Should You Move Office or Refurbish Your Existing Space?
This decision often gets made emotionally, driven by frustration with a dated space, when it’s actually a straightforward cost-and-fit comparison once you lay it out properly.
When your current space is still right
If the location, lease terms and overall size still suit the business, and the main issue is that the space feels dated or no longer matches how the team works, refurbishment is usually the more cost-effective route.
When moving is genuinely the better option
If the space is the wrong size, in the wrong location, or the lease is ending anyway, moving makes more sense than investing heavily in a location or size that no longer fits the business.
Weighing the disruption of each
A refurbishment while occupied brings its own disruption — noise, dust, phased working — that a fresh fit out in empty new space doesn’t. Neither option is disruption-free; the type of disruption differs.
Getting a proper comparison before deciding
A genuine cost comparison should include dilapidations and moving costs on one side, and refurbishment scope and disruption on the other, not just headline fit out cost versus refurbishment cost.
