ad-hoc childcare for freelancers

[verds]

I've been looking for ad-hoc childcare and I've come across this place in Brixton, which seems really nice: http://www.treehouseworkandplay.com/about.html

They have desk space and also a creche, and they're not too pricey. I got as far as looking round and joining up, but haven't actually been organised enough to take the children there yet...

[rachel83]

What's the pricing for this? There's no mention of that on the web site.

[Jo'sEnglish]

Would also be interested in the pricing....

There is a similar place in Putney http://www.third-door.com/

Something like this would be perfect for me, but both a bit too far west, if anyone knows of anything like this more south-east I would be very interested?!

[verds]

I have of course lost the price list, but I think it's about 8 quid an hour for a desk and one child, and siblings are half price

And for a fiver an hour you can leave them and go shopping. Woop!

[rachel83]

That sounds reasonable. I presume there is a monthly fee and/or registration fee on top which might make it less reasonable?

[verds]

No, it's free to join and you just use it when you need it

[Jo'sEnglish]

wow, that does sound good! Maybe it is worth the trek to Brixton...

[antantant]

The website says there is a ?35 registration fee but free to the first 50 who register and use...

A monthly membership fee is mentioned too...

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Tell your friends about Treehouse and you will receive a 10% discount on your monthly membership for each new friend that signs up

[verds]

It's free to join and you can do pay as you go - think they're having some kind of offer on the monthly packages at the moment too

[Grace Mally]

Thanks Verds for mentioning Treehouse. Hope you don't mind if I use this opportunity to let more people know about the service. Grace

Heres some info for anyone interested:

Treehouse is located on Brixton Road (opposite Mothercare) and offers home-working parents desk space rental whilst their children are being cared for in our onsite cr?che.

We also offer short stay PAYG childcare for parents needing some respite.

Our prices are:

? PAYG Childcare: ?6.50/hr or 2 hours for ?10

? Desk space rental ?3/hr or ?24/day (currently only ?1.50/hr or

?12/day in our half price Desk Space sale details below)

We have a range of combined desk space + childcare monthly packages to suit your needs ranging from 10 hours to unlimited use per month.

Treehouse is having a Half-Price Sale* on all desk space purchased before Friday 22nd Feb 2013. This is a great saving and can be used to purchase packages up to 3 months in advance!

Check out our website www.treehouseworkandplay.com

[email protected]

020 7998 3789