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My advise for a first time office is:
1. No more than 10 minute drive, 5 is much better.
2. Never more than a 6 month lease, 3 would be better.
3. If there will be one person, then get one room, if there will be 2, get two rooms Max. Never get more office than you need, it actually helps if people are in closer proximity, it helps to bounce ideas off of each other, and get energy and focus from each other. When you bring on more people, then you can move to a bigger office, (because you have a short lease, see point #2)
4. Don't be persuaded to get expensive places so that you look more important or successful, the only person you are impressing, 345 days out of the year, is yourself... Why waste the money? If you need to have meetings with clients, do it outside the office, perhaps over lunch somewhere.
5. Walk around the building and knock on doors. Ask to speak with other people that are leasing there. Find out what issues they have, how responsive is management to problems, how fast do things get fixed, are there any strange smells, etc...
Good luck!
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