Deciding whether you should clear your office yourself or bring in the professionals? This blog post outlines six reasons you should consider an office clearance service and highlights some of the issues with doing it yourself or your staff.

Saves time

Using an office clearance service can save you time because you and your employees are not clearing the office. Instead, you and your team will be able to concentrate on the tasks you deal with day in day out.

Efficient solution

Clearing the office can be viewed as a team-building exercise for companies that feel they would save money. Regardless of the number of employees that you could get involved with, there could be problems:

  • limited spatial awareness
  • inability to carry heavy furniture
  • poor practical skills to dismantle furniture
  • unable to use all the space in the van

All of these potential issues can slow the process down. Professionals do it every day and know how long it takes and what to carry and load the van first to use all the space.

Saves money

There are two aspects to saving money. Firstly, calculating the time it would take staff to clear it and distribute it to recycling centres and local community-based organisations. Secondly, the cost of van hire and fuel. Once you have this figure and compare it to a quote from a removal company like ourselves, it is often cheaper because an office is cleared more efficiently and have the local contacts or storage space.

Conveniently eco-friendly

Businesses typically like to pass their office furniture to local charities and community groups, but it takes a considerable amount of time to organise it. A professional office clearance service already has these contacts, so they simply clear your office and store it on their site until another organisation requires it. If it is not possible to pass on as second hand, then it is dismantled for appropriate recycling.

No staff injuries

Going back to the idea of a team-building exercise, there is always the risk of staff injuries, especially if they have not been trained to move heavy items. This could cause you additional issues and lost time to recover from injuries. Professional office clearance companies have their operatives fully trained to deal with all sorts of furniture to reduce injury and get the job done.

Less damage

If you intend to reuse your office furniture in a new office, you will likely want the furniture to arrive in working condition. Using staff to dismantle, move, transport and assemble can increase the risk of being unable to use the furniture again. Professionals with lots of experience can carefully dismantle furniture, carefully manoeuvre it through doors, corridors, lifts and staircases, and assemble it, so it is ready to use again.