If you need to move, you should now be able to prepare a detailed list of selection criteria for your new offices. If you do not need to move, but you need to reorganise your own offices, amend your ''personal project planner'' now. This will allow you to queue-jump a number of actions which focus solely on moving into new premises.
This functionality is only available to registered users who have started a personal project planner. Start a new planner now if required.
Once you have finished, simply use the ‘back’ button in your browser to return to this action, or alternatively proceed to Action 36.
How much space do you need now and in the future?
You may decide to look at new or second hand offices. There are advantages and disadvantages to both and each should be considered on their merits and compared with your selection criteria. In many cases, there will be no clear choice and both categories will be appropriate.
New offices
These can be divided into two categories: speculative and bespoke.
New speculative offices are built by a developer with no particular occupier in mind. They will vary in quality and price from fairly basic to fully air-conditioned high specification. They may also be developed to accommodate more than one occupier, sharing facilities such as reception, lifts, toilets and some corridors. These are termed common areas or common parts. New speculative offices can be fitted-out to shell and core standard, or to developer''s specification. Shell and core leaves out the services and final finishes for you to provide to your own requirements; developers specification is where services and final finishes, such as office carpets and suspended ceilings are provided by the developer.
New bespoke offices will be built for your own occupation to your own specification. These will often be provided for you by a developer, who will enter into an agreement with you before he starts building. This agreement is known as a pre-let.
Second hand offices
These vary widely in terms of condition, type and location. Like the new offices they once were, they may have been built speculatively, or bespoke for a particular occupier. There is a large supply of both types throughout the country.
Second hand speculative offices tend to provide the right flexibility in terms of sub-division and the ability to lease, say, and just one floor.
Second hand bespoke offices are often far less flexible because there was no need to consider such subdivision at the time of their construction. They will often feature outmoded computer rooms, strong rooms (safes), staff restaurants and gymnasia that may or may not be of interest to you.
Always go back to your own selection criteria from the accommodation strategy.
The condition that second hand offices are left in by the previous occupier will be the biggest variable. Some will have been left cleaned and tidy and will have been mai
