How a Reliable Moving commercial move runs
Most commercial moves follow the same shape as a residential move, adjusted for business hours and building rules. We start with an in-home estimate: a representative visits to see the space, count workstations and filing cabinets, and flag anything that needs special handling before we estimate.
Scheduling around your business
Business moves don’t have to happen during business hours. We can schedule evenings, weekends, or a Friday-to-Monday window so your team walks into a set-up workspace Monday morning instead of packing boxes on the clock during the week.
Building coordination
Office towers and retail plazas have their own move rules — freight-elevator reservations, hours of operation, and loading-dock time slots. It’s always best to settle those with the building manager before move day, and we plan the crew’s arrival and the load order around whatever window the building gives you.
Move day
Crew and truck are sized to the space, worked out at the in-home estimate rather than assumed from a floor count. We disassemble and reassemble standard desks, filing cabinets, and modular furniture, wrap everything in moving blankets and pads, and load with a plan so fragile equipment goes on last and comes off first.
After the move
Once everything’s off the truck, we place furniture and equipment per your floor plan rather than stacking it in the lobby for your staff to sort out. If you’ve booked our packing or unpacking service alongside the move, the same crew handles both, so nothing gets handed off between teams partway through the day.
What we move
- Offices and open-plan workspaces
- Retail spaces and storefronts
- Restaurants and food-service spaces
- Schools and medical or professional offices
- Warehouses and light-industrial spaces
Specialty equipment
If your move includes safes, server racks, lab equipment, or anything else outside standard office furniture, tell us during the in-home estimate so we bring the right equipment on move day instead of improvising one. Anything heavy or awkward enough to need specialty rigging is priced on the estimate before the day, not discovered on it.
Where we work
We’re based in Richmond and move businesses across Richmond, Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, and Delta, plus the neighbouring areas in between — Ladner, Tsawwassen, Marpole, Oakridge, and the Surrey side via the Alex Fraser Bridge. Starting from a central Richmond address keeps drive time predictable on most Lower Mainland routes, whether your office is downtown, in a business park near the airport, or in a strip-mall storefront on the other side of a bridge. If your move crosses more than one of these cities — a downsizing office consolidating two locations into one, for instance — tell us both addresses when you book and we’ll plan the route and crew size around the whole job, not just the pickup end.
Insurance and coverage
We provide insurance coverage options to ensure that your possessions are protected throughout the moving journey. Basic carrier valuation — $0.60 per pound per article — is included on every job, and higher coverage is available as a paid add-on with its own deductible and per-item limit for higher-value equipment.
Estimates and billing
After the in-home estimate, your representative will draft a customized written estimate for your review within 24 hours. It is an estimate, and your invoice is built from moving time, a travel-time trip fee, a fuel surcharge, packing materials used, and any storage, as set out in our terms and conditions. How a move is priced is explained in full when you get a free quote.