How much does it cost to equip an office for 10 people in Chile?

The cost of equipping an office for 10 people is estimated with a simple formula: 10 complete workstations (desk plus ergonomic chair), plus meeting rooms, plus common areas (reception, storage, pause). What moves the total most is not the number of people: it is the standard that is chosen for each piece and how many rooms the project takes.

This guide allows you to put together your own estimate in minutes. And if you want the exact details by model, we will send you the complete price list: write to us and we will send it to you along with a proposal tailored to your project.

Is it about 30 people?Read the guide for 30 people.

How is the budget put together, item by item?

First, the stations: desk and chair are the base, and it is advisable to add a chest of drawers per station if there are no lockers. An entry-line position and an executive position can differ several times in value, so defining the standard before quoting is the decision that weighs the most.

Then the rooms: a meeting table with its chairs is usually equivalent to several workstations. And at the end the common areas: reception if clients arrive, shared storage, and sofas or poufs for breaks. In offices with 10 people, a small, well-designed room yields more than a large one that is occupied twice a week.

What does each game include and what makes it vary?

It is advisable to request these separate items in each quote:

There are items that almost never appear in a first quote and are weighed later: the removal of the packaging, the transfer outside of Santiago, the spare parts and the warranty for each family of products. Ask all providers to say if they are included or charged separately. At Dunati, the warranty is 5 years on desks, storage, tables and receptions, and 3 years on chairs, sofas, armchairs, poufs and booths. ```

What factors move the cost up or down?

Upwards: chairs with more adjustments, electrically adjustable height desks, special finishes, electrification of tables and acoustic booths. Downwards: shared workstations instead of individual desks (they share a structure), standardize a few models instead of mixing many, and buy the entire project at once, which allows access to quantity pricing.

A cost that almost no one budgets for and always shows up: delivery and installation in a building with elevator schedules. In Dunati they are included in the proposal, coordinated with the administration.

What are you quoting: the work on the premises or the equipment?

It is the most common cause of quotes that cannot be compared. Under the name "office project" two different services are quoted:

• The local work: partitions, ceilings, floors, climate, electricity and data. They are executed by a construction company, sometimes with the furniture subcontracted.
• Office planning and equipment: distribution, furniture, installation and after-sales from a single supplier, on a finished premises or whose work is carried out by another.

Dunati does the second. We are dedicated to furniture and its distribution, and the work on the premises is coordinated by your architect or your construction company; If you don't have one, we work with allied architects and construction companies and we can recommend them to you. The coordination is concrete: Dunati connects the electrification of the furniture to the points left by the construction company (it does not do electrical installations) and schedules the installation of the furniture for when the premises are ready. When comparing, ask each provider which of the two services they are quoting and who is responsible for each item. ```

How to request quotes that can be compared?

1. Send the same plan and the same list to everyone: number of positions, rooms with their capacity, reception, storage and entry date.
2. Set the chair level.Ask for a chair with a synchronous locking mechanism, adjustable lumbar, adjustable seat depth and adjustable arms; If not, each supplier quotes the chair that best suits you.
3. Request separate itemsand explicit services: planning, installation, packaging removal.
4. Request the guarantee of each familyand what spare parts are available per component.
5. Request a breakdown of the deadlinein manufacturing, import and installation. A total term without breakdown hides the import.
6. Ask what happens if you grow up: if within a year or two the same reference can be repeated for new positions.
7. Ask the payment method: advance payment, balance and if they accept purchase order. At Dunati, projects are paid with 50% advance and the balance before delivery, and companies can request a purchase order within 30 days, subject to Finance approval.

Compared like this, item by item, the lowest quote often turns out to be the one that left something out. ```

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How do I get prices by model?

Ask us for the price list and we will send it to you with details by product and finish. It is the fastest way to go from the estimate to the concrete number, and in the process we check if your project qualifies for quantity pricing.

For 10 or more seats it is advisable to quote the complete project: the price per quantity, the measurements adjusted to the space and the installation included change the final total. Our team is available to discuss your project and send you the list, and the Vitacura showroom (Av. Vitacura 6577) is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.