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Office Decommissioning and Donation Coordination

Clear surplus office furniture at lease end, route usable pieces to recipients you select, and track movable contents against the landlord's checklist.

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How We Plan Decommissioning & Donation Coordination

At the end of a lease, most of what is left in an office is often not going to a new one. The work starts with a walk-through and a tagged inventory. Every piece gets one of four tags that you choose: keep, donate, recycle, or dispose. You pick the charities, schools, or furniture-reuse groups, and confirm what each will take and when they receive; we do not choose recipients or promise that one will accept an item.

Then the crew works in loads. Keep items go to your new office or to storage you have arranged. Donation pieces go to each recipient on its receiving day, loaded apart from anything else. Metal desks, files, and shelving can often go to a scrap metal recycler, and what is left goes out through our junk removal service. Massachusetts keeps some items, such as older electronics and mattresses, out of ordinary trash, so they get their own route. Computers and anything holding data go to your IT contact or their disposal vendor first. At the end, we walk the empty suite with you against the landlord's restoration checklist.

Who usually signs off
Tenant facilities lead or business owner, with the property manager confirming the lease handback requirements
Timing that works
After staff have moved out and before the landlord's handback date, with donation drop-offs booked on the recipients' own receiving days.

What typically moves

  • Surplus desks and workstations Tagged keep, donate, recycle, or dispose before loading.
  • Task chairs and conference seating Grouped by each recipient's list; damaged chairs kept out of donations.
  • Conference tables Top, base, and hardware kept together so the recipient gets a whole table.
  • Empty filing cabinets and metal shelving Emptied by your team first; metal often goes to scrap recycling.
  • Reception and lobby furniture Checked against the release list so building-owned pieces stay.
  • Breakroom tables and freestanding shelving Separated from built-ins and connected appliances.

Access and scheduling

Two calendars matter. The building's: freight elevator and dock bookings, hours, floor protection, and our insurance certificate for the landlord, which we can send. And each recipient's: many charities and schools receive on set days, and some will not take pieces unassembled. We plan loads so each one goes straight to its destination on the right day, with nothing waiting on a truck overnight.

Mark a holding area in the suite for each tag, so a donated table never ends up in a disposal load. If a recipient declines an item at the last minute, you choose its new tag before it is loaded. Book the landlord's walkthrough after the furniture is out and your contractor has finished any restoration.

Protection and handling

Donated furniture is useful to its recipient when it arrives in good shape, so donation pieces are padded, table legs and hardware stay with their tops, and chairs are not stacked in ways that crush the arms. Disposal and recycling loads are handled more simply but still carried, not dragged, through the building's finished corridors.

The tag list travels with the crew, and anything untagged is left for your decision rather than guessed at. After the last load, we walk each room with your representative and note anything still there, which helps your contractor work through the landlord's checklist for walls, floors, and fixtures. Devices and records you are retiring stay untouched until your IT contact or records vendor has taken them.

Who does what

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

Choosing donation and recycling recipients
Your team picks them, confirms acceptance, and books drop-offs; we deliver to the plan.
Retired computers, drives, and records
Your IT contact, e-waste vendor, or shredding company handles data and disposal.
Restoration and final handback
Your contractor does repairs and removals; the property manager accepts the suite.

Not part of our work

  • Choosing recipients or confirming acceptance for you.
  • Wiping devices, destroying records, or handling electronics before your vendor clears them.
  • Restoration work or signing off the lease handback.

Around Boston and MetroWest

Lease-end clear-outs in this market run from Financial District and Seaport towers, where the dock and freight elevator are booked by the hour, to office parks along Route 128 and in Marlborough and Hopkinton, where the carry is longer but the doors are simpler. Donation drop-offs often go across the region to schools and nonprofits with their own receiving days.

The crew that shows up

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

Decommissioning & Donation Coordination FAQs

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Can you pick a donation organization for the furniture we no longer need?

No, that choice is yours. Once you have picked a recipient and confirmed what it will take, send us its address, receiving days, contact, and any rules about condition or assembly. We tag the accepted pieces and deliver them. If the recipient changes its mind, tell us before loading.

What if the landlord's restoration list includes desks and built-in millwork?

Freestanding desks you own go on our list. Built-in millwork goes on your contractor's list, unless the landlord and tenant agree otherwise. During the walkthrough we mark where the two lists meet, so we do not damage a built-in while clearing the furniture around it.

Can recycling and donation loads leave the same suite during one clearing window?

Yes, if each piece is tagged and the recipients' receiving times fit the building's hours. We keep the groups apart in the suite and on separate loads. Have someone from your team on site to decide about any piece that loses its tag or gets turned down.

What happens to old computers and monitors when we clear the office?

They go to your IT contact or an electronics recycler you choose, after any drives are wiped or removed. Massachusetts keeps some older electronics out of ordinary trash, so they need their own route. We can carry cleared devices to your vendor's pickup point but leave data and disposal decisions to you.

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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