Student accommodation furniture from Turkey is built in the same bed, mattress and case-goods factories that furnish hotels. A purpose-built student studio is close to an economy hotel room: a bed, a desk, storage, a chair and a small kitchen, repeated hundreds of times. Rovers prices the student version as room packs, approves a sample studio before production, and delivers by block and floor so rooms are ready for the start of term.
Room packs per type
| Pack | Lines |
|---|---|
| Cluster bedroom | Bed with storage drawers, mattress, desk with shelf, desk chair, wardrobe or open hanging, pinboard, bedside or shelf, mirror |
| Studio | Cluster bedroom lines plus kitchenette joinery, dining table and two chairs, sofa bed or lounge chair |
| Cluster kitchen-diner, per flat | Kitchen units and worktop, dining table, chairs or bench seating, sofa |
| Communal, per 50 beds | Lounge seating, study tables and booths, reception desk, games and cinema-room seating, gym benches and lockers (equipment by others) |
Cluster bedroom, line by line
| Line | Spec | UK and EU standard |
|---|---|---|
| Bed, 120 × 200 cm typical (90 cm in budget schemes) | Metal or solid-edge panel frame, storage drawers optional | BS 7177 for the base |
| Mattress | Contract, wipe-clean cover | BS 7177 medium hazard; EN 597-1 and -2 |
| Desk, 120–140 cm | Solid edge, cable port | EN 527 class or EN 15372 |
| Desk chair | Contract chair | EN 16139; upholstery BS 7176 medium hazard |
| Wardrobe or open hanging | Fixed against tipping, solid edges | EN 16121 |
| Shelving and pinboard | Wall-fixed | |
| Bedside or bed shelf with USB | CE or UKCA for the electrics |
Communal areas, typical per 50 beds
| Area | Typical lines |
|---|---|
| Cluster kitchens, one per 6–8 beds | Dining table with 6–8 chairs, sofa |
| Lounge and social | 20–30 soft seats, tables, booths |
| Study | 10–15 study positions, 2–4 booths or pods |
| Reception | Desk, waiting seating |
| Gym and cinema, in larger schemes | Seating only |
Each pack is one priced sheet. The total is the pack price times the room count per type, so a change to one line shows its cost across the building at once. Accessible rooms and handed (mirror-image) rooms are listed as their own variants.
A studio next to a hotel room
| Line | Economy hotel room | Student studio | What changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bed | Bed base and headboard | Bed with drawers underneath | Storage moves under the bed |
| Desk | Writing desk | Larger study desk, shelf above | Worked at for hours every day |
| Storage | Wardrobe or open closet | Wardrobe plus shelving | A year of belongings, not a week |
| Seating | Lounge chair | Desk chair plus sofa bed or lounge chair | Two seats in daily use |
| Kitchen | Minibar cabinet | Kitchenette units and worktop (appliances by others) | Moisture-resistant board near the sink |
| Finish | Veneer or lacquer common | HPL or melamine common | Faster to clean and repair between tenancies |
Fire and durability standards
| Market | Upholstery and seating | Mattresses and bed bases | Case goods and tables |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | BS 7176 medium hazard (BS 5852 Crib 5 plus EN 1021-1 and -2), as for hotels | BS 7177 medium hazard | EN 16121 storage, EN 15372 tables, EN 16139 seating |
| European Union | EN 1021-1 and -2 as the baseline; France (M1/M2) and Germany (DIN 4102 B1) add classes for public buildings | EN 597-1 and -2 | Same EN durability standards |
| United States | TB 117-2013; in institutional and some dormitory occupancies without sprinklers, TB 133 heat-release tests under IFC 805 | 16 CFR 1632 and 1633 | Owner’s specification |
| Gulf | Civil Defence approval | Civil Defence approval | Owner’s specification |
Built for heavy use
Student rooms are used hard and turned over every year. No single standard covers that, so it goes into the shop drawings as a buyer specification:
- Wardrobes and tall units fixed to the wall or fitted with anti-tip fittings.
- Solid or thick ABS edges on desk tops and carcasses, where knocks land.
- Metal or reinforced bed frames, and drawers on heavy-duty runners.
- Fabrics with a high rub count and removable covers on communal seating.
- Spare doors, drawer fronts and fabric from the same batch, held for repairs.
Replacement cycles
Operators fund replacement from a sinking fund per bed. Mattresses and communal seating wear out first; case goods last longest. Rovers keeps the approved codes, finishes and shop drawings for every pack, so a mattress or chair re-ordered years later matches the rooms it goes into.
Sample studio and delivery
- Shop drawings per room type are approved.
- Finish samples are signed: carcass, door fronts, worktop, fabric.
- A sample studio and a cluster bedroom are built from production materials and reviewed.
- Production runs from the signed sample; every piece is checked before packing.
- Packing and labels follow block, floor and room, in the order the building is handed over.
Furniture made in Turkey reaches the UK and most of the EU by road. Outside the US, Rovers installs by floor and closes a snag list per room. In the US, Rovers manufactures and delivers, and the owner’s installer fits the rooms.
What to send us
Send the room-type drawings and the room count per type, the communal-area layouts, the city and the date the building must be ready. With no drawings yet, the room mix and a reference image of the target room are enough for a first priced pack.
- Wandsworth Council (s4s): fire safety of furniture in student accommodation (BS 7176 medium hazard, BS 7177) · accessed 2026-10-04
- Rosehill: what fire safety regulations apply to contract furniture · accessed 2026-10-04
- Rosehill: contract furniture strength and durability standards (EN 16139, EN 15372, EN 16121) · accessed 2026-10-04
- SATRA: fire testing of furniture for European markets (EN 1021, national add-ons, EN 597) · accessed 2026-10-04
- UpCodes: IFC Section 805, upholstered furniture and mattresses in institutional and dormitory occupancies · accessed 2026-10-04
- eCFR 16 CFR Part 1632 (mattresses) and Part 1633 (mattress sets, open flame) · accessed 2026-10-04
- LOFT: student accommodation furniture collection (cluster bedroom and studio contents) · accessed 2026-10-04