Should Dave Get a Bigger Lab?

[Len]

After this week's Mailbag, I bet Dave is looking at the office rates in Iceland.

[nctnico]

Said it before, will say it again:
Australia is ridiculously expensive. Sell everything, move to Taiwan/Singapore. You will be able to afford a small mansion with symmetric 100Mbit and top English speaking school for Sagan.

Singapore is one of the most expensive places to live in the world, and English standards in Taiwan are poor. Neither suggestion makes a lot of sense.

Penang in Malaysia is a good place. A tropical island in the ocean with all the top notch tech companies of the world around the corner.

[ivan747]

But you don't own those, do you? If you do, move the hell outta there.

Yes, I own them. Why would owning them mean I should "move the hell out"?

You can rent those (or the current lab at least) and it helps to pay for the larger lab's rent.

[XynxNet]

Well what would you do with all the tiny rooms?

I'd say look for a place with windows in your main working area.

[ez24]

I suggest Dave move to

310 De Guigne Dr.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

[wkb]

I guess Dave needs a new solar system.  With 48 hours in a given day 

[Maxlor]

I guess Dave needs a new solar system.  With 48 hours in a given day 

Feasibly in a window-less office/lab

Seriously though, never mind the space, access to daylight would be enough of a motivator to make me consider moving. I like natural light *a lot* more than lamps.

[isaiahA]

the bigger the better

[EEVblog]

We decided to pass on that big space I showed on the video. Both SWMBO and myself decided the owner was way too dodgy, kinda like this:

[nctnico]

We decided to pass on that big space I showed on the video.

Good decission! I would not have taken it just for the lack of windows.  Who designs buildings like that? 
Yeah it would be a great space for women with webcams but that is a different business 

[felixd]

Is basement space included in the floor area?

What basement space?

You said not allowed to use more than 10% of the house for business. Basement is the floor under the ground floor, don't you guys have basements in houses in Australia? It may or may not be counted as living space, some houses have huge basements that can be finished and used for a Lab.

That's what I'm doing in my place right now



and my window view

@Dave: Move to Poland, it's WAY MUCH cheaper than UK and better weather