Insights
Moving Your Office Without Losing Trade
The practical steps that keep revenue flowing when the office is moving.
Office moves cost money in lost revenue, not just in the removal bill. A 20-person business losing two days of work loses far more in wages than it will ever save on the removal itself. Cut the downtime and you save more than any discount on the move.
Pre-move: plan for 8 weeks
Weeks 8 to 6: lease signed, floor plan drafted, IT assessment.
Weeks 6 to 4: vendor selection (removal firm, IT installer, cleaner), parking and access arrangements, staff communication plan.
Weeks 4 to 2: inventory, labelling, desk kits distributed.
Weeks 2 to 0: rehearsals, final floor plan, move-day crew brief.
Move weekend (Friday evening to Monday 8am)
Friday 5pm: staff leave, keys checked, packing starts.
Friday 8pm to Saturday 2am: loading.
Saturday 8am to Sunday 4pm: delivery, unloading, placement, IT setup.
Sunday 4pm to 8pm: cleaners and final walk-through.
Monday 7am: key managers in early to catch any issues.
Monday 9am: full staff arrive, shouldn't notice the difference.
What we handle
Packing crates delivered week-before.
Crew of 4 to 8 depending on size.
Vehicles scaled to single-weekend volume.
Furniture placement based on signed-off floor plan.
What's on you
Lease, comms, IT contractors, cleaners, insurance for the new space.
Minimum viable move
For small businesses (under 10 people), the whole above process compresses into a week. Happy to walk you through it.
More from the blog
Keep reading
Do You Tip Removal Men? Our Honest Answer
Tipping removal men is not expected in the UK, and our written quote is the whole price. Our honest position, and what helps a crew far more than cash.
Read →Moving House in the Rain: Why We Never Move the Date
Completion dates do not check the forecast. What our Dorset crew changes when it rains on moving day, and why we have never moved a customer's date.
Read →Moving Out of a Rented House Is Tighter, Not Smaller
Fewer boxes does not make a tenancy move easier. It makes it tighter. Our view on fixed hand-back dates, check-out reports and the gap between tenancies.
Read →Free fixed quote
Like the sound of us?
Tell us where you are moving from and to. We fix the price in writing before move day, after a quick phone call, video walk-through or free in-person survey.