Choose the service geography first
Map customers, suppliers, labour, carriers and key travel routes. The preferred market and district should emerge from the operating geography, not merely a familiar postal area.
Define the level of service the business must protect—delivery windows, response times, fleet travel, customer visits and employee access.
Test the building and site as one system
Evaluate loading, clear height, storage, power, office, parking, yard, truck circulation, access and permitted use together. A building is not operationally suitable if its site prevents the required vehicle or customer movement.
Keep property-specific facts dated and source-linked, and flag what still needs confirmation.
Score the whole move
Add rent, operating costs, fit-out, moving, downtime, recruitment, transport and business-continuity effects to the comparison. This helps the team avoid selecting a building only because one visible number appears favourable.
Set a clear approval sequence and walk-away conditions before commercial terms become urgent.
Which location, site and building factors would make an otherwise attractive option unusable?
Next step
Use this guide as a decision framework, then validate property-specific facts and obtain appropriate legal, financial, technical and regulated real estate advice before committing.