Office & commercial

Office and commercial removalists in Brisbane

SwiftMove helps businesses plan office and larger commercial relocations around their inventory, access and operating schedule. Tell us about workstations, furniture, stored contents and equipment, together with the time available at each address.

We assess the job before confirming the crew, vehicles and pricing structure. Most office moves are quoted as a fixed price in writing for the agreed scope, because a business needs a number it can put in a budget and sign off.

  • Fixed price for the agreed scope, in writing
  • After-hours, weekend and staged multi-day work
  • Labelled and rebuilt to your floor plan
  • One contact, and it's an owner
Office desks, chairs and packed boxes being loaded into a SwiftMove truck on a Brisbane commercial move

How a SwiftMove office move actually runs

  • We assess the job before we quote

    The inventory, the lift, the dock, the door widths and the parking, from photos, a video walkthrough or a site visit where the scope is uncertain. A commercial quote given off a one-line description is a guess, and guesses get revised on the day, in front of your staff.

  • Labelled by where it lands, not where it came from

    Every crate, monitor, chair and pedestal is tagged with its destination room at the new address. Nothing is stacked in a corridor for somebody to sort out on Monday morning.

  • Your IT does the cabling, we move the hardware

    We don't decommission servers or touch network cabling. We move racks, screens and workstations, and we work in around whoever is doing the IT side so neither of us is waiting on the other.

  • Booked around your trading hours

    Friday evening through Sunday afternoon is the usual shape for a small office. Overnight, public-holiday and staged multi-day work is discussed around availability.

  • Put back the way the floor plan says

    Send us the seating plan and the desks go back where it says they go. Your team sits down on Monday instead of hunting for a monitor arm.

  • One point of contact, and it's an owner

    You get a mobile number, not a job reference. When the dock booking changes at four o'clock on Friday, you're calling the person who can change the crew.

What size office move is this?

Every one of these is quoted as a fixed sum after a site visit. The shapes below are what those jobs usually look like.

Under 15 desks

Normally one weekend day with two or three movers. Small enough that a Saturday move has you trading again on Monday with a day in hand.

Most common

15–60 desks

Typically Friday evening through Sunday, staged floor by floor so nothing is left unattended in a lobby and the dock is only booked for the windows we actually need it.

Staged and multi-day

Warehouses, larger sites, several floors, or a phased move across several days. Quoted as a schedule with the crew and trucks the load needs; our largest so far ran seven days with two trucks and five people.

A fixed price covers the inventory, access and schedule agreed in writing. If that scope runs longer than we estimated, that is our problem. Extra items or materially different access are discussed before additional work proceeds.

Illustration of movers relocating desks and equipment in a bright office

Why we won't quote an office off a one-line description

A house move is predictable enough to price from a few questions. An office is not. The things that decide how long it takes — whether the lift is a goods lift or the one the tenants use, whether the dock takes a 10-tonne truck, whether the desks are bolted together or clipped — are things nobody knows off the top of their head.

So we assess the job, from photos and a walkthrough or a site visit where the volume or access is uncertain, and then you get one number in writing. That is also what makes an after-hours move possible to plan: we already know how long the load takes, so we know whether it fits in the window your lease and your building manager will actually give us.

Discuss who will arrange lift or loading-bay reservations and who is responsible for disconnecting and reconnecting IT equipment. Moving hardware does not mean managing a network migration. We confirm SwiftMove's part in the job rather than assuming every specialist task is included.

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Staged and multi day business moves

Some relocations cannot sensibly be treated as one truck visit. A business may need to move a warehouse, a large stored inventory or different parts of an operation across several days. SwiftMove can discuss a staged schedule and the resources required for that work.

One completed project involved relocating an Australian film company from Albion to central Brisbane over seven days, using two trucks and a five-person team. The load included filming equipment, props, dismantlable set structures, furniture and warehouse contents. Read the full account of the project for its scale and constraints.

Provide the inventory, pickup and delivery locations, available dates, access arrangements and any requirement to keep part of the business operating. A closer assessment may be needed where the volume, heavy items or access remain uncertain. If the destination is the city centre, see our notes on moving in central Brisbane.

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Questions we get about this, specifically

Can you handle a relocation that lasts several days?

Yes. Our experience includes a seven-day film-company relocation in Brisbane. Your project needs its own assessment of volume, access, dates and crew requirements; the earlier job is an example of experience, not a standard package.

Can you move our office outside business hours?

Yes, and it's how most smaller commercial jobs are done. Friday evening through Sunday is the usual shape, and overnight or public-holiday work is discussed around availability. After-hours or staged work reduces the disruption; it does not mean every relocation is completed with none.

How much notice do you need for an office move?

Four weeks is comfortable for a small office, and longer for multi-floor sites or anything with specialised equipment. That is less about our calendar than yours: internet and phone services at the new address, building inductions and dock bookings all have lead times of their own.

How is a commercial move priced?

Usually as a fixed price agreed in writing before the day, after we have assessed the inventory, access and schedule. The quote identifies the work, resources and timing being agreed; extra items or materially different access are discussed before additional work proceeds.

Do you move server racks and IT equipment?

We move the hardware — racks, screens, workstations and printers. We do not decommission servers or touch network cabling, so plan for your IT provider to disconnect at one end and reconnect at the other. We schedule around them.

Who handles the lift booking and loading dock access?

We agree that with you before the day. Tell us what each building requires on lift bookings, dock windows and body-corporate notice, and who manages it, and we confirm SwiftMove's part. It is the single most common reason an office move runs late when nobody does it.

Is our office equipment insured while you're moving it?

We carry carrier's liability insurance covering eligible items up to AUD $3,500 per item. For high-value equipment above that, we'd recommend arranging separate transit cover, and we're happy to point you in the right direction.

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Where we move

Based in Windsor and working right across Greater Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast, plus interstate on request. See every area we cover.

Inner Brisbane

Northside

  • Windsor
  • Newmarket
  • Wilston
  • Kelvin Grove
  • Ashgrove
  • Chermside
  • Nundah
  • Clayfield
  • Hamilton
  • Aspley
  • North Lakes
  • Redcliffe

Southside

  • Annerley
  • Greenslopes
  • Coorparoo
  • Carindale
  • Mount Gravatt
  • Sunnybank
  • Holland Park
  • Camp Hill
  • Bulimba
  • Morningside
  • Springwood
  • Calamvale

Western suburbs

  • Toowong
  • St Lucia
  • Indooroopilly
  • Kenmore
  • Chapel Hill
  • The Gap
  • Paddington
  • Milton
  • Auchenflower
  • Jindalee
  • Centenary Suburbs
  • Ipswich

Beyond Brisbane

  • Gold Coast
  • Sunshine Coast
  • Logan
  • Redlands
  • Moreton Bay
  • Toowoomba
  • Byron Bay
  • Interstate

Tell us what is moving and when you can be closed.

We'll assess the job, then put one number in writing for the agreed scope. Free enquiry. Your move is booked only after our team confirms it. Any required deposit is agreed before booking.