diff --git a/res/css/views/dialogs/_AddExistingToSpaceDialog.scss b/res/css/views/dialogs/_AddExistingToSpaceDialog.scss
index 91947be76a..575faf4a97 100644
--- a/res/css/views/dialogs/_AddExistingToSpaceDialog.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/dialogs/_AddExistingToSpaceDialog.scss
@@ -105,6 +105,90 @@ limitations under the License.
             mask-position: center;
         }
     }
+
+    .mx_AddExistingToSpace_footer {
+        display: flex;
+        margin-top: 20px;
+
+        > span {
+            flex-grow: 1;
+            font-size: $font-12px;
+            line-height: $font-15px;
+            color: $secondary-fg-color;
+
+            .mx_ProgressBar {
+                height: 8px;
+                width: 100%;
+
+                @mixin ProgressBarBorderRadius 8px;
+            }
+
+            .mx_AddExistingToSpace_progressText {
+                margin-top: 8px;
+                font-size: $font-15px;
+                line-height: $font-24px;
+                color: $primary-fg-color;
+            }
+
+            > * {
+                vertical-align: middle;
+            }
+        }
+
+        .mx_AddExistingToSpace_error {
+            padding-left: 12px;
+
+            > img {
+                align-self: center;
+            }
+
+            .mx_AddExistingToSpace_errorHeading {
+                font-weight: $font-semi-bold;
+                font-size: $font-15px;
+                line-height: $font-18px;
+                color: $notice-primary-color;
+            }
+
+            .mx_AddExistingToSpace_errorCaption {
+                margin-top: 4px;
+                font-size: $font-12px;
+                line-height: $font-15px;
+                color: $primary-fg-color;
+            }
+        }
+
+        .mx_AccessibleButton {
+            display: inline-block;
+            align-self: center;
+        }
+
+        .mx_AccessibleButton_kind_primary {
+            padding: 8px 36px;
+        }
+
+        .mx_AddExistingToSpace_retryButton {
+            margin-left: 12px;
+            padding-left: 24px;
+            position: relative;
+
+            &::before {
+                content: '';
+                position: absolute;
+                background-color: $primary-fg-color;
+                mask-repeat: no-repeat;
+                mask-position: center;
+                mask-size: contain;
+                mask-image: url('$(res)/img/element-icons/retry.svg');
+                width: 18px;
+                height: 18px;
+                left: 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        .mx_AccessibleButton_kind_link {
+            padding: 0;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 .mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog {
@@ -189,88 +273,4 @@ limitations under the License.
     .mx_AddExistingToSpace {
         display: contents;
     }
-
-    .mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_footer {
-        display: flex;
-        margin-top: 20px;
-
-        > span {
-            flex-grow: 1;
-            font-size: $font-12px;
-            line-height: $font-15px;
-            color: $secondary-fg-color;
-
-            .mx_ProgressBar {
-                height: 8px;
-                width: 100%;
-
-                @mixin ProgressBarBorderRadius 8px;
-            }
-
-            .mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_progressText {
-                margin-top: 8px;
-                font-size: $font-15px;
-                line-height: $font-24px;
-                color: $primary-fg-color;
-            }
-
-            > * {
-                vertical-align: middle;
-            }
-        }
-
-        .mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_error {
-            padding-left: 12px;
-
-            > img {
-                align-self: center;
-            }
-
-            .mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_errorHeading {
-                font-weight: $font-semi-bold;
-                font-size: $font-15px;
-                line-height: $font-18px;
-                color: $notice-primary-color;
-            }
-
-            .mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_errorCaption {
-                margin-top: 4px;
-                font-size: $font-12px;
-                line-height: $font-15px;
-                color: $primary-fg-color;
-            }
-        }
-
-        .mx_AccessibleButton {
-            display: inline-block;
-            align-self: center;
-        }
-
-        .mx_AccessibleButton_kind_primary {
-            padding: 8px 36px;
-        }
-
-        .mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_retryButton {
-            margin-left: 12px;
-            padding-left: 24px;
-            position: relative;
-
-            &::before {
-                content: '';
-                position: absolute;
-                background-color: $primary-fg-color;
-                mask-repeat: no-repeat;
-                mask-position: center;
-                mask-size: contain;
-                mask-image: url('$(res)/img/element-icons/retry.svg');
-                width: 18px;
-                height: 18px;
-                left: 0;
-            }
-        }
-
-        .mx_AccessibleButton_kind_link {
-            padding: 0;
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx b/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
index 583caf4b1e..56ee9dd62a 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ import {useStateToggle} from "../../hooks/useStateToggle";
 import SpaceStore from "../../stores/SpaceStore";
 import FacePile from "../views/elements/FacePile";
 import {AddExistingToSpace} from "../views/dialogs/AddExistingToSpaceDialog";
-import {sleep} from "../../utils/promise";
-import {calculateRoomVia} from "../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
 import {ChevronFace, ContextMenuButton, useContextMenu} from "./ContextMenu";
 import IconizedContextMenu, {
     IconizedContextMenuOption,
@@ -519,39 +517,6 @@ const SpaceSetupFirstRooms = ({ space, title, description, onFinished }) => {
 };
 
 const SpaceAddExistingRooms = ({ space, onFinished }) => {
-    const [selectedToAdd, setSelectedToAdd] = useState(new Set<Room>());
-
-    const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
-    const [error, setError] = useState("");
-
-    let onClick = onFinished;
-    let buttonLabel = _t("Skip for now");
-    if (selectedToAdd.size > 0) {
-        onClick = async () => {
-            setBusy(true);
-
-            for (const room of selectedToAdd) {
-                const via = calculateRoomVia(room);
-                try {
-                    await SpaceStore.instance.addRoomToSpace(space, room.roomId, via).catch(async e => {
-                        if (e.errcode === "M_LIMIT_EXCEEDED") {
-                            await sleep(e.data.retry_after_ms);
-                            return SpaceStore.instance.addRoomToSpace(space, room.roomId, via); // retry
-                        }
-
-                        throw e;
-                    });
-                } catch (e) {
-                    console.error("Failed to add rooms to space", e);
-                    setError(_t("Failed to add rooms to space"));
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            setBusy(false);
-        };
-        buttonLabel = busy ? _t("Adding...") : _t("Add");
-    }
-
     return <div>
         <h1>{ _t("What do you want to organise?") }</h1>
         <div className="mx_SpaceRoomView_description">
@@ -559,29 +524,18 @@ const SpaceAddExistingRooms = ({ space, onFinished }) => {
                 "no one will be informed. You can add more later.") }
         </div>
 
-        { error && <div className="mx_SpaceRoomView_errorText">{ error }</div> }
-
         <AddExistingToSpace
             space={space}
-            selected={selectedToAdd}
-            onChange={(checked, room) => {
-                if (checked) {
-                    selectedToAdd.add(room);
-                } else {
-                    selectedToAdd.delete(room);
-                }
-                setSelectedToAdd(new Set(selectedToAdd));
-            }}
+            emptySelectionButton={
+                <AccessibleButton kind="primary" onClick={onFinished}>
+                    { _t("Skip for now") }
+                </AccessibleButton>
+            }
+            onFinished={onFinished}
         />
 
         <div className="mx_SpaceRoomView_buttons">
-            <AccessibleButton
-                kind="primary"
-                disabled={busy}
-                onClick={onClick}
-            >
-                { buttonLabel }
-            </AccessibleButton>
+
         </div>
         <SpaceFeedbackPrompt />
     </div>;
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/AddExistingToSpaceDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/AddExistingToSpaceDialog.tsx
index 8ac68e99b7..c952614c9f 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/AddExistingToSpaceDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/AddExistingToSpaceDialog.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React, {useContext, useMemo, useState} from "react";
+import React, {ReactNode, useContext, useMemo, useState} from "react";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import {Room} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
 import {MatrixClient} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
@@ -58,14 +58,23 @@ const Entry = ({ room, checked, onChange }) => {
 
 interface IAddExistingToSpaceProps {
     space: Room;
-    selected: Set<Room>;
-    onChange(checked: boolean, room: Room): void;
+    footerPrompt?: ReactNode;
+    emptySelectionButton?: ReactNode;
+    onFinished(added: boolean): void;
 }
 
-export const AddExistingToSpace: React.FC<IAddExistingToSpaceProps> = ({ space, selected, onChange }) => {
+export const AddExistingToSpace: React.FC<IAddExistingToSpaceProps> = ({
+    space,
+    footerPrompt,
+    emptySelectionButton,
+    onFinished,
+}) => {
     const cli = useContext(MatrixClientContext);
     const visibleRooms = useMemo(() => sortRooms(cli.getVisibleRooms()), [cli]);
 
+    const [selectedToAdd, setSelectedToAdd] = useState(new Set<Room>());
+    const [progress, setProgress] = useState<number>(null);
+    const [error, setError] = useState<Error>(null);
     const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
     const lcQuery = query.toLowerCase();
 
@@ -93,120 +102,6 @@ export const AddExistingToSpace: React.FC<IAddExistingToSpaceProps> = ({ space,
         return arr;
     }, [[], [], []]);
 
-    return <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace">
-        <SearchBox
-            className="mx_textinput_icon mx_textinput_search"
-            placeholder={ _t("Filter your rooms and spaces") }
-            onSearch={setQuery}
-            autoComplete={true}
-            autoFocus={true}
-        />
-        <AutoHideScrollbar className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_content" id="mx_AddExistingToSpace">
-            { rooms.length > 0 ? (
-                <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_section">
-                    <h3>{ _t("Rooms") }</h3>
-                    { rooms.map(room => {
-                        return <Entry
-                            key={room.roomId}
-                            room={room}
-                            checked={selected.has(room)}
-                            onChange={onChange ? (checked) => {
-                                onChange(checked, room);
-                            } : null}
-                        />;
-                    }) }
-                </div>
-            ) : undefined }
-
-            { spaces.length > 0 ? (
-                <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_section mx_AddExistingToSpace_section_spaces">
-                    <h3>{ _t("Spaces") }</h3>
-                    <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_section_experimental">
-                        <div>{ _t("Feeling experimental?") }</div>
-                        <div>{ _t("You can add existing spaces to a space.") }</div>
-                    </div>
-                    { spaces.map(space => {
-                        return <Entry
-                            key={space.roomId}
-                            room={space}
-                            checked={selected.has(space)}
-                            onChange={onChange ? (checked) => {
-                                onChange(checked, space);
-                            } : null}
-                        />;
-                    }) }
-                </div>
-            ) : null }
-
-            { dms.length > 0 ? (
-                <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_section">
-                    <h3>{ _t("Direct Messages") }</h3>
-                    { dms.map(room => {
-                        return <Entry
-                            key={room.roomId}
-                            room={room}
-                            checked={selected.has(room)}
-                            onChange={onChange ? (checked) => {
-                                onChange(checked, room);
-                            } : null}
-                        />;
-                    }) }
-                </div>
-            ) : null }
-
-            { spaces.length + rooms.length + dms.length < 1 ? <span className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_noResults">
-                { _t("No results") }
-            </span> : undefined }
-        </AutoHideScrollbar>
-    </div>;
-};
-
-const AddExistingToSpaceDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ matrixClient: cli, space, onCreateRoomClick, onFinished }) => {
-    const [selectedSpace, setSelectedSpace] = useState(space);
-    const existingSubspaces = SpaceStore.instance.getChildSpaces(space.roomId);
-    const [selectedToAdd, setSelectedToAdd] = useState(new Set<Room>());
-
-    const [progress, setProgress] = useState<number>(null);
-    const [error, setError] = useState<Error>(null);
-
-    let spaceOptionSection;
-    if (existingSubspaces.length > 0) {
-        const options = [space, ...existingSubspaces].map((space) => {
-            const classes = classNames("mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_dropdownOption", {
-                mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_dropdownOptionActive: space === selectedSpace,
-            });
-            return <div key={space.roomId} className={classes}>
-                <RoomAvatar room={space} width={24} height={24} />
-                { space.name || getDisplayAliasForRoom(space) || space.roomId }
-            </div>;
-        });
-
-        spaceOptionSection = (
-            <Dropdown
-                id="mx_SpaceSelectDropdown"
-                onOptionChange={(key: string) => {
-                    setSelectedSpace(existingSubspaces.find(space => space.roomId === key) || space);
-                }}
-                value={selectedSpace.roomId}
-                label={_t("Space selection")}
-            >
-                { options }
-            </Dropdown>
-        );
-    } else {
-        spaceOptionSection = <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_onlySpace">
-            { space.name || getDisplayAliasForRoom(space) || space.roomId }
-        </div>;
-    }
-
-    const title = <React.Fragment>
-        <RoomAvatar room={selectedSpace} height={40} width={40} />
-        <div>
-            <h1>{ _t("Add existing rooms") }</h1>
-            { spaceOptionSection }
-        </div>
-    </React.Fragment>;
-
     const addRooms = async () => {
         setError(null);
         setProgress(0);
@@ -269,20 +164,145 @@ const AddExistingToSpaceDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ matrixClient: cli, space,
             </div>
         </span>;
     } else {
+        let button = emptySelectionButton;
+        if (!button || selectedToAdd.size > 0) {
+            button = <AccessibleButton kind="primary" disabled={selectedToAdd.size < 1} onClick={addRooms}>
+                { _t("Add") }
+            </AccessibleButton>;
+        }
+
         footer = <>
             <span>
-                <div>{ _t("Want to add a new room instead?") }</div>
-                <AccessibleButton onClick={() => onCreateRoomClick(cli, space)} kind="link">
-                    { _t("Create a new room") }
-                </AccessibleButton>
+                { footerPrompt }
             </span>
 
-            <AccessibleButton kind="primary" disabled={selectedToAdd.size < 1} onClick={addRooms}>
-                { _t("Add") }
-            </AccessibleButton>
+            { button }
         </>;
     }
 
+    const onChange = !busy && !error ? (checked, room) => {
+        if (checked) {
+            selectedToAdd.add(room);
+        } else {
+            selectedToAdd.delete(room);
+        }
+        setSelectedToAdd(new Set(selectedToAdd));
+    } : null;
+
+    return <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace">
+        <SearchBox
+            className="mx_textinput_icon mx_textinput_search"
+            placeholder={ _t("Filter your rooms and spaces") }
+            onSearch={setQuery}
+            autoComplete={true}
+            autoFocus={true}
+        />
+        <AutoHideScrollbar className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_content" id="mx_AddExistingToSpace">
+            { rooms.length > 0 ? (
+                <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_section">
+                    <h3>{ _t("Rooms") }</h3>
+                    { rooms.map(room => {
+                        return <Entry
+                            key={room.roomId}
+                            room={room}
+                            checked={selectedToAdd.has(room)}
+                            onChange={onChange ? (checked) => {
+                                onChange(checked, room);
+                            } : null}
+                        />;
+                    }) }
+                </div>
+            ) : undefined }
+
+            { spaces.length > 0 ? (
+                <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_section mx_AddExistingToSpace_section_spaces">
+                    <h3>{ _t("Spaces") }</h3>
+                    <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_section_experimental">
+                        <div>{ _t("Feeling experimental?") }</div>
+                        <div>{ _t("You can add existing spaces to a space.") }</div>
+                    </div>
+                    { spaces.map(space => {
+                        return <Entry
+                            key={space.roomId}
+                            room={space}
+                            checked={selectedToAdd.has(space)}
+                            onChange={onChange ? (checked) => {
+                                onChange(checked, space);
+                            } : null}
+                        />;
+                    }) }
+                </div>
+            ) : null }
+
+            { dms.length > 0 ? (
+                <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_section">
+                    <h3>{ _t("Direct Messages") }</h3>
+                    { dms.map(room => {
+                        return <Entry
+                            key={room.roomId}
+                            room={room}
+                            checked={selectedToAdd.has(room)}
+                            onChange={onChange ? (checked) => {
+                                onChange(checked, room);
+                            } : null}
+                        />;
+                    }) }
+                </div>
+            ) : null }
+
+            { spaces.length + rooms.length + dms.length < 1 ? <span className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_noResults">
+                { _t("No results") }
+            </span> : undefined }
+        </AutoHideScrollbar>
+
+        <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpace_footer">
+            { footer }
+        </div>
+    </div>;
+};
+
+const AddExistingToSpaceDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ matrixClient: cli, space, onCreateRoomClick, onFinished }) => {
+    const [selectedSpace, setSelectedSpace] = useState(space);
+    const existingSubspaces = SpaceStore.instance.getChildSpaces(space.roomId);
+
+    let spaceOptionSection;
+    if (existingSubspaces.length > 0) {
+        const options = [space, ...existingSubspaces].map((space) => {
+            const classes = classNames("mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_dropdownOption", {
+                mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_dropdownOptionActive: space === selectedSpace,
+            });
+            return <div key={space.roomId} className={classes}>
+                <RoomAvatar room={space} width={24} height={24} />
+                { space.name || getDisplayAliasForRoom(space) || space.roomId }
+            </div>;
+        });
+
+        spaceOptionSection = (
+            <Dropdown
+                id="mx_SpaceSelectDropdown"
+                onOptionChange={(key: string) => {
+                    setSelectedSpace(existingSubspaces.find(space => space.roomId === key) || space);
+                }}
+                value={selectedSpace.roomId}
+                label={_t("Space selection")}
+            >
+                { options }
+            </Dropdown>
+        );
+    } else {
+        spaceOptionSection = <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_onlySpace">
+            { space.name || getDisplayAliasForRoom(space) || space.roomId }
+        </div>;
+    }
+
+    const title = <React.Fragment>
+        <RoomAvatar room={selectedSpace} height={40} width={40} />
+        <div>
+            <h1>{ _t("Add existing rooms") }</h1>
+            { spaceOptionSection }
+        </div>
+    </React.Fragment>;
+
     return <BaseDialog
         title={title}
         className="mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog"
@@ -293,21 +313,16 @@ const AddExistingToSpaceDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ matrixClient: cli, space,
         <MatrixClientContext.Provider value={cli}>
             <AddExistingToSpace
                 space={space}
-                selected={selectedToAdd}
-                onChange={!busy && !error ? (checked, room) => {
-                    if (checked) {
-                        selectedToAdd.add(room);
-                    } else {
-                        selectedToAdd.delete(room);
-                    }
-                    setSelectedToAdd(new Set(selectedToAdd));
-                } : null}
+                onFinished={onFinished}
+                footerPrompt={<>
+                    <div>{ _t("Want to add a new room instead?") }</div>
+                    <AccessibleButton onClick={() => onCreateRoomClick(cli, space)} kind="link">
+                        { _t("Create a new room") }
+                    </AccessibleButton>
+                </>}
             />
         </MatrixClientContext.Provider>
 
-        <div className="mx_AddExistingToSpaceDialog_footer">
-            { footer }
-        </div>
         <SpaceFeedbackPrompt onClick={() => onFinished(false)} />
     </BaseDialog>;
 };
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index c2176d79a8..7e54c69128 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -2033,15 +2033,15 @@
     "Add a new server...": "Add a new server...",
     "%(networkName)s rooms": "%(networkName)s rooms",
     "Matrix rooms": "Matrix rooms",
+    "Not all selected were added": "Not all selected were added",
+    "Adding rooms... (%(progress)s out of %(count)s)|other": "Adding rooms... (%(progress)s out of %(count)s)",
+    "Adding rooms... (%(progress)s out of %(count)s)|one": "Adding room...",
     "Filter your rooms and spaces": "Filter your rooms and spaces",
     "Feeling experimental?": "Feeling experimental?",
     "You can add existing spaces to a space.": "You can add existing spaces to a space.",
     "Direct Messages": "Direct Messages",
     "Space selection": "Space selection",
     "Add existing rooms": "Add existing rooms",
-    "Not all selected were added": "Not all selected were added",
-    "Adding rooms... (%(progress)s out of %(count)s)|other": "Adding rooms... (%(progress)s out of %(count)s)",
-    "Adding rooms... (%(progress)s out of %(count)s)|one": "Adding room...",
     "Want to add a new room instead?": "Want to add a new room instead?",
     "Create a new room": "Create a new room",
     "Matrix ID": "Matrix ID",
@@ -2704,8 +2704,6 @@
     "Failed to create initial space rooms": "Failed to create initial space rooms",
     "Skip for now": "Skip for now",
     "Creating rooms...": "Creating rooms...",
-    "Failed to add rooms to space": "Failed to add rooms to space",
-    "Adding...": "Adding...",
     "What do you want to organise?": "What do you want to organise?",
     "Pick rooms or conversations to add. This is just a space for you, no one will be informed. You can add more later.": "Pick rooms or conversations to add. This is just a space for you, no one will be informed. You can add more later.",
     "Share %(name)s": "Share %(name)s",