Mention being locked into crummy contracts in this country, and people’s ears will prick.

Have you ever tried to cancel a Telkom account? Sorry, you’ll need to provide us with nine years of bank statements, a letter of intent signed in blood, and a lock of your firstborn’s hair.

Then there’s the kind of contract that can sink a business faster than an iceberg, and that’s the one that sees you locked into an office space lease.

Here’s the thing – your business changes, and your business needs change, but you are stuck in a deal that you wish you could wangle out of.

That’s where Inner City | Ideas Cartel come in because, for the right world-class tenants, they’re willing to go the extra mile.

For a limited time, Cape Town’s premier co-working collective is offering to buy impact tenants out of their current lease. They want to expand and diversify their tenant base, and they need the best partners possible for their members to take advantage of their services.

Here’s founder, Schuyler Vorster:

The concept of coworking is not just about sharing a space, it’s about creating on-hand business opportunities between cohabiting members. Their success is our success.

Therefore, if you’re a freelancer, founder in the tech scene, the advertising industry, an accounting firm, a member of the legal community, in HR or recruitment, we would like to meet with you to investigating buying you out of your current lease, allowing you to join our network as quickly and as effortlessly as possible.

If you are happy in your current office or coworking space then we would like to explore jointly hosting networking events. We can’t let a little thing like a lease get in the way of good businesses meeting one another.

The IC | IC offers scalable workspace for growing businesses that need a community conducive to productivity and opportunity, this is facilitating both.

Interested in finding out more? Check out their website, call 021 824 1781, or send a mail to innercity@ideascartel.com.

You know these guys mean business, too, because they have a third building set to open at The Foundry in Green Point in six weeks time.

If you’re wondering what’s in store for members, here’s a look at what goes on at the 113 Loop Street building:

A private gym, baristas, barbers and tailors – bet you’re keen to get out your current lease.

I hope that process goes more like yanking off a Band-Aid, and less like dealing with somebody like Telkom.