Build the matrix
We list every unit type, its mirror-image version, and the count of each by floor and building. A one-bedroom that flips left to right needs its own drawing, because the sink base and the dishwasher opening swap sides.
Multifamily Cabinets in Austin, Packaged by Unit Type and Floor
Austin Elite Cabinets supplies and installs multifamily cabinets in Austin, TX, and is a leading Travis County cabinet contractor for apartment developers and property managers, specializing in repeating unit-type kitchen packages, bath vanity bases and renovation change-outs in occupied communities. We offer laminate slab doors on melamine boxes and painted shaker fronts for upgraded unit classes.
- Free in-home design visit
- Shop drawings you approve
- One firm written price
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About our multifamily & apartment cabinet packages
Our team provides unit-by-unit cabinet kitting labeled to each floor, delivering consistent, rent-ready kitchens for residents and a repeatable package for both residential and commercial projects. Our own installers field measure every unit type, those counts become shop drawings your architect approves, and the finished installation is backed by a written warranty.
From removable sink bases detailed for Fair Housing kitchens to complete building packages set floor by floor, our team handles every detail. Serving Austin, Steiner Ranch and Lakeway, we sequence deliveries so units come back online on the dates your leasing office promised.
Why Austin Elite
How We Work
No catalogue boxes and no handoffs. The people who measure your room are the people who build and install it.
Measured in your homeEvery run, wall and ceiling measured on site, never from a plan
Shop drawings firstYou approve the drawings and finish before anything is built
Same crew, start to finishThe people who measure are the people who install
One firm written priceThe number on the quote is the number at install
Multifamily Cabinet Scope: New Buildings and Occupied Renovations
An apartment job is one kitchen designed a handful of times and built many times over. That repetition is the whole opportunity, and it only pays off if the package is organized around it.
- New construction: full kitchen and bath cabinet packages for garden, mid-rise and podium buildings, bid from the unit plans and scheduled behind drywall and paint.
- Value-add renovations: tear-out and replacement of original kitchens in older communities, one building or one stack at a time.
- Turnover change-outs: door and drawer front replacement or full box replacement as units vacate, so the upgrade happens without an empty building.
- Amenity spaces: leasing office, clubhouse kitchen, mail room and fitness area casework, which falls under commercial accessibility rules rather than the dwelling unit rules.
General contractors, developers, owners and third-party property managers all buy this work, and each needs a different piece of the paperwork. Tell us which seat you are in when you call.
Unit-Type Packages, Takeoffs and Shop Drawings
A multifamily takeoff starts with the unit matrix, not with the floor plans one at a time.
Draw each type once
Every unit type gets an elevation set in the shop drawings: box sizes, filler strips, appliance openings, and the accessible variations where the plans call for them. The architect reviews and returns them before production starts.
Kit and label
Boxes are grouped by unit and labeled with building, floor and unit number, so a crew opens a kit in the right apartment and installs it without sorting. That labeling is what keeps a floor from stalling over one missing wall cabinet.
Verify in the field
Before production on each building, we measure a finished unit of each type after drywall. Framing drifts on a large project, and catching it on the first floor saves the next four.
Fair Housing Act Kitchens and Accessible Units
The federal Fair Housing Act applies design and construction requirements to covered multifamily dwellings built for first occupancy after March 13, 1991. Covered units are every unit in a building of four or more units with an elevator, and the ground-floor units in other buildings of four or more.
HUD's guidelines set seven requirements, and Requirement 7, usable kitchens and bathrooms, is a cabinet requirement in practice:
- Clearance: at least 40 inches between opposing base cabinets, countertops, appliances and walls, measured from the countertop edge or appliance face.
- U-shaped kitchens: where the sink, range or cooktop sits at the base of the U, either a 60-inch turning space is provided or the base cabinets at that location are removable.
- Bathrooms: Requirement 6 calls for reinforced walls for later grab bar installation, which has to be coordinated with vanity and linen cabinet placement.
A removable sink base is a detail, not an afterthought: the floor and wall finishes have to run behind it, and the plumbing has to survive its removal. We draw it that way. Leasing offices and clubhouse kitchens are common-use areas, where the Texas Accessibility Standards set work surfaces between 28 and 34 inches above the floor.
Phasing Cabinet Work Around Occupied Units
Renovating a community that is still leased is a scheduling job first and a carpentry job second.
- Vacant-unit phasing: we work the units your leasing office releases, in the order they release them, so no resident loses a kitchen.
- Stack or building phasing: where the owner takes a whole building offline, crews work top to bottom and hand back floors as they finish.
- Resident notice and access: entry times, parking for delivery trucks and quiet hours are agreed with the property manager before work starts.
- Make-ready handoff: each unit is left swept, doors adjusted and hardware on, so the turn crew can clean and list it.
A spare set of doors, drawer fronts and a few common boxes, often called attic stock, is worth writing into the package. It lets maintenance replace a damaged door in one visit instead of reordering a finish nobody can match.
What Drives the Cost of a Multifamily Cabinet Package
Per-unit pricing is built from your unit matrix, so we quote it in a written proposal rather than on this page. What moves it:
- Unit count and mix: fewer unit types and more repeats lower the drawing and setup effort per unit.
- Linear footage per unit type: a studio galley and a three-bedroom L kitchen are different packages.
- Box construction: melamine particleboard versus plywood, and whether sink bases get the moisture-tolerant box.
- Door style and finish: laminate slab, thermofoil, or painted shaker for an upgraded class of unit.
- Accessible units: removable bases and lowered sections add detailing.
- Phasing: one continuous install versus many short mobilizations around vacancies.
- Demolition and disposal: on renovations, tear-out, haul-off and wall repair behind old boxes.
- Tops and hardware: whether countertops, pulls and hinges are in our scope.
Send the unit matrix and plans with the bid request and the proposal comes back itemized per unit type.
Materials Specified for Apartment Kitchens and Baths
Apartment cabinets take more abuse than owner-occupied ones, and they are replaced on the owner's budget, so the spec leans toward durability and easy repair.
- Melamine particleboard boxes are dimensionally stable and uniform from box to box, which suits repeated unit types.
- Plywood holds screws better and resists moisture, which is why it is often specified at the sink base even when the rest of the kitchen is particleboard.
- High-pressure laminate and thermofoil faces resist daily wear and come in matchable colors for later replacement.
- Frameless construction gives roughly an inch and a half more opening per box, helpful in a narrow galley.
- 35mm cup hinges and full-extension slides are standard parts maintenance staff can swap without calling us back.
Austin Apartment Construction and How to Request a Bid
Austin has grown faster than any other large American city since 2010, and the zoning changes of December 2023 now allow up to three units on many single-family lots. That means cabinet work at both ends: podium buildings near the Domain and downtown, and small infill projects in older neighborhoods. The City of Austin's Commercial Building Plan Review Division reviews multifamily plans for new construction and remodels, and our shop drawings are prepared to match the permitted set.
To request a bid, call with the unit count, the unit matrix or plans, whether the property is new or occupied, and your target start. We schedule a site walk or plan review and return a per-unit proposal.
The process
From First Measure to Final Hinge
Four steps, and nothing is built until you have signed off on the drawings and the price.
Free design visit
We measure the room, talk through how you use it and look at door styles and finishes together.
Drawings and a firm price
You get shop drawings and one written price. Nothing is built until you sign off on both.
Built to your measurements
Boxes, doors and panels are made to the dimensions taken in your home, not to catalogue sizes.
Installed and adjusted
The same crew installs, levels, scribes to your walls and adjusts every door and drawer before we leave.
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Questions
Multifamily & Apartment Cabinet Packages: Common Questions
Do you price apartment cabinets per unit type?
Yes. The proposal breaks out each unit type and its mirror version with a count, so you can see what one of each costs and what the building totals.
Can you renovate kitchens while the community stays leased?
Yes. We work vacant units as the leasing office releases them, agree entry and parking with the property manager, and hand each unit back ready for the make-ready crew.
Do you detail Fair Housing Act accessible kitchens?
Yes. Clearances, removable sink bases and U-shaped kitchen conditions are drawn on the shop drawings for the covered units the plans identify.
What is the lead time on a multifamily package?
It is written into the proposal and starts from approved shop drawings and a confirmed finish, because production cannot start earlier. Large buildings are usually released in phases so the first floors ship while later ones are still in review.
Do you replace only doors and drawer fronts at turnover?
Yes, where the boxes are sound. New fronts on existing boxes is a faster turn than a full replacement, and we tell you on the site walk which units qualify.
Are you licensed and insured for apartment work?
Texas has no statewide licence for cabinet installers. Send the owner's or GC's insurance and additional insured requirements with the bid request and we respond to them in writing before award.
Do you provide attic stock?
We recommend it and price it as a line item: spare doors, drawer fronts and common boxes in the same finish, labeled for maintenance.
What warranty covers a multifamily install?
A written warranty covers the installed cabinets and is handed over with the closeout documents for each building.
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