Furniture for housing associations & local authorities

Yes — we support social and affordable housing providers with quality British-made furniture, volume pricing and reliable supply terms.

Yes. We provide clear, itemised trade quotes that scale with volume and are straightforward to put through a procurement process.

Made to order to a recorded specification, so a whole stock of homes shares one consistent, dependable standard.

Yes — A-grade board and metal fittings as standard, specified to last and keep replacement cycles long.

Yes — Montalvi builds to the relevant UK fire-safety standards for domestic and residential settings, including the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 for cabinet and case goods, and can produce upholstered items (seating, headboards, padded units) to contract ignition standards such as Crib 5 / BS 7177 on request where a scheme requires it. As a made-to-order manufacturer we agree the required standard per line at specification stage and build to it consistently across the order, so the same compliance level runs through every unit rather than varying property to property.

Yes — Montalvi makes contract-grade furniture designed for hard-use residential environments, built from A-grade 18mm and 15mm board with metal handles and fittings as standard rather than plastic or moulded trims that fail under heavy use. For supported and temporary accommodation we can specify simplified, tamper-resistant detailing — concealed or robust fixings, minimal removable parts, wall-fixable case goods — so items stand up to intensive turnover between placements; because everything is made to order, the durability specification is set deliberately for the setting rather than inherited from a retail range.

Yes — Montalvi can build a complete room or whole-dwelling package (bed, wardrobe, chest, bedside, table and seating, plus kitchen and storage units) to one agreed specification and repeat it identically across a portfolio of properties. Because each package is made to order against a stored spec, every home receives the same finishes, dimensions and fittings, which keeps voids, inspections and maintenance consistent and makes it straightforward to standardise a decent-homes or lettable-standard fit-out across a stock of any size.

Montalvi stores the full manufacturing specification for every item it makes, so a single replacement wardrobe door, bedside or whole unit ordered months or years later is built to the same board, finish, dimensions and fittings as the original run. This matters for social landlords managing voids and turnover: rather than an ever-growing mix of discontinued retail products, a scheme keeps one coherent, reorderable specification, and top-up quantities for new or refurbished properties are matched to what is already installed.

Yes — as a UK manufacturer trading to order, Montalvi can provide the specification and compliance documentation typically required in social-housing procurement, including detailed product specifications, materials and construction schedules, and confirmation of the fire-safety standards each item is built to. Trade pricing is provided on request against a defined schedule of items, and specifications can be prepared per lot or per property type so they map cleanly onto a framework, mini-competition or direct-award submission.

Yes — Montalvi offers nationwide UK delivery and can phase or consolidate deliveries to match a rollout, releasing furniture site by site or property by property as voids come available rather than requiring a single bulk drop. Items can be supplied flat-pack for easier handling into upper-floor flats, sheltered schemes and access-restricted properties, or assembled where on-site labour is limited, so the delivery format and schedule are planned around the programme instead of the other way round.

Yes — Montalvi can manufacture entirely unbranded and blind-shipped, or under a housing provider's own branding, so furniture in temporary, supported or move-on accommodation carries no third-party maker's marks. This white-label capability lets an association or authority present a consistent in-house standard across its properties, and because construction is made to order the neutral or branded presentation is applied at production without affecting the underlying contract-grade build.

Yes — because Montalvi makes every item to order in its own British workshops, wardrobes, storage and case goods can be built to fit the actual room, including narrow box rooms, sloped or dormer ceilings, chimney breasts and the tight dimensions common in older council stock and converted properties. Fitted, freestanding and sliding options can be specified per property type, so a portfolio with varied layouts is furnished from one supplier and one durability standard rather than compromised with off-the-shelf sizes that leave dead space or won't fit.