Office Removals in London
Your staff need to switch off on Friday and find their desk, their screen and their chair waiting on Monday. That takes a plan, and the plan is most of the job.
- Evening and weekend moves
- Desk and IT labelling
- Furniture rebuilt to plan
- Old furniture cleared
An office removal with Jack Removals is planned around your business rather than our diary. We survey both premises, agree a floor plan for the new space, label every desk, crate and screen to match it, and move out of hours if that keeps your team working. Building managers, goods lifts and loading bays are booked ahead. When we leave, desks are where the plan says, chairs are at them, and the old office is empty.
Planning an office move around the working week
Commercial buildings in London have rules. Many only let removal crews use the goods lift outside trading hours, and the loading bay has to be booked with the facilities team. We find out what both buildings ask for, then build the move around it. For most offices that means packing during the week, moving on an evening or a weekend, and unpacking before staff come back in.
We agree one contact on your side who can make decisions, and you get one on ours. If you are moving in stages, say one department first, we plan each stage as its own small move so nobody is left without a desk while the rest of the floor is in crates. Leases, dilapidations and the date the old landlord wants the keys back all go into the plan from the start.
Labelling desks, screens and IT
Every item gets a label that matches a number on the new floor plan: desk, pedestal, chair, monitor, and the crate holding that person's things. The crew does not need to know who sits where. They just match the label to the plan. Cables are bagged with the screen they belong to so nobody is hunting for a power lead on Monday.
Your IT team or provider should shut down and disconnect servers, network kit and phone systems, and reconnect them at the other end. We wrap and crate the hardware, move it, and place it where they want it. If you have no in-house IT, tell us at the survey and we will build the move around your provider's availability.
Secure disposal of furniture and files
Moves are a good time to stop paying to keep what nobody uses. We can clear old desks, chairs and cabinets you are not taking, send reusable furniture for reuse or recycling where possible, and arrange for confidential paper to be shredded by a licensed contractor. Ask for a certificate of destruction for your records. Old computers and other electrical waste have their own disposal rules, so we arrange that through a specialist rather than a skip.
What an office move includes
-
Survey of both premises
We check lifts, loading bays, building rules and the new layout before we quote.
-
A labelled floor plan
Every desk, screen and crate is numbered to match a position in the new office.
-
Out-of-hours moving
Evening and weekend moves so the working week carries on as normal.
-
Crates instead of boxes
Reusable crates for desk contents. They stack better and leave less waste to clear.
-
Furniture rebuilt to plan
Desks, pedestals and storage units taken apart, moved and put back together in position.
-
Clearance of what stays behind
Unwanted furniture, confidential paper and old electricals cleared through the right channels.
What affects the cost of office removals
We do not publish prices, because no two jobs are the same. Your written quote is worked out from these things:
- The number of workstations and the amount of storage
- Building access, goods lift rules and loading bay times
- Moving out of hours or across several stages
- IT hardware that needs crating
- Furniture that needs taking apart and rebuilding
- Clearance and secure disposal of what you leave behind
Office Removals questions
Your IT team or provider, ideally. They know your network and they are responsible for it working. Our job is to pack, move and place the hardware safely. If your provider will be on site at the new office when we arrive, we unload the IT first so they can get started while the crew deals with furniture.
Yes. Staged moves suit offices that cannot close at all, or that are moving into a fit-out that is not finished. Each stage gets its own labels, plan and date. It usually costs more in total than moving everything in one go, because the crew and van come out more than once, but it can save far more in lost working time.
Usually, yes. Most managed buildings want proof of insurance, a method statement and sometimes a risk assessment before they let a removal crew use the goods lift. They also need to know the date and time. Give us the facilities contact for both buildings and we will send them what they need directly.
Yes, and the same planning applies at a smaller scale. A few desks, a printer and a filing cabinet can often go in one van, and if the building allows it, during a quiet afternoon rather than a weekend. Tell us what you have when you ask for a quote and we will say whether an office move or a man and van suits it better.
We can take it away. Good-condition desks and chairs can often go for reuse or to a recycling partner. Damaged items go for recycling where the materials allow. We list what is leaving on the quote so there is no argument on the day about whether a cabinet was meant to come with you or not.
Related services
Ready to get a quote?
Tell us what you are moving and where. We will come back promptly with a written quote, and there is no obligation to book.