CO12

Positive things: 1. Location. City center. 5 min walking to tram and bus stations, a lot of shops, services around (lawyers, notary, etc.). 2. Flexible working hours. You can get your own key and leave and/or come whenever you want. 3. Flexible payment. It's possible to pay for the previous month, and payment will depend on how many days you actually spent there. 4. Price is one of the lowest in Wroclaw. Negative: 1. Internet connection breaks several times per day. If you do not need to be online all the time, it might suit you. But I do need. Whenever I had a video conference calls (even on lowest quality settings), I got interrupted countless number of times, especially in the room which is devoted for calls and meetings and called a "meeting room". When I asked owner to fix it, the answer I got was "What do you want me to do? We do have issues with connection, but it bothers nobody except you". It's not possible to use 3G/LTE too - signal is horrible because of the thick walls. 2. The "meeting room" where you can talk (call or meet with somebody) is just a corridor to the toilet (!). So, be prepared to hear everything that happens in the toilet when you have a meeting, and know, that you're not really private when you're inside WC room. 3. The owner works in the same shared space (his name is Maciek). And he is very noisy: people call him or he calls somebody several times per day, he leaves phone ringing loudly and goes away (I guess, he doesn't know where is the "silent mode" in his phone because he never used it). He likes to talk sitting on his place (which is exactly in the center of the big shared room), either by phone or with his friends, sometimes for hours per day. At the same time, if you try to talk, he'll ask you to go to the "meeting room" or change your seat to one, which is farther from him. But there's no stable internet connection in the meeting room, remember? 4. (Subjective) They turn radio on during working hours. It's not very loud, but because this is one big room with concrete walls and floor, you hear the music (as well as any other sounds or voices) very clearly wherever you're sitting. For a couple of days it's not a problem, but when you work there 40 hours per week, it becomes annoying. Why don't just use earphones? 5. (Subjective) The place looks cool on photos, but in real life it more looks like a cellar: it's a ground floor of very old building, dark, cold, the walls are dirty (because renovation was long time ago and it was "cheap and easy") and the water leaks from the ceiling in some places. It's so cold there, that I was freezing even in summer. Which is fine in summer, but not during 3 other seasons. As a summary: One day I was told that I and the other guy _have_ to free up the table we were siting at for months, because the owner wants to sit at it. Which is totally understandable, he is the owner. But, hey, that table is huge, 6 people can sit at it freely! So I asked: "Would I disturb him?" - "He needs a bigger table (yes)" was the answer. Why not just ask and propose an alternative, why do we _have_ to? I think it's ridiculous to pay for a service and hear that you "disturb" seller with it. Location, working hours, and other great things kept me in CO12 for almost a year, despite of all the negative aspects, like internet (dis)connection and lack of renovation. But another requirement to change the seat (it happened the second time, by the way) was the last straw. Looks like the owner made this place for himself, not for the people. If you make him like you, he may allow you to work there and pay him. If you don't - get out. If everything above suits you, the CO12 might be a good place to spend a day or two. Otherwise - forget it. Find another place or go to the public library.

Place cool, although I was only for a while on a trial day. Everything as in the other kitchen, etc., but the decor and space are closer to the middle class.