Guest guest Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Is you market depressed like much of the country which is why there is a good amount of inexpensive space around town? You might be able to negotiate something with your present landlord and reach an acceptable meeting of the minds. There is something to be said about not packing, redoing, unloading, rehanging, and all the rest of it. Utilities and all the carriers with change of address crap too... Just a thought. Moving is still rated on of the highest level stressor known... Goodness knows we all have enough of that already.... Been reading a great book about PTSD as we speak so it happens to be on my front burner.... Love Psych. It's right up there with the lose of a child young or adult, a spouse, and infidelity as some of the most traumatic events out there. Now personally I KNOW I would rather Move any day of the week than to have any of these other things I just mentioned :-) To: Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:00 PMSubject: Moving offices Hi everyone, Our lease expires 4/30/12 and we are strongly considering moving to another office space. Our current 1500 sq ft space is larger than we really need, and is $2.75/mo/ft, while other spaces in the area are renting for under $2. Mind you, these are not necessarily medical space, but are zoned for medical. Most of the "medical" space rents for $2.50-$3.25/ft/mo. We are going to seek the advice of a local commercial realtor on how to proceed. In the best of all situations, we would not move, but would pay $1500 less per month in rent. I was wondering for those of you that moved your office within the same town, did you experience any loss in productivity (read: income) for any length of time during or after the move? Did you have any trouble with insurance company or Medicare payments during/after the move? Were your patients satisfied with the move (read: did you lose or gain patients because of it)? We plan to keep our search within a 2 mile radius of our current location, but I just can no longer justify paying what we pay when there is so much vacant space available for less. TIA, -- Pratt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 About 4 years ago I moved my practice to a new building about 3 miles away without any disruption. On Friday we closed up, moved over the weekend and on Monday it was business as usual. Just let everyone that makes an appointment know about the change. Also good to post a sign at the old location until a new tenant is there to share the story. Neighbors, MDHuntsville, Alabama From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of PrattSent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:01 PMTo: Subject: Moving offices Hi everyone,Our lease expires 4/30/12 and we are strongly considering moving to another office space. Our current 1500 sq ft space is larger than we really need, and is $2.75/mo/ft, while other spaces in the area are renting for under $2. Mind you, these are not necessarily medical space, but are zoned for medical. Most of the " medical " space rents for $2.50-$3.25/ft/mo. We are going to seek the advice of a local commercial realtor on how to proceed. In the best of all situations, we would not move, but would pay $1500 less per month in rent. I was wondering for those of you that moved your office within the same town, did you experience any loss in productivity (read: income) for any length of time during or after the move? Did you have any trouble with insurance company or Medicare payments during/after the move? Were your patients satisfied with the move (read: did you lose or gain patients because of it)? We plan to keep our search within a 2 mile radius of our current location, but I just can no longer justify paying what we pay when there is so much vacant space available for less. TIA,-- Pratt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Dear , We are in Florida not California, but I think we may have in common that Realtors do not care about getting for you a small place. We contacted many Realtors in town and they wanted us to spend an arm and a leg for the office space. We got 1000 sqf office 3 exam rooms with sinks inside, lobby and receptionist area and 1 office in the back for the doctor for 1000 dollars per month + sales tax, no CAM or extra payment. How I did it? We drove around my town a lot and stop and make phone calls, whenever we talk to Realtors we realize that they did not want to help us. we were driving around my downtown on day and stubble on a sign with a phone number. I call it and spoke to a guy who was the owner and came to show me his office. I loved it and I got it. we are going to open in Nov 30Th, we had problems with EMDs. they sold us the software but forgot to mention that they did not have a way to train us . We are working part time in our side jobs and will be working in our clinic M,W and F. I do not have the time to fly to Austin and I choose to do training on line. EMDs is not ready or prepared to train you even on line ( they sell you the car and when you come back they wash their hands ) . We wanted to go with tangible sol, it is cheaper then the other hosting company. the other company could do training for us instead the EMDs. thanks, adolfo PS: my web site is: www.orangedocfamilymedicine.com To: Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:00 PMSubject: Moving offices Hi everyone, Our lease expires 4/30/12 and we are strongly considering moving to another office space. Our current 1500 sq ft space is larger than we really need, and is $2.75/mo/ft, while other spaces in the area are renting for under $2. Mind you, these are not necessarily medical space, but are zoned for medical. Most of the "medical" space rents for $2.50-$3.25/ft/mo. We are going to seek the advice of a local commercial realtor on how to proceed. In the best of all situations, we would not move, but would pay $1500 less per month in rent. I was wondering for those of you that moved your office within the same town, did you experience any loss in productivity (read: income) for any length of time during or after the move? Did you have any trouble with insurance company or Medicare payments during/after the move? Were your patients satisfied with the move (read: did you lose or gain patients because of it)? We plan to keep our search within a 2 mile radius of our current location, but I just can no longer justify paying what we pay when there is so much vacant space available for less. TIA, -- Pratt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Hi , I know you are in the Bay Area, which tends to be more expensive than up here in Chico, CA (I grew up in Livermore). I moved my office last year in the same town about 2 miles away. I now have a 1000sf/$1000 per month office in a non-medical area. No sinks in exam rooms needed. I have surgical scrub in rooms + bathroom and kitchenette both have sinks. I do store some overflow supplies in my guest bedroom closet at home (speculums anyone?). Medical spaces were too big and too expensive and I didn't need to be near the hospital. I did my own searching online and driving around after the realtor was not too helpful. Medicare was a nightmare...ended up calling my congressman to help and finally got paid several months after moving. No problem with commercial insurers. Good luck! Rhonda To: " " < >Sent: Thu, November 10, 2011 2:12:08 PMSubject: Re: Moving offices Dear , We are in Florida not California, but I think we may have in common that Realtors do not care about getting for you a small place. We contacted many Realtors in town and they wanted us to spend an arm and a leg for the office space. We got 1000 sqf office 3 exam rooms with sinks inside, lobby and receptionist area and 1 office in the back for the doctor for 1000 dollars per month + sales tax, no CAM or extra payment. How I did it? We drove around my town a lot and stop and make phone calls, whenever we talk to Realtors we realize that they did not want to help us. we were driving around my downtown on day and stubble on a sign with a phone number. I call it and spoke to a guy who was the owner and came to show me his office. I loved it and I got it. we are going to open in Nov 30Th, we had problems with EMDs. they sold us the software but forgot to mention that they did not have a way to train us . We are working part time in our side jobs and will be working in our clinic M,W and F. I do not have the time to fly to Austin and I choose to do training on line. EMDs is not ready or prepared to train you even on line ( they sell you the car and when you come back they wash their hands ) . We wanted to go with tangible sol, it is cheaper then the other hosting company. the other company could do training for us instead the EMDs. thanks, adolfo PS: my web site is: www.orangedocfamilymedicine.com To: Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:00 PMSubject: Moving offices Hi everyone, Our lease expires 4/30/12 and we are strongly considering moving to another office space. Our current 1500 sq ft space is larger than we really need, and is $2.75/mo/ft, while other spaces in the area are renting for under $2. Mind you, these are not necessarily medical space, but are zoned for medical. Most of the "medical" space rents for $2.50-$3.25/ft/mo. We are going to seek the advice of a local commercial realtor on how to proceed. In the best of all situations, we would not move, but would pay $1500 less per month in rent. I was wondering for those of you that moved your office within the same town, did you experience any loss in productivity (read: income) for any length of time during or after the move? Did you have any trouble with insurance company or Medicare payments during/after the move? Were your patients satisfied with the move (read: did you lose or gain patients because of it)? We plan to keep our search within a 2 mile radius of our current location, but I just can no longer justify paying what we pay when there is so much vacant space available for less. TIA, -- Pratt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 I moved a few miles down the road last year to get better, bigger space for less money. I lost a few folks who were already coming from further away, but I picked up more patients closer to my office. Moving itself is a pain and certainly not cheap. But being a micropractice was most helpful. I did the utilities in advance and the move in a weekend. Did not miss a day of work. I had no problem with Medicare and other payments because I use a PO box for all of that and didn't change it. Real estate people were of no help. The only landlords willing to pay for their services want to pass those costs on in the rent...plus plenty more. I found my current spot on craigslist! Haresch > > Hi everyone, > Our lease expires 4/30/12 and we are strongly considering moving to another > office space. Our current 1500 sq ft space is larger than we really need, > and is $2.75/mo/ft, while other spaces in the area are renting for under > $2. Mind you, these are not necessarily medical space, but are zoned for > medical. Most of the " medical " space rents for $2.50-$3.25/ft/mo. We are > going to seek the advice of a local commercial realtor on how to proceed. > In the best of all situations, we would not move, but would pay $1500 less > per month in rent. > > I was wondering for those of you that moved your office within the same > town, did you experience any loss in productivity (read: income) for any > length of time during or after the move? Did you have any trouble with > insurance company or Medicare payments during/after the move? Were your > patients satisfied with the move (read: did you lose or gain patients > because of it)? > > We plan to keep our search within a 2 mile radius of our current location, > but I just can no longer justify paying what we pay when there is so much > vacant space available for less. > > TIA, > > > -- > * Pratt* > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 I moved next door new suite same address no problems with patients, rent decreased by 600 / monthBUTmedicare caught up with me about 3 years later and stopped sending EOBS and it took about 6 months for me to officially change my addressso start that process early.Lynn > > Hi everyone, > Our lease expires 4/30/12 and we are strongly considering moving to another > office space. Our current 1500 sq ft space is larger than we really need, > and is $2.75/mo/ft, while other spaces in the area are renting for under > $2. Mind you, these are not necessarily medical space, but are zoned for > medical. Most of the "medical" space rents for $2.50-$3.25/ft/mo. We are > going to seek the advice of a local commercial realtor on how to proceed. > In the best of all situations, we would not move, but would pay $1500 less > per month in rent. > > I was wondering for those of you that moved your office within the same > town, did you experience any loss in productivity (read: income) for any > length of time during or after the move? Did you have any trouble with > insurance company or Medicare payments during/after the move? Were your > patients satisfied with the move (read: did you lose or gain patients > because of it)? > > We plan to keep our search within a 2 mile radius of our current location, > but I just can no longer justify paying what we pay when there is so much > vacant space available for less. > > TIA, > > > -- > * Pratt* > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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