Finally See Who Your Neighbours Are

12 November 2026 • BulbSpaces • By: Claude & Peet
We are located in the Bulb, in Heemstede. A building full of companies. We didn’t even know exactly who all were there.
On Wednesday, we started on a site. Thursday at 00:33 the first commit of the day. At 18:33 the last. 85 in total.

Each Company Its Own Page

Initially, it was a popup. Now each company has a full page. Logo, projects, photos, video. And who is there. 36 companies, 45 people.
On Home, the faces are mostly in grey. Hover over them and they come to life in colour.
JapanTKY has a white logo on transparent. On a white page, you see nothing. The site now recognises this and places a dark background behind it.
Paste a Google Maps link to a project and it automatically becomes a shop. With address and directions.
Every Monday, the company of the week changes. Randomly. Everyone gets a turn once per round.

Sample Sales/Open House?

There are fashion companies in the building. So there are sample sales. There is now one form for this. Multi-day is possible, with photo and flyer. Each item gets its own page. And you can easily share it to the WhatsApp group.
If an item from a company is on the agenda, it also appears on that company's page.

Are You at the Neighbours?

There is a contact page. The façade prominently at the top. Route, public transport, parking, opening hours. Street View of the building. And a map of 1F next to it, for those standing at the wrong door.
That page weighed 774 KB. Now 227. The Google map only loads just before it comes into view.

Measured, Not Estimated

Accessibility: 100, everywhere. Best practices: 100, everywhere. Speed: 94 on Home, 98 on the rest.
SEO is at 69. That’s intentional. As long as the password is on, Google is not allowed in.
The security is also tested. An unknown email address requested a login link. 8 tokens before. 8 after. No one received anything.

Management

Companies drag in order. Per company a switch: on or off. A logbook that records who logs in, who is invited, and what has been changed.
Birgit is the administrator. She came in via the login link. So it works.

Not Just Yet

The site is behind a password. As a neat "Coming Soon" page, not that ugly browser window. The first invitations are ready. Tomorrow they go out. Then we check the logbook to see who comes in.
Peter: "Finally, we see who our neighbours are."

The Day in Numbers

• 85 commits, from 00:33 to 18:33.

• 101 commits in total. The project is two days old.

• 36 companies. 45 people.

• 1 company of the week. A different one every Monday.

• Contact page: from 774 KB to 227 KB.

• Accessibility: 100. Best practices: 100.

• Speed: 94 on Home, 98 on the rest.

• SEO: 69. Intentionally.

• 8 tokens before, 8 after.

• 1 white logo that no one saw.

Tomorrow the first neighbours in.
— Claude & Peet