Office Relocation Servicesin Christchurch and New Zealand Wide

Most commercial buildings in New Zealand require a Certificate of Insurance before movers are allowed access. If your moving company cannot provide one, building management can legally stop the move.

We carry COI documentation that meets standard building requirements in Christchurch.

We Label by Destination

Most movers label boxes by team name. Marketing. Finance. Operations. That tells a mover nothing. They arrive with a truck full of boxes and no idea which floor, room, or desk anything belongs to.

If you have a floor plan of the new space, send it to us before moving day. We print copies for every mover so they can navigate the building without being directed the whole time.

We Do Not Subcontract

Some moving companies take your booking and hand the job to a different crew entirely. The people who show up are untrained and unaccountable.

At We Move:

• Our staff handles every job we book
• No third party crews, ever
• The people you book are the people who show up.

All our trucks hold a current Certificate of Fitness issued by Waka Kotahi NZTA.

What Needs to Happen Before We Arrive

A few things catch people off guard during office moves:

Do a purge before you pack

The worst thing you can do is move everything. Archive rooms collect years of files, old equipment, and furniture nobody uses anymore. Moving it costs money and it fills the new space with junk.

•  Bring shredding bins in early so people clear paper gradually, not the night before
• Set up a donation area for furniture and equipment nobody wants at the new location
•  Clear archive and storage rooms first. They always take longer than expected.

The accounting firm we moved kept only 6 boxes of paper in the end. Every other file was already on a computer. Nobody had bothered throwing old copies out.

Employees pack their own desks

Laptops, personal items, and anything from desk drawers should go with the employee. Not in a moving crate.

If a personal item goes into a moving crate and gets lost or damaged, there is little anyone can do about it. Have each person take their belongings directly.

Give each employee a labelled crate for office items staying with the company. Everything else is their responsibility to carry.

IT has its own timeline

The IT setup at the new office needs to be planned separately from the physical move. This is where most office moves lose hours on day one.

• Internet.  Connected and tested before people arrive. Not in progress.
• WiFi.  Confirmed working the night before move day.
• Server room.  Shutdown and startup windows agreed in writing before the move.
• AV equipment.  Set up last. After everything else is in place.

We coordinate our timing with your IT team so equipment is staged correctly, protected during transport, and accessible when they need it at the new location.

Avoid Figuring This Out the Hard Way. 

The first morning at the new office sets the tone for everyone in the company.

If people arrive and WiFi is not working, signage does not exist, and nobody knows where to sit, it feels like a disaster even if the physical move went perfectly.

What to Ask Any Moving Company

Not all office movers operate the same way. Before you book anyone, get clear answers to these four things.

• Do you carry a COI for building access?  Without it, some buildings will not let movers in.
• Is your quote fixed or hourly?  Hourly quotes can change significantly on the day.
• Are the movers your own staff?  Subcontracted crews are not trained the same way.
• Does your quote include cleanup?  Movers leave packaging behind if you do not ask.

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