THE FIRST DAY OF OUR NEW OFFICE
Stephen V. Cole reports:
After ten years at 4107 West 45th, we have officially moved to 1504 West 10th. The telephone numbers and post office box are unchanged. Leanna and I bought the building as an investment and are leasing it to ADB, Inc.
Our old office/warehouse combination had 1500 square feet of unheated/uncooled warehouse storage, 500 square feet of unheated/uncooled warehouse used for "working space" (packing and shipping games), and 600 square feet of office. Our new office is 3,000 square feet, of which about 1,000 will replace the "working space"(doubling it in size) and 2000 will replace the office, tripling it in size. We also rented a separate 2000 foot warehouse for storage of stuff printed in larger quantities. Everybody has more space, and we were able to get the third print engine out of storage so we now have a 50% greater book printing capacity. We will get the second bookbinder out of storage, doubling that capacity.
Moving wasn't easy or cheap, and isn't finished. There are still an estimated six truckloads of "stuff" at the old warehouse, and a dozen or two trips by our cars hauling smaller items. We made four "car trips" today alone bringing over stuff. We're all dead tired, working up to sixteen hours per day and sleeping only a few hours per night as our sore backs wake us up to sing to us.
Moving has, so far, included:
But it's all worth it and we're all very very happy. Everybody has more and better workspace.
We will be vastly more produtive here.
After ten years at 4107 West 45th, we have officially moved to 1504 West 10th. The telephone numbers and post office box are unchanged. Leanna and I bought the building as an investment and are leasing it to ADB, Inc.
Our old office/warehouse combination had 1500 square feet of unheated/uncooled warehouse storage, 500 square feet of unheated/uncooled warehouse used for "working space" (packing and shipping games), and 600 square feet of office. Our new office is 3,000 square feet, of which about 1,000 will replace the "working space"(doubling it in size) and 2000 will replace the office, tripling it in size. We also rented a separate 2000 foot warehouse for storage of stuff printed in larger quantities. Everybody has more space, and we were able to get the third print engine out of storage so we now have a 50% greater book printing capacity. We will get the second bookbinder out of storage, doubling that capacity.
Moving wasn't easy or cheap, and isn't finished. There are still an estimated six truckloads of "stuff" at the old warehouse, and a dozen or two trips by our cars hauling smaller items. We made four "car trips" today alone bringing over stuff. We're all dead tired, working up to sixteen hours per day and sleeping only a few hours per night as our sore backs wake us up to sing to us.
Moving has, so far, included:
- Waiting a week to move in because Leanna wanted to rip out the 20-year-old carpet and replace it with new tile.
- Renting a 16-foot truck twice (with a third time to come), moving five-six loads in each 24-hour rental period.
- Paying $900 for a moving company to make three trips in a 30-foot truck moving heavier items (desks, the power cutter, the shrinkwrap machine, the stockroom shelving, and sixteen pallets of "boxes of stuff").
- Having the Kyocera dealer move the print engines (which don't work yet, but will by tomorrow).
- Paying to have new burglar alarms put in.
- Paying to have new phone and internet connections added (the phones sort of work, and internet works in only one room, but we have very long Ethernet cables).
- Paying to have new 220v electric connections and security lights added.
- Delaying four new products by two-four weeks.
But it's all worth it and we're all very very happy. Everybody has more and better workspace.
We will be vastly more produtive here.
posted by Federation Commander at 9:52 PM
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