Commercial Removals in Aberdeen, Planned Around Your Operating Week
City Centre Offices, Dyce, Altens and the Industrial Estates
Commercial moves here rarely fit a standard weekday. Offices tied to offshore rotas, workshops running shifts and premises with security controlled access all need the move built around how the business actually operates. We survey both buildings, agree a window that suits your week, and give you one written price before anything is lifted.
What Aberdeen Businesses Say Afterwards
Where Your Premises Sit Decides How the Move Runs
| Type of premises | Where | How the move usually runs |
|---|---|---|
| City centre office | Union Street, Golden Square, Rubislaw | Granite buildings, often no goods lift, evening window |
| Business park unit | Dyce, Bridge of Don, Westhill | Level access and parking, usually the simplest |
| Industrial or workshop | Altens, Tullos, East Tullos | Phased so production or despatch continues |
| Serviced or shared office | Across the city | Operator sets access hours, booked by us |
| Site with controlled access | Harbour and airport perimeter | Passes and vehicle details arranged in advance |
| Retail or trade counter | City centre and district parades | Overnight or early morning, before opening |
All of that is our side of the job. Give us the two addresses and we find out what each building allows rather than asking you to.
Ask for a Figure Before Anything Is Signed
Most businesses wait for the lease to complete before speaking to a remover, and that is what compresses everything into a difficult final fortnight. A survey and a written figure cost nothing and commit you to nothing, so there is no reason to hold off until the ink is dry.
Booking early buys the two things that actually make a commercial move calm. The first is building access, because weekend and out of hours permissions in managed buildings are far easier to secure three or four weeks out. The second is crates in the building early enough for staff to clear their own desks across a few days rather than in one rushed afternoon, which is when things get lost.
If the lease date shifts, and commercial dates shift often, we rebook it. Early notice is precisely what makes booking early sensible rather than risky.
What Shapes the Cost of a Commercial Move in Aberdeen
Rotas and Shift Patterns Matter More Than Mileage Here
The volume is straightforward enough. Desks, chairs, storage, IT, stock and archive all get counted at the survey, and counting it properly is what turns an estimate into a fixed price. Access is the bigger variable, because a business park unit at Dyce with level loading behaves nothing like a granite townhouse office off Union Street with a single stair and a tight landing.
Rotas and shift patterns matter more than mileage here
A great deal of Aberdeen business runs to a cycle that is not Monday to Friday, nine to five. Teams working offshore rotations are in the building for part of the month and away for the rest. Workshops and despatch operations run shifts that make the middle of a weekday the worst possible time to move a bench or a rack. Sites near the harbour and the airport have access controls that need names and vehicle registrations submitted before anyone arrives.
None of that is a complication if it is known in advance, and it usually makes the move easier rather than harder. A crew coming in on a Saturday, or between rotations, or after a despatch run has cleared, is working in an empty building with the whole floor available. That is faster than working around people, and the saved hours often offset whatever premium a weekend might have carried elsewhere.
So the useful question is not how far the two buildings are apart, but which hours are genuinely quiet for you. Tell us that at the survey and the schedule is built backwards from it, with the figure fixed against the plan rather than adjusted afterwards.
What sits inside a commercial move price
| Included | What it means for the business |
|---|---|
| Evening, weekend and out of hours slots | No trading or production time lost to the move |
| Access arranged at both buildings | Lifts, loading and any site passes handled by us |
| Crates delivered in advance | Staff clear their own desks at their own pace |
| Labelling to the new floor plan | Everything lands where it is supposed to |
| Crates collected afterwards | The new premises are not full of packaging |
| One written figure | Approved before the move, identical after it |
Furniture dismantling and rebuilding, storage between leases, archive handling and anything else you need are quoted at the survey rather than added later. If your move involves something that does not appear on this page, describe it and we will price that instead of offering the nearest standard option.
Labelled Crates Beat Loose Boxes Every Time
Kit Delivered Ahead, Collected Once You Are Running
Every crate carries a label matched to a position on the new plan, so it is carried once and set down where it belongs rather than stacked in a corridor to be sorted out later. Staff pack their own desk contents into their own numbered crate, which takes about twenty minutes each and means nothing is mixed between people. The crates stack square on a trolley, which matters when a building gives you a booked hour rather than the run of the place. They arrive well before the move and go back to us once you are running, so nobody inherits a mountain of cardboard in week one of a new office.
Household Moves
Office Moving
Commercial Moving
Household Moves
Office Moving
Commercial Moving
Household Moves
Office Moving
Commercial Moving
The Kinds of Aberdeen Business We Move
Office, workshop, retail and industrial premises across the city and the surrounding area. Each is surveyed and quoted the same way, and if your operation does not resemble any of the descriptions below, tell us what it does look like and we will plan around that.
Desks, storage, IT and archive moved outside your operating hours and crated to the new floor plan. For teams working rotations we can time the whole move to a changeover, so people leave one building at the end of a stint and arrive at a working desk when they return. Everything is labelled by destination rather than by contents, which is what removes the first morning of hunting for cables.
Benches, racking, tooling and stock moved from the Altens and Tullos estates and the surrounding industrial areas. These jobs are phased so despatch or production carries on around them, with the sequence agreed in advance and worked to. Heavy or awkward items are identified at the survey so the right equipment and crew come with the vehicle.
Shops and trade counters moved overnight or early in the morning so the doors open as normal. Stock is crated and labelled by section, fixtures are protected in transit, and the counter is prioritised on the unload so trading can resume before the rest is finished.
Records, spare furniture and equipment held between leases and returned when the new space is ready, collected during working hours so it does not eat into the move window. If what you need falls outside these four descriptions, describe it and we will look at it properly. Where something is beyond what we can do well, we will say so plainly rather than agreeing and improvising.
Worth Raising in Your First Message
Four things that make a commercial move considerably easier when they come up at the start rather than on the night.
The single most useful thing you can tell us, and the one that shapes everything else. Rotations, shift changes, despatch runs and trading hours all point at a window that suits you, and working in an empty building is faster for us as well as less disruptive for you.
Harbour and airport perimeter locations, and plenty of managed business parks, need names and vehicle registrations submitted before the day. It is straightforward when known early and a genuine delay when discovered on the morning, so it is worth a sentence at the start.
Servers, comms racks and anything hardwired need your own IT provider, because our crews are not qualified to disconnect them. Give us their details and we will agree the running order directly with them so neither side is waiting on the other.
A floor plan, even a rough sketch, turns unloading into placement. Every crate gets marked with a destination and arrives there. It is the cheapest thing you can provide and it saves more time on the first morning than anything else.
Good to Know
Aberdeen Commercial Removals FAQs
How much disruption should we expect to the business?
For most Aberdeen offices, none to the working week. Moves run in the evening, over a weekend or between rotations, so the business is operating normally either side. Larger sites are phased team by team or area by area, which means only part of the operation is ever affected at once rather than the whole thing stopping.
Can you work around offshore rotations?
Yes, and it often makes the job easier. Moving during a changeover means the building is quiet and the crew has the full floor available, which is faster than working around people at their desks. Tell us the rotation pattern at the survey and the schedule is built to fit it.
Do you deal with site access and passes?
We do, at both addresses. Where a location needs names, vehicle registrations or induction arranged in advance, that is our job to sort out. Some sites want a fortnight of notice, which is one of the reasons an early survey helps.
How much does a commercial move in Aberdeen cost?
The answer turns on how much is going, what each building allows and which hours you pick. We survey both premises before quoting rather than working from a desk count, then give you one written figure. If what we move matches what was surveyed, that figure is the invoice.
Who disconnects the computers and machinery?
Monitors, docking stations and general peripherals are part of our job. Servers, network hardware, and anything plumbed, gassed or hardwired need the relevant qualified trade or your IT provider, which we coordinate with rather than attempt ourselves. Machinery requiring specialist rigging is identified at the survey and arranged separately.
What happens if the new premises are not ready?
Storage bridges it. We collect on schedule, hold everything in the crates it was packed in, and deliver when the fit-out finishes. Because it is quoted alongside the move, the cost is known in advance rather than arranged urgently at a premium when a date slips.
How much lead time do you need?
Three to four weeks is comfortable for a mid-sized office, mainly because building access and any site permissions take time to secure. Shorter notice is frequently workable, particularly for smaller premises, so it is always worth asking rather than assuming it is too late.
Do you cover the wider north east?
Yes. Westhill, Portlethen, Inverurie, Ellon, Peterhead and the surrounding towns are all standard work, and moves between Aberdeen and other cities run with the same crews on one written price rather than being handed to a partner firm partway.
What if our move does not fit any of these descriptions?
Then describe it in your own words and we will quote for the job as it actually is. Unusual premises, mixed office and industrial sites, staged relocations and awkward equipment are all worth raising. If something sits outside what we can properly deliver, you will hear that from us early rather than late.
Send Us Both Addresses
Get Your Aberdeen Commercial Move Costed
Send the current address, the new one, a rough desk or unit count, and the hours that are genuinely quiet for your operation. We will survey both buildings, confirm what each one allows, and come back with a single written price covering the whole move.