The short answer: before you lease an industrial unit in Truganina, test the location against your whole working day, not just the building. Check how far your customers are, where your suppliers deliver from, how much your team travels between jobs and the warehouse, and how your regular routes run at the times you actually use them. Visit during normal working hours and drive your real routes. A great layout won't fix a location that slows your business down.
Rent is the cost you see on the lease. Travel time is the cost you pay every day without noticing.
Why location matters more than the layout
Most tenants spend the inspection inside, checking the floor space, the office and the roller door. All important. But the building only affects what happens inside it. The location affects every trip your business makes, every day, for the whole lease.
An extra 20 minutes each way, five days a week, across a team of four, adds up to hundreds of hours a year. That's paid time spent in traffic instead of on jobs, deliveries or sales.
The 4 location questions to ask before you lease
Do this at the inspection, not after you sign
While you're outside, check that your delivery vehicles can actually get in and unload. Our warehouse truck access checklist covers the four access checks to make on the same visit.
Truganina's location advantage, and when it doesn't suit
Truganina sits in the heart of Melbourne's western industrial corridor, with freeway and arterial road links to the CBD, the Port of Melbourne, Geelong and regional Victoria. For businesses serving the west, for distribution and for trades working across the western suburbs, it can be an ideal base.
If most of your customers are in the east or south-east, though, a Truganina unit may add travel time that outweighs a lower rent. A location is right or wrong for your business, not in general.
Common questions
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Tell us where your customers and suppliers are, and we'll shortlist units in Melbourne's west that suit how your business actually runs. See the warehouses available now, or talk to Manny about your requirements.
Fairmont only sells and leases industrial property across Melbourne's western corridor and Geelong. That focus is deliberate. It means we know the buyers who are active right now and what they are prepared to pay.