You’re moving your office to bigger digs…that’s awesome! Relocating your business is a big deal. But if not handled right, it can lead to multiple headaches and cause you severe inconvenience and unnecessary expenses. Imagine digging for a client file in a huge box, labeled – ‘Documents’. The panic alone would throw anyone in a tizzy! That is why we have listed for you 4 best tips to save money and your sanity on your office relocation.
First off, here is a list of the main cost items in a business move:
- Clearance of your old office
- IT
- Fitout
- Project management
- Appliances and fixtures
- Interior decor
- Removals
- Furniture
And here are 4 tips to cut expenses on them:
1. Ask your landlord for a contribution.
If you negotiate smartly, your landlord could end up paying for your flooring, or any part of a fitout. Or he might just shell out for a decent lump sum for the total fitout. Include this in your lease negotiation talks.
2. Go for DIY.
Get all your employees involved and run the first phase of interior design internally. Have a 
‘wailing wall’ for the staff to put up post-its with their likes and dislikes about your old office. Make one competent employee your project manager and let her oversee this move. This could lead to bigger projects for her based on an exceptional display of skills. Let the staff pack their own boxes but do put a limit on the amount that can be taken to your new office. This cuts removals costs as well as limits junk spoiling the clean look of your new business location.
3. Remanufacture to save big on furniture.
Bring your worn furniture to life with remanufacturing and cut major costs on buying new furniture. Plus, this is highly eco-friendly as getting new furniture leaves a significant carbon footprint behind.
4. Hiring an Office Removalist Team
Let’s face it – office relocation is a big move. A professional office mover team could swoop in and do everything – from safely packing your items to moving and unloading, without the fear of an employee getting a tear on your priceless auction-won painting due to moving day frenzy. Visit www.melbourneofficemovers.com.au/perthofficeremovalists.html for more info.
But be smart about it. Hire a professional moving company with an onsite estimate, not an online or on-call one!