Which empty hours do we discount before they expire, and which ones stay empty on purpose?
257 h booked · 269 h open · 104 h never for sale
Hands-on · Press a held block to release it, or a block marked Ring once you have offered it to somebody. Releasing a hold makes occupancy read lower, because the hour joins the hours you have to sell — that is the arithmetic, and it is why holds survive. Kept for this browser tab.
Six rooms, seven days · Day 10–17 · Evening 17–22 · Late 22–01
Six rooms down, seven days across. Each cell holds the day, evening and late blocks, marked booked with the band, held with the rule that closed it, or open. Open blocks inside forty-eight hours that may be discounted are marked.
Room
Mon· today
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Room 1Live room, 24 × 18$34/h
17–22Pallas KettleTerm
17–22Hollow CoastTerm
17–22Pallas KettleTerm
10–17Steeple Ash — videoCasual
17–22Hollow CoastTerm
17–22Pallas KettleTerm
10–17Steeple AshCasual
17–22Steeple AshCasual
17–22Pallas KettleTerm
Room 2Live room, 20 × 16$30/h
17–22Sixteen FerriesTerm
17–22Ferrous WheelCasual
17–22Sixteen FerriesTerm
10–17Ferrous Wheel — load inCasual
17–22Ferrous WheelCasual
17–22Hollow CoastTerm
Room 3Tracking room and booth$58/h
10–17Vesper Lang — trackingSession
17–22Vesper Lang — trackingSession
10–17Ardith Mowbray — overdubsSession
10–17Ardith Mowbray — mixingSession
17–22Ardith Mowbray — mixingSession
Room 4Rehearsal, 18 × 14$22/h
17–22Gable & WrenCasual
17–22Muster GreenTerm
22–01Gable & WrenCasual
17–22Muster GreenTerm
17–22Muster GreenTerm
22–01Gable & WrenCasual
17–22Muster GreenTerm
Room 5Rehearsal, 18 × 14$22/h
17–22The UndermineTerm
22–01Corvid HoursCasual
10–17Marchetti DuoCasual
17–22The UndermineTerm
17–22Quiet MachineryTerm
22–01Quiet MachineryTerm
17–22The UndermineTerm
22–01Steeple AshCasual
17–22Quiet MachineryTerm
22–01Corvid HoursCasual
10–17Marchetti DuoCasual
17–22The UndermineTerm
22–01Corvid HoursCasual
17–22Quiet MachineryTerm
Room 6Small room, no PA$18/h
17–22T. Abiodun-ReyesCasual
22–01N. SørbyCasual
10–17Drum lessons — B. OkwuosaTerm
17–22Drum lessons — B. OkwuosaTerm
17–22T. Abiodun-ReyesCasual
10–17Drum lessons — B. OkwuosaTerm
17–22Sable RillCasual
22–01Sable RillCasual
17–22N. SørbyCasual
17–22Drum lessons — B. OkwuosaTerm
Booked
257 of 526 h
49% of the hours that were for sale — the held hours are out of the denominator, not counted as failures
Still worth a call
10 of 10 blocks
$984 at list, inside forty-eight hours, and worth nothing on Wednesday
The only hours on this screen anybody can still do something about.
Open and not expiring
239 h
$7,802 at list, three days out or more — left alone deliberately
Discounting these teaches the term bands that waiting is cheaper than booking.
Taken this week
$7,414
against $3,120 of list value in hours we will never sell at any price
When an empty hour gets discounted
1Only inside forty-eight hours. Past that, a discount is a lesson that waiting is cheaper than booking, and the term bands learn it in about a month.
2Never the weekday evening block. It sells itself, and cutting it moves a booking that was already coming at full price.
3Never below the room below it. A Room 1 at Room 5's price makes Room 5 unsellable for the rest of the week.
4Held hours are not discountable at any price. They are not empty, they are closed.
5The discount is offered by a person, on the phone, to somebody who has booked before. It is not published.
An open hour at 22:00 on Wednesday is worth its list price on Tuesday and nothing at all on Thursday. Everything on this list is about the difference between those two days.
Why the held hours are out of the denominator
49% of the hours that were for sale went. Against every hour in the building it is 41, and those 8 points are a decision rather than a performance. Sunday mornings are not unsold, they are a signed agreement with two neighbours. Room 4 during a session is not unsold either — selling it is how you refund two bookings at once.
So the held hours come out, and they get their own screen with what each one costs. Buried in a denominator they would look like a failure to sell; on their own they look like what they are, which is a bill this building has decided to pay.
Offer these today · soonest to expire first
Mon 22–01
Room 3 · Tracking room and booth
3 h · $174 at list
Tonight
Mon 22–01
Room 1 · Live room, 24 × 18
3 h · $102 at list
Tonight
Mon 22–01
Room 2 · Live room, 20 × 16
3 h · $90 at list
Tonight
Mon 22–01
Room 4 · Rehearsal, 18 × 14
3 h · $66 at list
Tonight
Mon 22–01
Room 6 · Small room, no PA
3 h · $54 at list
Tonight
Tue 22–01
Room 3 · Tracking room and booth
3 h · $174 at list
Tomorrow
Tue 22–01
Room 1 · Live room, 24 × 18
3 h · $102 at list
Tomorrow
Tue 22–01
Room 2 · Live room, 20 × 16
3 h · $90 at list
Tomorrow
Tue 22–01
Room 4 · Rehearsal, 18 × 14
3 h · $66 at list
Tomorrow
Tue 22–01
Room 5 · Rehearsal, 18 × 14
3 h · $66 at list
Tomorrow
No discount is shown on this screen, and that is deliberate. What the hour goes for is decided on the call, against who is asking and what they booked last — a printed percentage would be taken as the price by everybody who works here inside a fortnight.