How can I group gameobjects and still respect their transforms?

Say I have a set of four objects that are each an instance of a prefab.



I want to group them in the hierarchy for convenience's sake.

So I create an empty gameobject at root level and reset the transform.
I then drag all four objects to this gameobject.



The problem is that the transform exists at 0,0,0 and my objects are at 10,0,10. So when I select the newly created gameobject 'folder' to move them about the transform handles are found elsewhere in the scene.



Furthermore, trying to then assemble these four gameobjects as a single prefab means that every single subsequent placement of the grouped prefab in the scene will be at the 'incorrect' position of the parent transform.

 

Thank you so much for this Karl! Much appreciated.