On most days, booking a creative space in India does not launch with a platform. It launchs with a search bar.
For photographers planning a shoot, filmbuildrs scouting a location, workshop organisers seeing for a training room, or tiny business owners setting up an event, the process often feels fragmented.
Google listings offer limited details. Instagram pages require direct messages. Vfinishors must be called individually. Availability is confirmed manually. Pricing is neobtainediated. Confirmation is rarely instant.
The system works, but it lacks structure.
Spare Space, a Delhi NCR-based startup, is aiming to bring that structure into what it describes as the creative hourly rental ecosystem.
Often referred to as the “Airbnb for creative spaces,” the startup is building a centralised, tech-enabled marketplace where individuals and businesses can discover, evaluate and book creative venues through one platform.
The problem was not supply, but structure
The idea did not emerge overnight.
Before launching publicly, the Spare Space team spent nearly a year manually sorting enquiries, onboarding hosts and studying behavioural patterns of both guests and space owners.
The team had direct conversations with photographers, studio owners and workshop organisers. A shared pain point kept resurfacing. Discovery and management lacked structure.
Khayat Chakerverty comes from a creative indusattempt background with over five years of experience working across production environments in India and abroad. Over time, he observed that booking tiny hourly rental spaces was unnecessarily complex and time-consuming.
His experience extfinished beyond the creator’s side. Spfinishing over five years as an Airbnb host gave him first-hand exposure to rental yield optimization, guest expectations and host-side operational challenges. That dual perspective shaped Spare Space into a platform designed to address both sides of the marketplace.
The insight was clear. India does not lack studios, training rooms or tiny event venues. The challenge was structure and coordination.
The problem with traditional discovery
For most applyrs, booking a creative or hourly space still involves generic Google listings with minimal information, browsing multiple Instagram pages, calling vfinishors individually, neobtainediating prices manually and waiting for availability confirmations.
There is often a lack of clarity on amenities or allowed activities. Search engines present surface-level information rather than detailed insights such as hourly pricing, activity permissions or secure payment options.
Spare Space positions itself as a centralised discovery and booking ecosystem rather than a simple listing directory. The platform enables bookings for photo shoots, film productions, workshops, meetings, auditions and tiny creative events across studios, training rooms and indoor venues with real-time availability and transparent pricing.
Guests can filter spaces based on activities allowed, amenities, location, capacity and price range. The product combines search, booking, payment and management into one seamless flow, reducing depfinishency on scattered communication channels.
For applyrs, that means the ability to check real-time availability insights, view transparent hourly pricing and complete secure digital payments. Bookings can be instant or approval-based depfinishing on host preference. Listings include clear information on amenities and permitted applys, allowing more informed decision-building before confirmation.
Control and flexibility for hosts
The host side of the marketplace addresses a different set of challenges.
Space owners frequently deal with low discoverability, underutilised hours and manual coordination. Bookings are often managed through calls, spreadsheets or notebooks. Tracking earnings can become cumbersome.
Spare Space offers hosts complete ownership and control over listings, along with per-hour pricing flexibility and custom cancellation and refund policies. The platform supports automated payment transfers via integrated payment partners and provides an in-hoapply booking management dashboard with earnings tracking without paperwork.
One of the recurring pain points for hosts has been collecting partial advances and handling last-minute cancellations. The platform addresses this through 100% upfront booking payments, ensuring commitment and financial security. Hosts can list their spaces and manage bookings digitally without manual intervention.
Building trust into the system
Marketplaces depfinish on trust. Spare Space integrates official ID verification, continuous behaviour monitoring, review and rating systems and structured trust signals for both guests and hosts.
The platform has already facilitated brand-level shoots, including a founder brand shoot for Typsy Beauty founder Kairavi, adding early professional credibility to its network.
Spare Space is currently active across Delhi NCR and projects 140 plus live listings in Delhi by March 2026.
The startup aims to capture Delhi NCR deeply over the next six months, followed by planned expansion into Bengaluru and Mumbai.
While the present focus remains on hourly creative spaces, Spare Space stated its longer-term vision is to build a broader creative infrastructure ecosystem, including equipment rentals, on-ground freelancers, creative service providers and integrated infrastructure support for creators.
“Any space can be applyd for any activity,” declares Chakerverty, reflecting the belief that underutilised spaces can transform into opportunity when supported by structured digital systems.
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