Store planning
Landlord Fixture Restrictions in Thai Malls and Street Shops
Extract the landlord list before you order panels. A verbal “should be fine” is not a specification.
Landlord fixture restrictions in Thai malls and street shops are drilling, height, delivery, and fire routes — in writing, before the quotation, not the week of install. Independent retailers often brief a beautiful slatwall run and discover the atrium forbids wall fixings, the dock is night-only, or the fixture height cap kills double hang.
Mall unit vs street shop is what changes about the fit-out. This page is the constraint list to extract from the landlord. How to brief a quotation is where those answers go. Foreign owners should get them in English on the same page as the photos — buying in Thailand.
What to get in writing
Drilling and fixings. May you fix to the wall, the floor, the soffit? If no, the wall system becomes freestanding slatwall, grid on feet, or a rack-led floor — racks vs slatwall.
Fixture height. Caps kill double hang, tall gondolas, and window forms. Hangrail height is millimetres against that cap.
Delivery hours, dock, lift, stairs. A wrap that cannot enter the lift is not a wrap — pop-up checklist discipline also applies to permanent joinery. Six-week checklist puts this on the calendar.
Fire routes and sightlines. A centre island in the corridor is often not yours — gondola, layout.
Signage and lightboxes. Size, illumination, and whether the fascia is landlord-owned — signage. Electrical points on the drawing before the wall is cut — panel layout.
Window volume. Platform height, forms on the sill — window fixtures.
Water and wet counters. Beauty tester bays that assume a sink — tester planning.
We do not invent mall fees, load-in hours, or “standard mall packages.” Those belong on the landlord paper and on the quotation’s delivery notes.
Street is not “no rules”
Street shops still have a landlord, a municipality, a shutter, and a neighbour. Fascia, spilling into the pavement, and overnight lock-up still need a sentence in the brief. The difference is usually who owns the interior wall — not that you may ignore fire and power.
If you do not know yet
Say so. The schedule can split: wall system if allowed, freestanding if not. Do not order panels against a verbal “should be fine.” Store fixtures vs custom: custom joinery that fights the manual is wasted money.
Common mistakes
- Briefing finish first, rules never.
- Assuming another mall’s manual.
- Hiding night-delivery until install week.
- Ordering double hang before the height cap.
- A lightbox the corridor will reject.
Checklist you can send the landlord
- Wall / floor / soffit fixings
- Max fixture height
- Dock, lift, hours, vehicle size
- Fire route and centre-floor rules
- Signage and electrical
- Window and fascia
- Water if you need a wet bay
- Language you need the answers in
Put the replies on the same page as the unit photos.
Rules first, then the wall
If you are fitting a shop in Thailand, extract the landlord list before you fall in love with a panel. Send shop type, mall or street, and whatever is already written through the fixture plan form. We will return one fixture schedule and one written quotation — Thai or English — that can survive the manual.
Common questions
- What if the mall will not give a written manual?
- Write down what they said, the date, and who said it, and still ask for email. The schedule can split until you have paper.
- Do street shops have fixture height caps?
- Sometimes via the landlord or a fascia rule. Ask. Do not assume mall-free means unlimited.
- Can you quote before we have the mall rules?
- Yes, as a split schedule: drilled wall vs freestanding. Do not lock custom joinery until the manual is in.
- Are another mall’s rules good enough?
- No. Each landlord owns their corridor. Copying another manual is how lightboxes get rejected.
Want a fixture list that fits your shop?
Tell us the shop type, size and opening date. We build one fixture plan and one written quotation, in Thai or English.
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