Tenant Buildout Move-In & Move-Out moving in the Sacramento Valley: Murdock's crew at work

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Tenant Buildout Move-In and Move-Out in the Sacramento Valley

Move in as the GC releases rooms after final inspection, then clear the old suite in time for restoration and the landlord's walk-through.

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Licensed & InsuredUSDOT 3421940 · MC 1416634
Locally OperatedChico + Yuba City
Sacramento ValleyChico · Yuba City · Sacramento

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How We Plan Tenant Buildout Move-In & Move-Out

A tenant improvement project ends with two deadlines that rarely line up. The new suite is ready when the general contractor finishes the punch list and the building inspector signs off the final inspection. The old suite has to be empty, and often restored, by the date in the current lease. This service covers the moving between those two dates.

It runs in order. We walk the new suite with the GC's superintendent and your facilities lead, note which rooms are finished and which still have punch items, and confirm your occupancy date. We walk the old suite with the lease's surrender clause in hand, so we know what must leave and what stays. Then we label every piece to the new floor plan, move in as rooms are released, set furniture and reconnect desks, and go back to clear the old suite.

Your GC, electrician, cabling contractor and landlord each own part of this, and we schedule around them. The family page is property and institutional moves.

Who usually signs off: Tenant facilities lead or business owner, coordinating with the general contractor and both property managers
Timing that works: Start after the final inspection and the GC's sign-off on the rooms you will use; finish the old suite before the surrender date, leaving time for restoration and the landlord's walk-through.

What typically moves

Desks, chairs and cabinets numbered to the suite planEvery desk, chair and cabinet carries a room and position number from the architect's or dealer's plan before it leaves.
Pieces for rooms still on the punch listHeld on the truck or in one staging room, never dropped where painters or flooring crews still need to work.
Reception, conference and breakroom furnitureDelivered in the order rooms are released; reception usually goes first so the suite looks open.
Desk computers, monitors and printersReconnected at their new stations once the cabling contractor has finished the data drops.
Items the lease requires you to removeTenant-owned shelving, sign frames and furniture on the surrender list come out of the old suite after the move.
Surplus the new suite has no room forSeparated on the walk-through and routed to the donation, recycling or disposal recipients you pick.

Access and scheduling

In its last weeks, a buildout is still a construction site, and the GC controls it. We ask the superintendent which entrance and elevator the crew may use, where materials are staged and whether floor protection must stay down. If the property manager also has move rules, such as booked elevator time, loading hours or an insurance certificate made out to the owner, we meet those too.

Construction dates move. An inspection fails, a door is back-ordered, a floor needs another day to cure. We book against the occupancy date and stay in touch with your facilities lead through the final week, and if the release map changes, labels and unloading order change with it. The surrender date at the old suite does not move, so we leave room after the move for restoration and the walk-through.

Protection and handling

New finishes mark easily. The crew lays runners over new carpet and polished concrete, guards fresh paint at door frames and corners, and pads the elevator cab even if the GC already has. Furniture comes off the truck only into released rooms, and nothing leans against a new wall. If a finish gets marked, we tell your facilities lead the same day rather than leave the GC to guess.

At the old suite the crew clears the furniture you are taking, then the items the lease lists for removal, and leaves anything the landlord keeps. Built-in casework, cabling and fixtures wait for your restoration contractor once the rooms are empty. A final room-by-room walk with your contact records what is left before the keys go back.

Who does what

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

Punch list, final inspection and occupancy date: Your general contractor and the local building department. We move in on the date they clear.
Data drops, old cable removal and the phone system: Your cabling contractor installs new drops and, where the lease requires it, pulls old cable from the vacated suite.
Restoration of the old suite: Your restoration contractor removes built-in improvements and repairs finishes, and the landlord inspects.
Power to systems furniture: A licensed electrician connects and disconnects it.

Not part of our work

Judging whether the new suite is ready to occupy or the old one meets the lease.
Removing built-ins, cabling or fixtures, or repairing finishes.

Around Chico, Yuba City and Sacramento

Buildouts in the Valley often mean a move between office parks: from an older Natomas building to a newer one in Roseville or Rocklin, from a downtown Sacramento floor to Midtown, or within Chico and Yuba City as a growing practice takes a larger suite. The city or county that signs off the work depends on the address, and your GC will know which one applies.

The crew that shows up

Murdock’s crew rebuilding cubicle panels in an office, one mover on a step ladder

Murdock’s movers working the loading ramp of an open box truck

The Murdock’s crew lined up behind the truck on an orchard road in Butte County

Tenant Buildout Move-In & Move-Out FAQs

Another question? Call (530) 354-8089.

Our final inspection keeps slipping. When should we book the move?

Book against the date your GC is confident in, and ask us about holding a backup date a few days later. In the final week, your facilities lead tells us where the inspection stands. If it slips, the move shifts but the labels and plan stay as they are, so nothing has to be redone.

Can you move us in while the GC is still finishing a few rooms?

Often, if the GC agrees and the rooms you need first are released. We deliver only to released rooms and hold everything else on the truck or in a single staging room. The GC's people keep working in the unfinished areas, and the crew stays out of their way.

Our lease says we must return the old suite to its original condition. What do you handle?

The movable part: furniture, cabinets, shelving and anything else on the landlord's list that can be carried out. Built-in work such as casework, added walls or old cabling belongs to a restoration contractor. We clear first so they start on an empty suite, and walk the rooms with you before the landlord's inspection.

Who reconnects our computers in the new suite?

The crew unplugs, pads and moves desk computers, monitors and printers, and reconnects them at the new stations once the data drops are live. Your IT contact or cabling contractor handles the network, phones and the equipment closet, so ask them to finish the drops before move day.

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