A good office move is invisible to your customers. The secret is planning the relocation around your business hours, not the other way around.
Start with a walkthrough
Before anything is packed, map the new space. Know where each team sits, where the server room goes, and which furniture is moving versus being replaced. A floor plan saves hours on move day.
Week-by-week
- 3–4 weeks out: assign a move coordinator, confirm the new floor plan, and book an after-hours move window.
- 2 weeks out: order any new furniture; label desks and zones by color.
- 1 week out: have staff pack personal items; back up and prepare IT.
- Move night: we relocate overnight or across the weekend.
- Monday: everyone walks into a working office.
Pack monitors and towers in proper materials and label every cable by workstation. That one habit is the difference between plugging back in by 9am and a lost morning.
Keep your team productive
- Move outside business hours so no one stops working.
- Color-code boxes by department for fast unpacking.
- Set up the most critical desks and the server room first.
The goal is simple: close at one address on Friday, open at the next on Monday.
Tell your team early
The smoothest office moves start with communication. Give staff two weeks notice, assign a coordinator, and send a simple one-page guide on how to label and pack their own desks. People moving their own personal items saves hours of crew time and avoids lost belongings.
By the numbers
Key takeaways
- Move outside business hours so the team never stops
- Color-code boxes by department for fast setup
- Label IT cables by workstation for a quick plug-back-in
- Set up the server room and key desks first
Planning an office move?
We move evenings and weekends so your team opens on Monday like nothing happened.
