Student accommodation

Hughes Trade supplies thousands of electrical products to student accommodations across the UK each year. With very competitive rates, tons of experience and bucket-loads of enthusiasm, we are an ideal supply partner for you. 

Providing substantial bulk delivery and installation options, Hughes Trade is versatile with unrivalled supply relationships resulting from 98 years of supplying electrical products. More importantly, we are organised, compliant and safe. 

We always have over £10m of stock in our warehouses, ready and waiting to go, and provide deals for all of the famous household names. Choose from the industry big names such as Bosch, Hotpoint, Beko, Samsung and Miele. We even have options of quick to install, competitively priced pre-built compact kitchens from Elfin Kitchens which are ideal as space savers for student accommodation. We also carry a wide range of technology, domestic and commercial appliances, from TVs and speakers to everything in-between.

Student accommodation services


  • Rental options – no investment required
  • Room placement and full installation services
  • Wide range of white goods, appliances and technology
  • Easy-order login website for incidental needs
  • Low priced and top brand TVs
  • Common areas - games consoles, brackets and accessories
  • Commercial products – fridges, laundry and catering
  • Commercial laundry – in-house and joint venture launderettes
  • Easy engagement, contract and tender team

If money is an issue, why not consider renting your products? We are the largest renter of electrical products in the UK with over 100,000 happy customers. This way you can avoid the capital expense and get brand new, fully serviced products in exchange for a regular payment that is easier on your bank account.

As a customer of Hughes Trade, you can expect only the highest levels of service. We provide this via several regional depots which all provide delivery, installation and repair services. With over 800 members of staff, we can install hundreds of units in a small window of opportunity (our current record is 1200 wet installs in three days). We want your student accommodation business and we won’t let you down!

Looking for a commercial in-house laundry contractor or joint venture (route) launderette for your establishment? If you have the customers and a safe environment, our sister company WashCo have the machines, know-how and experience to provide class leading services.

Here at Hughes Trade, we try to be as green as possible. We use our own in-house recycling plant to split, process and prepare thousands of tonnes of waste packaging material and end-of-life machines for further recycling by our specialist contractors. In fact, we were the preferred supplier of white goods for the London 2012 Olympic Games where our facility played a part in their zero-carbon event.