Where to Start Before Having a Commercial Relocation

Getting into business is a challenging journey. We have lots of factors to manage such as products to sell, targeted market, qualified people to hire and most importantly, the location. All these factors carry significant roles in securing the future of your businesses. And if one fails to provide their expected value, the stability of the company will be left at stake. One of the factors is the location; it plays a rather major part in all of these. After all, it will be the centre of the company’s production and executive functions. If not chosen well, it may lead to slow growth, or worse—bring the company to its imminent failure. Thus evidently, most commercial relocation nowadays is motivated or driven by the hope of getting a better location for business. Especially if the old place is already failing to provide its expected value.
Before you make a decision on whether you will actually proceed with your move or not, do the necessary research and consider all factors first before concluding your next course of actions. Alternatively, it will be better, if you can make some sort of pre-move simulations to help get your head around the idea and finally see whether it’s going to work or not. This article should guide you in doing this. Here are:

10 Considerations Before You Make a Decision whether You Should Move or Not

1. List Your Reasons to do Commercial Relocation

Defining your quid pro quo for the move will help you greatly in making the final decision. Because once you know the main advantage of this endeavour, you will be able to weigh them accordingly to the cons associated with the relocation. For example, if your main aim is the market potential of your relocation site (provided that you actually did your research), then it will outweigh the inconvenience that the interim will bring to your enterprise as a whole. Of course, that will greatly depend on your actual situation too.
Moreover, these reasons that you will be listing will stand as the main motivator for you and your company. If you see that much promise for the future of your company then if you do this, then by all means, start packing! Likewise, if the reasons for your move is not that much, then you can reconsider your options again. The bottom line is that, if you will do this, then make sure you have a good reason to.

2. Assess Which Employees to Take with You and Help on the Move

You may disregard this step if you are not planning to move far. But if you are moving interstate or you plan to go to the next city, where you will have to relocate your employees along with, then you will have to decide early on who are you taking with you. Because, on top of everything, you will have to consider the change that your commercial relocation will bring to your employees’ lives. For example, if right now, your company’s location is just a walking distance from their home, surely, it will not be the same case after you moved—that and every other inconvenience that will have to bear if ever they go with you.
So, make a list of every employee that you would want to go with you early on. And tailor a relocation program that will entice them to support your plan and cooperate on the move. Consider accessibility, accommodation and pay increase (if needed). I know right? Relocation programs are really expensive.
But remember! You are only doing a draft list here, no one else should have access to this list but you. Because your main goals in doing this are only the following:

1. Identify the most valuable employees that you can’t afford to lose in the process.
2. Determine if you can actually afford to relocate them.
3. Decide whether commercial relocation is worth it for you.

Furthermore, the people on your list will be helping you in the moving process. So, its also important to consider whether you can rely on them or not.

3. Set Your Goals

The goals that we are referring to here are the milestones that you will target as the process unfold. For example, one goal could be to maximise your budget for the removals, by making sure that you get an accurate quote as early as possible. Goals in commercial relocation are future-oriented, these are things that you want to happen and not things that is already existent such as the reasons that you will list in step one. These goals could include:
- to end up in the suitable space
- elude business disruption
-  move on schedule
- relocate within cost
- get your employees to be satisfied and adjust quickly to the new place.

4. Enquire About Location and Canvass the Area for a Potential Office

In commercial relocation, finding a new location matters the most. This should be one of your primary focus, being the leader of your enterprise. Keeping a business relocation checklist with you will help you decide better.
Consider and imagine how much space do you need. Don't be afraid to ask experts about it. They can help you decide what are the things you need to consider in looking for a new commercial. Then, determine your budget. This is an important factor too so look into it. Regardless whether you are going to rent or buy a new commercial, don't forget to allocate an extra budget (e.g. for insurance, maintenance and utilities).

5. Draft Some Office Layout with a Designer

Thinking of ideas on how your new place should look like needs lots of time and effort. Like doing puzzles, you have to be patient in putting pieces of images and figure out where they fit and look on some that are still not in place. Asking help from experts to make your ideas put into a layout is necessary so you can see the outline clearly. You can also ask your employees' ideas to contribute on your commercial move.

6. Meet with the Team and Hear Them Out

Moving your commercial can bring excitement and can generally be considered as a positive step for your business. This is going to be a huge step for you and your employees as well. Likewise, commercial relocation may also bring uneasiness to your employees which can affect your business as well. Therefore, you have to let them know ahead of time about the idea of moving and hear their side. You have to be honest and be open for possible complaints or suggestions that you're going to receive. As much as you can, give them updates or developments about your plan and assure them that they are part of the planning along the way.
But then, be sure to make them understand that nothing is final yet. That you will still have to make the final decision and you’ll let them know once you did.

7. Finalise the Office Design

Having informed your team of your plan. It will be a great idea to engage them in doing significant tasks for the move such as finalising an office design draft. Surely, this should add optimism in your move. Because they will get an opportunity to request amenities that do not exist in your present location.

8. Plan Out and Simulate the Move

Making an evaluation for your commercial moving can help you point out risks and possible problems. So, practising as if you already decided to move to the new location will help you see if your plan is going to be effective. This is a good time as well to make changes to your plan if necessary.

9. Fill in the details of your plan

Getting done with making the plan can be satisfying once the whole picture is completed. In the same way, you have to consider other matters to have a smooth commercial move, such as acquiring professional relocation service, storage for your items, hiring commercial removalists, etc.

10. Make the Final Decision

When you’re finally done with evaluations whether you do commercial move or not, it's about time to make the final decision. You can now put your plans into action and apply what we have learned and discussed. This may take lots of time but it will be all worth it.

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