Smart Shift Movers relocates Melbourne offices and small commercial sites with low downtime, after-hours options at the same hourly rate, and a single point of contact. We Move. You Relax.
A business move is judged on one thing. How fast you are working again. As office removalists in Melbourne, we plan the relocation so your team loses as little time as possible. We agree on a sequence, label by destination and move in an order that lets you set up quickly at the new site.
Where it suits your business, we move after hours or over a weekend so your staff arrive Monday to a working office. We discuss this at quote time and build the estimated hours into your written quote. We are open 7 days a week, 7am to 7pm, with no weekend surcharge.
Two years moving Melbourne homes and offices. Every move is insured while it is in our care.
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A commercial relocation involves more than desks. We move workstations, office chairs, meeting tables, filing cabinets, storage units, monitors, server and comms equipment, signage and reception furniture. We take apart and reassemble workstations and large desks where that is the practical way to move them.
We crate or box small items by area so they arrive grouped and easy to unpack. Filing and records are kept in order. As commercial removalists in Melbourne, we have moved professional offices, clinics, studios, retail spaces and small warehouses, and we adjust the plan to suit how your site actually works.
Technology needs careful handling. We disconnect agreed equipment, wrap and pad screens and devices, and transport them braced so they do not knock about in transit. We label cables and components so your IT support, or ours by arrangement, can reconnect quickly at the new site.
If you have a managed IT provider, we coordinate with them on disconnection and reconnection windows. Tell us about servers, network racks or specialist gear early so we note them on the written quote. Clear planning here is what keeps a commercial move on schedule.
You deal with one coordinator for the whole move, not a different person each call. That person learns your site, your timing and your priorities, sends you the written upfront quote, and runs the job on the day. It keeps decisions fast and nothing gets lost between people.
This single point of contact matters most when timing is tight. If a lift booking changes or a tenancy access window shifts, you make one call and the plan adjusts. If anything changes during the move, the crew pauses and tells you before any extra charge is applied.
Commercial buildings have rules, and we work within them. We confirm loading dock times, service lift bookings, certificate of currency requirements and after-hours building access before move day. Tell us your building manager’s requirements and we will meet them.
We protect lifts, lobbies and common areas with padding and floor protection so you stay on good terms with the building. Planning access in advance avoids the most common cause of office-move delays, which is arriving with no dock or lift booked.
Retail and small warehouse moves have their own pressures, such as stock, fixtures and a need to reopen fast. We move shelving, racking, display units, counters and palletised or boxed stock, working to the trading hours that hurt your business least.
We plan the sequence so priority stock and fixtures arrive first and you can reopen quickly. Tell us your reopening deadline at quote time and we build the move plan around it. Your written quote shows the hourly rate, the estimated hours and the petrol estimate, all itemised, so your relocation budget is clear before we start.
Full homes and apartments across Melbourne, from studios to large family houses. Wrapped, carried and placed with care.
Single items or full loads moved across Melbourne. Blanket-wrapped, secured and handled by trained crews.
Full or partial packing with quality materials. Fragile and kitchen specialists.
Smart Shift charges $137 per hour for the big truck (which suits most office moves) or $120 per hour for the small truck. Petrol is estimated and itemised on your written quote before moving day. As a rough planning guide, small offices often take four to eight hours depending on volume and access.
Yes. We regularly run office moves after hours and on weekends so your team loses minimal working time. We are open 7 days a week, 7am to 7pm. Building access and lift bookings are confirmed in advance and noted on the written quote.
No. After-hours and weekend office moves are charged at the same hourly rate as weekday moves: $120 per hour for the small truck, $137 per hour for the big truck.
We disconnect agreed equipment, wrap and brace screens and devices, and label cables and components for fast reconnection. We coordinate with your IT provider on timing where needed. Tell us about servers and network racks early so we note them on the written quote.
For most small to mid offices, downtime can be kept to a single after-hours window or weekend. We will tell you honestly in the written quote how many hours the move is estimated to take so you can plan around it.
Yes. You deal with one coordinator from the first written quote to the final box. That person knows your site, your timing and your priorities, and runs the job on the day.
Tell us about your move and we will send you a written upfront quote with the hourly rate, the estimated hours and the petrol estimate, all itemised. The number on the page is the number you plan around.
