Decommissioning & Liquidation
Office Decommissioning Services That Hand the Keys Back Clean
When the lease is ending, we clear the furniture, IT, and fixtures, liquidate or recycle what is left, and restore the space to broom-clean condition, fully documented and finished before your move-out date.
- Lease-End Deadline Driven
- Broom-Clean Handover
- Certified Data Destruction
- Liquidate, Donate, Recycle
- Furniture, IT, and fixtures fully removed
- Liquidation, donation, and recycling handled
- Certified data destruction with chain of custody
- Broom-clean restoration before your deadline
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Enterprises that count on Flood Brothers
Your team demonstrated a level of urgency and attention to facility protection that I had not seen before.
We highly recommend Flood Brothers without reservation. They were on time, professional, and customer service-oriented.
We are very fortunate to have Flood Brothers as one of our partners, as they are willing to do whatever it takes to provide quality service.
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What It Is
Clearing the Space, Meeting the Lease, Closing the Chapter
Office decommissioning is the end-to-end process of clearing an office at lease-end, removing all furniture, IT equipment, and fixtures, responsibly liquidating, donating, or recycling those assets, securely destroying data, and restoring the space to the broom-clean condition your landlord requires before the keys go back.
It is the move you make when you are leaving a building rather than filling one. A standard move-out drops everything at a dock and leaves you to sort it out; office decommissioning is the opposite. We inventory what stays and what goes, pull the cubicles, casegoods, server racks, signage, and low-voltage cabling, find a responsible exit for every asset, and hand back a space that passes a landlord walk-through. It is the part of full decommissioning and liquidation built specifically for corporate office leases, driven by the lease language, the restoration clause, and the move-out date.
For most companies it runs alongside the move into the new space. We frequently pair an office decommissioning with an office relocation so the same team that sets up the new floor is clearing the old one, and any assets you are keeping can move straight into interim storage and warehousing instead of cluttering the new build-out.
How It Works
From Full Floor to Empty Shell
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Inventory & Plan
We walk the space, read the lease and restoration clause, and build an inventory of what stays, what gets liquidated, and what gets recycled, then map it against your move-out date.
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Remove Furniture & IT
Crews disassemble and remove workstations, casegoods, and fixtures, and decommission IT, servers, racks, and cabling, with data handled under a documented chain of custody.
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Liquidate, Donate, Recycle
Assets with resale value are liquidated, usable furniture is routed to donation, and e-waste and scrap are recycled responsibly, diverting as much as possible from the landfill.
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Broom-Clean & Document
We restore the space to broom-clean condition, complete any required restoration, and document the handover so it stands up to the landlord walk-through and protects your deposit.
The Deadline Is the Job
Clearing a Floor Before the Lease Runs Out
In a decommissioning, the calendar is not negotiable. The day the lease ends, the landlord expects an empty, broom-clean space, and every day past it can mean holdover rent at premium rates or a forfeited deposit. The work has to be done before the deadline, not around it.
We plan backward from your move-out date. Crews are sized to clear the square footage in the window you have, docks and freight elevators are reserved in advance, and disposal channels are lined up so nothing stalls waiting on a recycler or a donation pickup. If the building requires after-hours or weekend work to avoid disrupting other tenants, we schedule it, our crews run on a 24/7 basis when a deadline demands it.
Responsible Disposal
Nothing Just Goes to the Dumpster
An office full of furniture and equipment does not have to become a landfill problem. Responsible decommissioning means every asset gets the most valuable, lowest-impact exit possible, and you get the documentation to prove it for your ESG and sustainability reporting.
- Resale & liquidation, desks, chairs, casegoods, and equipment with market value are sold or liquidated to offset your project cost.
- Donation, usable furniture that will not be resold is routed to nonprofits and schools, keeping it in service and out of the waste stream.
- Recycling, metal, e-waste, and materials that cannot be reused are sent to responsible recyclers rather than the dumpster.
- Certified data destruction, drives and media are wiped or physically destroyed under a documented chain of custody, with certificates issued for your records.
The result is a clean exit with a clear conscience, and a paper trail that holds up under audit.
What's Included
Everything It Takes to Hand Back the Keys
From the first cubicle pulled to the final broom-clean walk-through, decommissioning is one coordinated scope.
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Furniture Removal
Cubicles, casegoods, conference furniture, and breakroom fixtures disassembled and cleared from every floor.
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IT Decommission
Servers, racks, network gear, and structured cabling de-installed and prepared for relocation or disposal.
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Asset Liquidation & Resale
Furniture and equipment with market value sold or liquidated to recover cost against the project.
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Donation & Recycling
Usable items donated and the rest recycled responsibly, with diversion documented for your reporting.
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Data Destruction
Drives and media wiped or destroyed under chain of custody, with certificates of destruction issued.
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Broom-Clean Restoration
The space returned to broom-clean condition and any required restoration completed for the walk-through.
Why Companies Trust the Move-Out to Us
Crews and Space Sized for a Deadline
- 220+ Full-Time In-House Crew Trained, vetted in-house crews to clear a floor on schedule.
- 500K+ Sq Ft of Warehousing Room to receive, sort, and stage retained assets and liquidation inventory.
- 100% In-House Crews The people clearing your office are ours, accountable to one plan.
- 24/7 After-Hours Scheduling Nights and weekends available to hit the move-out date without disrupting tenants.
Questions & Answers
Office Decommissioning FAQs
General
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Office decommissioning is the process of clearing an office at lease-end, removing all furniture, IT, and fixtures, liquidating, donating, or recycling those assets, securely destroying data, and restoring the space to broom-clean condition before the keys go back to the landlord.
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Broom-clean is the move-out standard most commercial leases require: the space emptied of all furniture, equipment, and debris and swept clean, so the landlord can re-lease or renovate it. We restore the space to this condition and document it for the walk-through.
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Every asset gets the best available exit. Items with market value are liquidated or resold to offset cost, usable furniture is donated to nonprofits and schools, and the remainder, e-waste, metal, and scrap, is recycled responsibly instead of landfilled.
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Yes. We plan backward from your move-out date, size crews to the square footage and window, reserve docks and elevators in advance, and work nights or weekends when needed so the space is clear and broom-clean before the lease expires.
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Yes. Flood Brothers is fully licensed and insured, and we provide a certificate of insurance naming your landlord, property manager, or building as required before work begins.
Let's Get Started
Have a Lease Ending and a Floor to Clear?
Tell us the size of the space, the move-out date, and what is staying or going. We will build the plan and send a clear quote, usually within one business day.