Hire a Better venue

Better is a warm and quirky creative co-working space along Oxford Road in Saxonwold, Johannesburg

We have three rooms for hire, as well as a large garden

The Meeting Room,
upstairs, accommodates small meetings, up to 6 people,
from R150 per hour / R1000 per day

The Writing Room,
upstairs, accommodates small workshops and meetings, up to 10 people, from R225 per hour / R1600 per day

The Studio,
downstairs, accommodates social gatherings and workshops, with space for creative activities, up to 30 people,
from R375 per hour / R2800 per day

Enjoy our large garden with sun and shade, accessed from the Studio, great for lunches, teas and evening events

Convenient, affordable, welcoming and fun

Features of the venue

  • Secure parking (off street and in street with guard)
  • On bus routes (Gautrain and Metro)
  • Kitchenette with tea, coffee and snacks near the Studio
  • Fast, fibre-based Wi-Fi
  • Projection facilities
  • Whiteboards

Value-added services

  • Various levels of catering can be arranged
  • We can take bookings and process payments for you
  • Social media advertising
  • Facilitated creative activities

View the property, get a quote and book your event

Call Candy on 011 327 6098 or mail create@better.joburg

“I recently hosted a 2 day workshop at Better with young artist/activists, developing a piece of street theatre, building props and conceptualising a campaign – Judy, Patience and Andrew were perfect hosts leaving us alone to do our thing, yet being completely available when we required assistance. A wonderful tranquil space in which to work – thank you Better!” Molly Smit

Sneak previews of Better

We thought you might be interested to see something of Better, so here are a few pictures. Above is the facade of the building.

Better occupies the left side of the building with the reception, lounge, kitchen and studio on the ground floor.

Lovely light in the kitchen
Judy’s workspace in the studio this week

On the top floor we have two rooms that we call the meeting room and the writing room, a bathroom, as well as the use of that lovely veranda.

A quiet spot to read in the meeting room
One of the work areas in the writing room

But that’s not all! We also have the use of the garden, with space to enjoy your tea, hold a meeting or work under the trees.

Space to sit in the garden

Do come and visit to see the rest of Better. Click here for directions. We are open weekdays from 9am to 6pm and you can drop in any time for a tour. We have scheduled times to Meet the Dreamers when both Andrew and Judy will be around. We’d like to meet you in person to chat about our plans and yours.

We found a place for Better!

Better is our vision for a physical space where creative makers can get together to work, share and play. Back in September we posted an update about our progress towards Better. There we told of our frustrations at trying to find a place for Better. Despite the frustrations, we persisted and…

We have found it!

Last week we signed a lease on a place in Saxonwold, nicely situated between Rosebank and Killarney at 91 Oxford Road. We will be sharing premises with the College of Digital Photography. We have rooms downstairs and up, a large balcony and a garden.

In just a week Andrew has rounded up contractors and had them demolishing drywalls, painting and cleaning, while we’ve both been out finding homely, well-loved furniture. We’ve got a way to go, but it’s looking good and we are having a lot of fun.

So, Better will open in February 2017.

Watch this space during January for…

  • pictures of the Better place,
  • the shared resources we are getting for Better,
  • the launch of our web site,
  • introductions to the Better people,
  • how you can be part of Better,
  • our events lineup for February and
  • our opening party!

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