 sq ft, cabin-led managed office | 80 ft x 60 ft | 14 cabins, 30 open seats, event space | Revenue seats: 118 |
Schedule — CW-1 — 3,200 sq ft, 70 per cent hot desks
- Community manager desk — 6 ft × 2.5 ft
- Lounge, 8 seats — 5 ft × 8 ft
- Cafe counter, 12 ft — 12 ft × 3.5 ft
- Cafe seating, 24 — 8 ft × 16 ft
- Hot-desk bank A, 12 seats — 26 ft × 3 ft
- Hot-desk bank B, 12 seats — 26 ft × 3 ft
- Hot-desk bank C, 12 seats — 26 ft × 3 ft
- Hot-desk bank D, 12 seats — 26 ft × 3 ft
- Dedicated desks, 8, with lockers — 12 ft × 6 ft
- Print, lockers, store — 10 ft × 6 ft
- Meeting table, 10-seat — 12 ft × 8 ft
- Meeting table, 6-seat — 10 ft × 6 ft
- Six phone booths — 12 ft × 5 ft
- Six cabins, 4 to 6 seats each — 12 ft × 14 ft
Schedule — CW-2 — 4,800 sq ft, cabin-led managed office
- Reception desk — 7 ft × 2.5 ft
- Lounge, 12 seats — 6 ft × 10 ft
- Cafe counter, 14 ft — 14 ft × 3.5 ft
- Event and cafe seating, 40 — 10 ft × 20 ft
- Cabin row A, five cabins of 6 to 10 seats — 38 ft × 12 ft
- Cabin row B, five cabins of 6 to 10 seats — 38 ft × 12 ft
- Open seats, 30, for members — 24 ft × 8 ft
- Print, lockers, store — 12 ft × 8 ft
- Circulation spine and breakout — 38 ft × 10 ft
- Boardroom table, 14-seat — 18 ft × 12 ft
- Two meeting tables — 18 ft × 8 ft
- Eight phone booths — 18 ft × 6 ft
- Four large cabins, 12 to 20 seats — 18 ft × 18 ft
How to use the plans
- Divide your rent by the revenue seat count, not by the area. That single number tells you whether the floor is viable before you spend anything on design.
- Treat circulation as unsold inventory. Every square foot of corridor is rent you pay and cannot charge for.
- Put the cafe where members walk past it. Behind reception it is a cost centre; on the route it is the reason people renew.
- Meter the cabins individually before the first tenant moves in. Retrofitting sub-meters into an occupied floor is disproportionately expensive.
Three mistakes coworking operators make
- Too few phone booths. Members take calls at their desks, the floor gets loud, and the churn shows up two quarters later without an obvious cause.
- Building for hot desks in a cabin market. Mumbai enquiries are dominated by teams of eight to twenty wanting a lockable room, not individuals wanting a bench.
- A dedicated event room. It earns on the nights it is booked and costs on the days it is not. Event space that doubles as cafe seating earns twice.
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Frequently asked questions
How many seats fit in 3,000 sq ft of coworking?+
Around 55 to 65 revenue seats, depending on the cabin-to-open ratio. Hot desks pack tighter at roughly 45 to 50 sq ft a seat; cabins run 60 to 75 sq ft a seat once you count the walls and the corridor serving them. CW-1 here yields 62 from 3,200 sq ft.
Are cabins more profitable than hot desks?+
Per square foot, usually yes in Mumbai right now. Cabins command a premium per seat, they churn less, and they are sold to a company rather than an individual. The trade-off is inflexibility: a floor built as ten fixed cabins cannot absorb a demand shift the way an open floor can.
How many meeting rooms does a coworking floor need?+
Roughly one bookable room per 25 to 30 members, plus phone booths at one per ten. Members forgive a queue for a meeting room because they can see the booking system. They do not forgive a floor where every call is audible.
What is the fit-out cost for coworking in Mumbai?+
₹1,800 to ₹3,500 per sq ft carpet, ex-GST. Coworking runs above conventional office fit-out because of the acoustic work, the booth count, the cafe infrastructure and a finish level that has to survive far heavier use than a single-tenant office.
Do cabins need separate air-conditioning?+
They need separate control, which is not the same as separate plant. Cassette or hi-wall units per cabin are the common Mumbai solution; VRF with per-cabin controllers is better and costs more. What fails is one central system with cabins as afterthought zones — some cabins freeze and others never cool.