spacebly
For founders

Find your next HQ without paying a broker £10K.

Browse live availability from every flexible operator in the UK. Talk directly to the people who manage the building. Sign in days, not months.

0%
Broker fees
<1h
Operator reply time
2,400+
UK spaces
30+
Cities

The old way

Office hunting is broken for founders.

You don't have time to be ghosted by brokers showing you the same five buildings.

01 / 06

Hidden fees

Brokers earn 10% of your annual rent — and you pay for it in higher quoted rates.

02 / 06

Stale listings

Half the spaces shown to you are already taken or no longer offered at that price.

03 / 06

Slow replies

Brokers batch enquiries and only respond when it suits their pipeline, not yours.

04 / 06

No real choice

You see what they're incentivised to show, not what actually fits your team.

05 / 06

Painful negotiation

Every email runs through a middleman who doesn't know the building.

06 / 06

Wasted weeks

Most founders lose 6–8 weeks of focus to their office search.

The spacebly way

Direct to operator. Live availability. Zero fees.

1

Real-time inventory

Every space, every operator, every desk count and price — kept live by the people who manage the buildings.

  • Updated daily
  • No phantom listings
  • Filter by team size, vibe, postcode
2

Talk to the building

Message the operator running the space, not a broker juggling 40 deals.

  • Replies in under an hour
  • Real photos, real terms
  • Negotiate directly
3

Cashback by spacebly

Sign via spacebly and we pay you back. The 10% that used to disappear stays in your runway.

  • Cashback when you sign
  • No success fee
  • Transparent operator pricing

The math

What brokers actually cost you.

Drag the slider to see what a 10% broker fee looks like on your annual rent.

Annual rent
£80,000
Broker fee (10%)
£8,000

Brokers typically earn 10% of your year-one rent. On spacebly, that money stays in your bank account.

From first search to signed deal in 14 days.

01

Tell us what you need

Team size, location, budget, vibe. Two minutes.

02

Shortlist directly

Browse live availability and shortlist spaces in one click. We surface the operators that match.

03

Tour & negotiate

Book tours, message operators, negotiate terms — all from your dashboard. No middlemen.

04

Sign & move in

Sign with the operator. Move in. Keep the 10% you would've paid a broker.

spacebly vs. a traditional broker.

Compare
spacebly
Broker
Fee to you
Free, plus Cashback by spacebly
Free to you (the operator pays the broker, usually about 10% of year one)
Time to shortlist
Shortlist online straight away
1–2 weeks
Inventory access
2,600+ UK buildings listed (see /numbers)
Their preferred 4–5
Negotiation
Direct with operator
Through middleman
Transparency
Live prices & terms
Quoted on request

Founders use spacebly to find space that actually fits.

“Honestly went in expecting the usual broker dance and there just... wasn't one. Found a space in… more of Chloé Lindley's review on Trustpilot”
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“I usually spend days building complicated spreadsheets to compare office spaces. Spacebly made the… more of Marsida Bali's review on Trustpilot”
M
“We had incredibly difficult and specific requirements when searching for an office, and honestly… more of Rukia's review on Google”
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Read more reviews on Trustpilot and Google.

Questions founders ask.

Stop paying brokers. Start building.

Find your next HQ in days, not months. No fees, no middlemen, no nonsense.