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Real Estate Brokerage Moving in the Sacramento Valley

Agent desks, the sign room and the transaction file shelves moved on a weekend, while the designated broker keeps every key, lockbox and the key cabinet.

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Real Estate Brokerage moving in the Sacramento Valley: Murdock's crew at work
  • Licensed & InsuredUSDOT 3421940 · MC 1416634
  • Locally OperatedChico + Yuba City
  • Sacramento ValleyChico · Yuba City · Sacramento

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Planning a Real Estate Brokerage Move

Real estate offices do not close for a move. Agents are writing offers on Saturday and showing homes on Sunday, so the brokerage has to relocate around people who come and go all weekend and who mostly work from their phones anyway. What they need on Monday is a desk, a printer that works and a sign in the closet for the listing that goes live that afternoon.

Brokerages carry an odd mix. There are agent desks and a conference room for signing, which move like any office. There is a sign room or back garage full of post frames, riders, stakes and open-house flags. And there are shelves of retained transaction files the broker is required to keep, which move as sealed cartons.

Keys are a separate matter. The key cabinet, loose listing keys and spare lockboxes stay with the designated broker or the person they name, who carries them to the new office personally. We plan the load around what the brokerage releases, and the conference room is set first so Monday closings and listing appointments are not pushed.

Who usually signs off
Managing broker or office administrator approving agent assignments, sign inventory and the move window
Timing that works
Pack the sign room and file shelves midweek, move desks on a Saturday, and have the conference room ready for Monday listing appointments and signings.

What typically moves

  • Agent desks, returns and task chairsTagged by agent or desk number from the office administrator's seating list.
  • Yard sign post frames, riders and stakesBundled by type with ends padded, then set up in the new sign room in the same order.
  • Open-house flags, A-frames and brochure boxesBoxed by type so agents can grab what they need on the first weekend.
  • Retained transaction file cartonsSealed by staff, marked by year and shelf, and moved closed to the new file room.
  • Signing-room table and client chairsWrapped and set first so Monday signings and listing appointments go ahead.
  • Agent printers and shared desk screensPadded and set at the matching desk; network printing is set up by your IT provider.

Access and scheduling

Many brokerages send the sign room and file shelves ahead on a weekday, since agents rarely use them in person, and move the desks and conference room over the weekend. The office administrator knows which agents are in the office on which days; that decides whose desk is packed first.

Offices on the Esplanade and in downtown Chico, on Colusa Avenue in Yuba City, and on Douglas Boulevard in Roseville are often storefront or single-story suites with a front door and a rear lot. Brokerages in Natomas and midtown Sacramento office buildings usually book the dock through the property manager and may want the owner listed on our COI before they confirm, which we can send. Sign posts and frames are long, so we check that the elevator or rear door takes them.

Protection and handling

Yard sign posts and frames are awkward, heavy and hard on doorframes and elevator walls, so they are bundled by type and carried with corner protection on the ends. Riders and flags are boxed by agent or by type, as the brokerage prefers, and the sign room is set up at the new office in the same shelf order so agents find what they need.

Retained transaction files are boxed and sealed by staff, marked by year and shelf, and moved closed. We never open them. Agent desks are tagged by name or desk number, and anything left in a drawer stays in that drawer, taped shut. Desktop printers and agents' shared screens are padded and set at the matching desk; the copier lease company handles the large production copier.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Key cabinet, listing keys and spare lockboxes
The designated broker or the employee they name carries them personally. They are not on our truck or in our inventory.
Production copier and network
The copier lease company moves and services the copier; your IT provider handles the network and phones.
Office address with the Department of Real Estate
The designated broker updates the brokerage's office address.

Not part of our work

  • Handling keys, lockboxes or anything from a client's property.
  • Opening or sorting transaction files.

Around Chico, Yuba City and Sacramento

Brokerage offices line the Esplanade and downtown Chico, Colusa Avenue and downtown Yuba City, and Douglas Boulevard and the Galleria area in Roseville, with more in Natomas, Folsom and Elk Grove. Most have a rear lot or garage holding the sign inventory, which changes how the truck is loaded.

The crew that shows up

Two Murdock’s movers carrying a pad-wrapped table up the truck rampTwo Murdock’s box trucks staged outside a single-story building in the Sacramento ValleyMurdock’s crew carrying a pad-wrapped piece through a tiled entryway

Real Estate Brokerage Moving FAQs

Another question? Call (530) 354-8089.

Agents are in and out all weekend. Can they keep working during the move?

Most can. Agents mostly need a phone and a laptop, so the desks move on Saturday while the conference room stays set until last. We can leave one or two shared desks and a printer running at the old office until Saturday afternoon for anyone writing an offer.

How should we sort current listing signs from old frames and riders?

Before we arrive, have the sign lead set out three groups: signs in active use, retired or rebranded stock, and anything going to the dump or recycling. We move the first group to the new sign room in shelf order and the second as boxed storage. The third stays behind for your hauler.

Will the crew move our key cabinet with the rest of the office?

No. The key cabinet, listing keys and spare lockboxes stay with the designated broker or the person they choose, who carries them to the new office. We leave the cabinet's spot on the new floor plan clear for it, and move the empty key-cabinet mounting board only if the broker asks.

Several agents are changing desks at the new office. How does that work?

The administrator sends a list of old desk and new desk for each agent. We tag each desk and its cartons with the new desk number before loading, so it arrives at the right spot. Agents who are sharing or giving up a desk box their things separately so nothing mixes.

Plan your business move

Tell us both addresses, the building rules you know about, and the dates you cannot move. We will send back a written plan and estimate.

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