CASTLE OF IF
A warehouse for making things. Big tables, cheap tools, and a floor you're supposed to get dirty. Opening in north Austin.
NOT A STUDIO. NOT A COWORKING SPACE. ONE ROOM, OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT.
YOU NEED SPACE
TO CREATE.
BRING SOMETHING
TO WORK ON.
Bring your materials, your sewing machine, your DJ decks, your guitars. Leather, paint, canvases, books, tools, half-finished projects. Whatever you want to work on.
WE GIVE YOU
THE SPACE...
And enough
to get started.
FOUNDING
MEMBER
№ 001—200
Only our first 200 members get a vest.
CLAIM
YOUR
SPOT
- YOUR $100 BECOMES YOUR FIRST MONTH
- YOU DON'T GET CHARGED UNTIL WE OPEN
- FOUNDING MEMBERS SKIP THE INITIATION FEE
- FOUNDING MEMBERS GET A VEST
✓ ON THE LIST. YOU'LL HEAR WHEN THERE ARE KEYS.
That number is yours now. Your card is saved but not charged — nothing happens until the day we open, and you can cancel any time before then at no cost.
- FLOOR AREA
- 5,000+ SQ FT
- OPEN DAILY
- 10AM—12AM
- FOUNDING MEMBERS
- 200
- LOCATION
- NORTH AUSTIN
↳ FIGURES WE'RE AFTER.
Fair questions.
01Am I charged today?
Nothing. Your card is saved with Stripe and not charged. The first and only charge is $100 on the day we open, and that's your first month of membership. Cancel before then and you've paid nothing — there's no refund to chase because no money ever moved.
02Do I get my own space in there?
No. You get the run of the room and storage for your own stuff. Assigned squares would mean fewer members, higher rent, and a lot of padlocked dead space. It's somewhere you go, not real estate you lease.
03Where is the building?
North Austin. We're still settling on the exact building — it comes down to price, light and square footage. You'll know the address before your card is ever charged.
04What will it cost once it's open?
$100 a month. The $100 charged on opening day is your first month, so month one is covered the moment we open. There's an initiation fee for anyone who joins later, and founding members never pay it. The founding rate is locked for as long as you keep the membership — it doesn't go up on you.
05Do I need to know how to use any of this?
No. There's no orientation, no certification and no test. It's a drill and a sewing machine, not a CNC lathe — pick it up, and if you're unsure, ask whoever's nearest. Somebody in there has done it before.
06Can I run a business out of it?
Yes. Sell what you make, ship it out the big door, bring someone in to look at it. Nobody's going to ask whether it's a job or a hobby.
07Why "Castle of If"?
The Château d'If is the island prison in The Count of Monte Cristo. Dantès gets out by digging, for years, with a hidden tool, in a room nobody was watching. That's the building.
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