Tips for Packing Your Office

We are more than happy to offer packing services to you, but if you decide that you would rather pack some of your office yourself, here are some tips and guidelines that our business customers have found useful over the years. 

1)      You should work with our Office Moving Specialists to label each item, furniture and boxes, with the precise location in your new office that it will be moving to

2)      Horizontal filing cabinets need to be emptied with their contents boxed so that they can be moved.  Vertical filing cabinets can be moved with their contents intact unless they need to be moved down or up stairs at which point all but the bottom two drawers must be empty

3)      Desks should be emptied for the protection of the desk

4)      Other pieces of furniture (e.g. credenzas) should be emptied

5)      Make sure that all loose items are boxed and labeled with where they need to go in the new office 

6)      Make sure that items are packed in appropriate boxes for example, breakable items should be placed in dishpacks surrounded by newsprint while books and files should be put in the small ‘book cartons’ so that these heavy items can be easily moved both by our movers and by your staff at the new location

7)      In order to protect your files and furniture from water damage it is important NOT to water your plants for at least 3 days before your move

8)      Please make sure that any furniture that needs to be disassembled is ready and that furniture is unbolted from the wall.  If you want us to disassemble furniture or unbolt furniture, please give us advance notice so that we can plan accordingly

9)      If there is any furniture that will not fit through doors and cannot be disassembled please give us at least 3 days advance notice so that we can make arrangements to hoist those pieces or make other suitable plans for that item

10)  If there are elevators in the building you are moving from or the building you are moving to, please reserve those elevators for us on the day of your move.  This will make the move significantly faster and less expensive for you.  If these elevators cannot be reserved, please contact us so that we can make plans to accommodate that

We understand how important your data, your paperwork, and your time are.  We will work with you from the very minute you contact us through the time the move is completed to ensure that all your expectations from a mover are met and exceeded.  It is our business to serve your business and conduct the preparation and planning to ensure that your move is completed quickly and right.