Office relocation planning guide
Your step-by-step guide to the hows, whats and wheres of the moving office process!
If, like most, you haven’t any prior experience of moving office it can be a mammoth task. But thankfully, Help Moving Office is here with free Moving Office Checklists, Office Relocation Tips and How-to guides to see your corporate relocation through its transition with ease.
Bringing together the right people to oversee your office move is an essential part of an office relocation and you should choose reputable professionals to assist with your office removals, company fit-out, property consultancy, legal assistance and IT support. Next up, you need to prepare your costing for the move and analyse the various areas of expenditure. Although we can provide you with a Moving Office Budget Template as a guideline for your financial planning, every office move is different so it is crucial that every business tailors their budget to their specific needs to ensure their figures are accurate.
Time planning is the next major step and you should draw up a checklist as soon as your company is settled on the idea of an office move. In general, a business move will take anywhere between 4 to 18 months. This allows sufficient time for locating and viewing your prospective offices, commercial lease negotiations, and conveyancing work. Arranging your IT and telecoms relocation and setting up new phone and IT operations can be time consuming but is a vital stage in establishing your business communications network in your new office. Fitting out your new office can take 4-8 weeks and the move itself another 2-4 weeks of planning, so make sure follow a relocation plan to make sure you are on top of your moving tasks.
