Student housing cabinetry

Built for the hardest duty cycle in multifamily: high occupancy, heavy use, and a turn window measured in weeks.

What is different about student housing

Student housing puts more use through the same box than any other residential segment. Kitchens are used communally, laundry and bath cabinets get wet repeatedly, and residents turn over every year — which means the building is rarely empty and maintenance is a permanent operation rather than an annual event.

Two consequences follow from that. First, hardware has to be specified for rental duty cycles rather than single-family use: soft-close hinges, dovetail drawer boxes and commercial-grade runners. Second, the specification has to be repeatable, because a turn programme replaces a handful of doors and drawers at a time and they have to match the rest of the building.

Where we fit in a turn programme

• New construction and additions. Full unit packages built to one locked specification across every unit.
• Turn replacements. Replacement fronts, drawer boxes and counter sections matched to the original programme record.
• Common areas. Study rooms, shared kitchens and laundry rooms where the casework takes commercial wear.

Specification notes for this segment

Construction	Framed or frameless; RTA where a staging area and assembly crew are available
Hardware	Soft-close hinges, dovetail drawer boxes, commercial-grade runners
Moisture	Moisture-resistant panel options for bath and laundry runs
Countertops	Engineered quartz — non-porous and stain resistant for communal use
Labelling	Unit-by-unit labelling so summer turn crews are not sorting boxes

The summer problem

Student housing has one immovable deadline: the units must be ready when the academic year starts. Production runs 5–7 weeks after approved drawings, so a programme that approves in June is already late. The buildings that make their turn dates are the ones that released approvals in spring and took deliveries in phases.

What we need to quote it

Unit count and types, whether this is new build or replacement, the turn window you are working to, and the delivery location. Send it to info@thailandcabinetry.com.