Relocating a business is a potential mine field, full of hidden expense and problems.

Let H & H Associates experience in this area guide you because relocation is not always the answer.

Business Relocation checklist,

Taking your company from Point A to Point B may seem at first to be a simple matter of "get up and go," but if you plan, you will get it done without too much trouble.

Follow a checklist like the one below and you and your employees will be ready to work once the move is completed.

• Complete negotiations with future property owner, taking into account location, price, remodelling needs, space and electrical requirements.
• If necessary, negotiate release from current lease.
• Contact the phone company to reserve new phone numbers or transfer existing ones.
• Prepare artwork for announcement letter, business cards, stationery and envelopes.
• Get change of address cards from the post office, or create your own.
• Make appointments with the utility companies for cut-offs and new hook-ups.
• Schedule phone installation.
• Design new office space, including use of old furniture or purchase of new furniture. Discuss plans with employees and solicit their input.
• Establish criteria for purging files and throwing out old materials.
• Install custom wiring for telephone and computer networks.
• Inform current customers of the move, visiting some in person, where appropriate.
• Arrange for extra help to pack, clean and unpack.
• Arrange for extra help at home for family needs.