When you own your office, you are acutely aware when things go wrong. It’s not the team, the technology or the location that’s the problem, it’s the fact that you’ve bought a space that wasn’t particularly new in the first place and now things are falling apart. Even the busiest offices have high traffic areas, and when the toilets are backed up and the septic tanks are overflowing, you need to ensure that there is room in your budget to make corrections.
Smartly planning your office renovations the moment that you realise that something is going wrong is the way forward. You can do a patch job on the cracks in the walls where the foundations have settled weirdly, but a patch job is not a permanent solution. You can get more details about how to hire a plumber than will do a good job, but asking questions only makes your work delay. Being proactive in your planning is a clever way to be able to notify not only your clients, but your staff that changes have to be made and when they need to be made. With these tips, you can successfully plan your renovation and see it through to the end.
List Your Goals.
Once you start to notice that your office does indeed require renovating, you need to make a list. Take a contractor around the office space with you and start to make a list of everything that needs upgrading and repairs. A renovation should be one big job so that all repairs can be done without any patchwork needed. You also need to work out why you’re doing it. If it’s just to make the office more modern, ask yourself whether this particular renovation can wait or whether it’s a must to be done now.
Notify The Masses.
Owning an office building means that you are financially responsible for its condition, so when you make renovations you need to inform the people working in the office as well as all your clients – just in case of disruption to the business. If you have works scheduled to begin in three months, tell people immediately. You could offer employees the chance to work from home to make life easier and create space in the office.
Teamwork.
Once you have a list of everything that needs to be repaired and renovated, get a list of the best contractors and tradespeople together to put together a plan of who works on what and when. You may decide to have a week where all staff work remotely, and the work is done over that time. Either way, you need to have the most efficient workers on your team to make it happen properly.
Don’t be afraid to go bold with renovations. The more work that you put into it right now, the better off you will be because you’ll likely not need any further disruption for a few years. Commercial premises needs maintenance to continue to be successful, so do what you can to make sure you are up to scratch.