Start With the Room, Not the Door Sample

Cabinetry is made to fit. Before a factory can quote, it needs the space: room dimensions with wall heights and ceiling details, the position of windows, doors, columns, ducts and plumbing risers, plus appliance schedules with model numbers and cut-out sizes. A floor plan with dimensions marked is enough for a first estimate; measured drawings give a firmer number. If you are furnishing several apartments or villas in one order, send the repeat unit types separately from the one-off layouts, because repetition changes both production planning and pricing.

Our interior design services cover space layout planning, concept design and 3D visual renderings, so a project that has only reached schematic stage can still start the conversation. Where drawings are not ready, send photographs of the site with your intended layout marked on them.

Specify What Sits Behind the Flat Door

Flat panel European cabinetry looks simple, which is exactly why it is easy to under-specify. State each of the following in your enquiry:

• Door finish and sheen — the Modern European Kitchen Cabinet range includes Matte European Cabinets, High Gloss European Cabinets and Two Tone European Cabinets. Give the colour reference or sample code you want matched, not just a colour name.
• Edge and profile detail — door thickness, edge radius, whether the top of tall units is square-edged or capped, and how the doors meet at inside and outside corners.
• Opening method — Handleless European Cabinets with integrated profiles, or surface-mounted handles; state the handle type and finish if handles are used.
• Carcass and interior — carcass material and colour, shelf spans and thickness, drawer boxes, soft-close specification, and internal fittings such as pull-out trays, tall larder units and appliance housings.
• Worktops and splashbacks — material, thickness, edge profile, cut-outs for sinks and hob, and whether these are included in your request or supplied locally.
• Lighting and accessories — in-cabinet lighting, channel positions, transformers and switching arrangement.

The product page for this collection lists made-to-measure sizing, material and finish options and a layout tailored to the project, so treat nothing as standard. Anything you leave unstated will come back as an assumption in the quotation, and assumptions are where variations appear later.

Say How Far You Want Our Team To Go

SANTERSON works as a furniture and building materials supplier covering design consultation, manufacturing and project delivery, and the scope you choose changes what the quote contains. Tell us which of these you need:

• Production only — you supply verified drawings and take delivery at a named point.
• Design and production — space planning, material selection and product specification alongside manufacturing.
• Turnkey — the full route described on our turnkey solutions pages: consultation, design and planning, production, logistics, installation and after-sales.
• Custom & OEM — bespoke finishes and textures, prototyping, private labelling or your own brand markings, as set out on our custom and OEM service.
• Door-to-door logistics — freight arrangement, packaging and container loading, customs paperwork and shipment tracking under our logistics service. State your delivery address, preferred Incoterms and whether you have a clearing agent.

Cabinetry is often ordered together with other fit-out items. If the same order will include wardrobes, vanities, doors, wall panelling or custom built-in kitchen cabinets for hotel or apartment projects, say so in the enquiry — combined production and consolidated containers change both the schedule and the freight cost.

What A Proper Quotation Should Return

Ask for a line-by-line breakdown rather than one lump figure. You should receive unit prices by room or unit type, the specification written back to you item by item, packaging and cubic-metre data, the production sequence for your quantities, and the validity period of the price. Where logistics are included, freight should be shown separately so you can compare like for like against other suppliers.

Check three things before signing: that every finish code in the quote matches your approved sample; that dimensions are marked as project-specific and confirmed against site measurements; and that what is excluded is stated. Our installation and after-sales support covers on-site installation, inspection and snags, spare parts and maintenance — ask for the terms in writing for your project rather than assuming a general policy applies.

Common Reasons Quotations Come Back Wrong

• Colour named, not coded. "Matte grey" covers dozens of formulations. A sample code or a posted physical sample removes the argument.
• Appliances left open. Integrated ovens, refrigerators and dishwashers determine housing dimensions, ventilation gaps and door weights. Substitute appliances after production starts mean rebuilt units.
• Site levels not surveyed. Uneven floors and out-of-plumb walls are normal in older buildings; without a survey the toe-kick and scribe details get solved on site at your cost.
• Quantities given as "approximately". For multi-unit work, quote per unit type and state the total unit count, including spares.
• Delivery scope assumed. Port-only and door-to-door pricing are not comparable. Fix the delivery point in writing before comparing numbers.

Sending Your Enquiry

A complete enquiry for flat panel European cabinetry contains: drawings or measured dimensions, appliance schedule, finish codes, internal fitting list, quantities by unit type, delivery address and preferred Incoterms, target installation date, and photographs of the site. Send those in one message and a manufacturer can respond with something you can actually compare.

Use our contact page, or reach us by phone or WhatsApp on +86-13928214007 (PHILLIP). The product reference for this range is Flat Panel European Cabinets; dimensions and selected specifications are confirmed for each project before production.