Commercial Office Checklist

Once you’ve made the decision to move your home office into a commercial space (and have already secured a location – see our other article on Renting Versus Buying ), you’ll need to make a to-do and to-buy list in order to make your new office functional, with little lost time for productivity. It will take two weeks to a month for packing and planning before you’re ready to move into your new space and open your doors for business. To help ease that transition, consider the following checklist: www.HomeBossInspection.com Utilities : Make sure the power is turned on before you move in. Commercial accounts may take more lead-time for service providers to get you up and running. These may include: Phones: Many small businesses are transitioning from landlines to exclusively cell phones for their obvious portability, but you may want to maintain a no-frills landline to make other local calls in orde...