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Auto Dealership Moving in Boston and MetroWest

Plan the showroom, sales offices, and parts department as separate work areas while your dealership controls every vehicle move.

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Planning a Auto Dealership Move

Nobody on our crew drives a car at a dealership move. Vehicles, whether inventory, demos, loaners, or cars in for service, are moved by your porters or a car carrier, and the keys stay in your key cabinet or key system the whole time. That line matters because much of what makes a dealership move hard is about cars: the new store's dealer license from the city or town, the manufacturer's sign-off on the relocation under your dealer agreement, and a lot that has to be ready to hold inventory.

Our part is the building's contents. The showroom's reception desk, sales tables, and customer lounge; the sales, finance, and business offices with their desks, locking files, and deal jackets; and the parts department, packed bin by bin to your parts manager's map. Service-bay lifts, tire machines, and diagnostic equipment belong to their installers. We run the contents in zones, so the parts counter and service writers are down for as short a stretch as your managers can arrange.

Who usually signs off
Dealer principal or general manager, with the parts manager and sales manager approving their areas and the vehicle plan
Timing that works
Once the new store's dealer license and the manufacturer's approval are in place, with the showroom and offices moving around the last sales day and the parts counter moving between its final and first shifts.

What typically moves

  • Reception desks, sales tables, and customer lounge seating Tagged to the new showroom plan, carried along a route your porters have cleared of cars.
  • Sales, finance, and business-office desks Towers and screens ride in pads, and each gets its cords back on its new desk.
  • Locking file cabinets and deal-jacket storage Moved locked; keys stay with your office manager.
  • Parts-department bin shelving and packed stock Packed by bin, marked with the new aisle and bin on your map.
  • Parts-counter sections and catalog stations Moved last and set first, so the counter reopens quickly.
  • Service-writer desks and waiting-area furniture Grouped for the service drive and placed around the write-up lanes.

Access and scheduling

Your porters clear the showroom floor and a route to the door before our crew arrives, and they keep cars moving on the lot around the truck. Showroom glass doors and service-drive doors are usually the widest openings, so tell us which ones we can use and when service customers will be coming through.

Run it by department. The business office and sales desks can move after the last sales day, the showroom follows, and the parts department moves between the old counter's closing shift and the new counter's opening shift. Many dealerships prefer to do the showroom on a Sunday or in the evening, which we can plan on request. If the landlord or manufacturer's property group wants a certificate of insurance, we issue it on request.

Protection and handling

Showroom floors are polished tile or sealed concrete that shows every scratch, so runners go down along the route and carts stay on them. Door frames and glass walls get pads at the corners, and reception desks and sales tables are wrapped before they move.

Offices are handled like any business office: locking files stay locked, and customer paperwork is packed by your staff or rides in the cabinets it lives in. The parts department is packed by bin, with dense parts kept in small cartons and light, bulky ones separate. Anything hazardous, such as batteries, fluids, and aerosols, stays with your parts staff and supplier. At the new store, shelving goes up first and cartons follow, aisle by aisle.

Who does what

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

Every vehicle, and the keys to it
Your porters, drivers, or a car-carrier company move all vehicles; your key system stays under your control.
Lifts, tire machines, alignment racks, and shop air
The lift installer and equipment vendors remove, install, and certify service equipment, and licensed trades handle connections.
Dealer management system, phones, and network
Your IT provider moves and tests the systems, and our crew carries the desk hardware.

Not part of our work

  • Driving, towing, loading, or repositioning any vehicle.
  • Removing or installing service-bay equipment.
  • Counting parts stock or carrying hazardous parts inventory.

Around Boston and MetroWest

Dealership rows in this market run along Route 1 through Norwood's Automile and Dedham, Route 9 in Framingham and Natick, and the I-495 exits in Milford and Marlborough. Most sites have a glass showroom out front, a service drive to the side, and a parts entrance at the back.

The crew that shows up

Two Eastside Movers crew members outside a client's red front door

Auto Dealership Moving FAQs

Another question? Call (774) 421-9389.

Can your crew move the display cars out of the showroom before loading furniture?

No. Your porters or a car-carrier company move every vehicle, and we never hold keys. Clear the showroom and the route to the door first, then tell us which door we can use. Once the floor is clear, we measure the openings and carry the reception, sales, and lounge furniture along that route.

How should our parts manager prepare bins that staff still need at the counter?

Mark the bins the counter needs through its last shift and give us the map for the rest. We pack the released bins first, labeled for their new aisle and bin, and pack the counter stock last. Your parts manager reconciles the inventory once the stock is on the new shelves.

Can the showroom move while sales appointments continue in the offices?

Yes, by zone, if customers have a separate path. Your sales manager decides which desks stay in use. We move the showroom and lounge first, keeping carts away from customer areas, and move the sales and finance offices after the last appointment, which can mean a late evening or a Sunday if you ask.

Who prepares the service bays if the new dealership includes a workshop?

The lift installer and your equipment vendors. Lifts are bolted to the slab and have to be inspected once installed, and tire machines, alignment racks, and shop air all have their own installers and trades. We move the service writers' desks, waiting-area furniture, and parts, and keep out of the bays.

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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