How to Choose an Office Moving Company: 8 Questions to Ask
Choosing an office moving company on price alone is the most common cause of move-day problems. These eight questions surface the differences that actually predict a smooth move.
The 8 questions
1. Do you handle IT equipment (servers, network gear) directly, or subcontract it? Subcontracted IT handling adds a coordination layer that can go wrong on move day.
2. What insurance/liability cover applies to office equipment specifically, not just standard goods-in-transit cover?
3. Can you work out-of-hours or over a weekend, and does that change the crew size or price?
4. How do you handle specialist items -- safes, server racks, large-format printers, archive shelving?
5. Will you provide a single project manager as one point of contact, or a different crew lead per day?
6. What is your process if the new site's lift or loading dock booking falls through on move day?
7. Can you provide references from office moves of a similar size and IT complexity to ours, not just residential moves?
8. How do you handle disposal or donation of furniture that is not moving to the new site?
Why price alone is a poor filter
Two quotes for the same square-metre count can differ by a large margin because one assumes a flexible weekday timeline and the other has priced a strict weekend deadline with penalty clauses. Asking these questions before comparing price numbers avoids comparing quotes that were never for the same job.