A Complete New Look for Your Kitchen
A kitchen makeover in Allerton Bywater changes the whole look of the room while keeping your units, layout, sink and appliances, from £1,500 and in 3 to 5 working days, with a 5-year written guarantee. We respray the doors, drawer fronts, frames and end panels, then add the parts you choose: spray granite over tired worktops, sprayed tiles and splashback, new handles fitted while the doors are off, an island or dresser in a contrast colour, and the walls, ceiling and woodwork decorated to finish the room, each part priced as its own line on one fixed quote.
With 35% of properties around Allerton Bywater centre built since 2000, about 670, many kitchens here are developer-fitted with sound units, and the makeover is mostly about colour, worktops and handles. The figures here cover 1,818 households in the 2 neighbourhoods nearest the centre.
Allerton Bywater kitchen makeover at a glance
| Starting price | From £1,500 |
|---|---|
| Typical time | 3 to 5 working days |
| Guarantee | 5 years (written) |
| Worktops | Spray granite, quoted after survey |
| From our workshop | 10 miles, about 22 minutes by road |
| Finance | May be available, subject to status |
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Only want the doors and frames recoloured? See kitchen respraying in Allerton Bywater. Weighing up a refit? Compare a makeover with a new fitted kitchen in Allerton Bywater, which typically costs £10,000 to £30,000 and takes four to eight weeks.
What a Makeover Changes, and What Stays
| Part of the kitchen | What we do | Time and price |
|---|---|---|
| Doors, drawers, frames, end panels | Primer, then two HVLP topcoats | The core; from £1,500 |
| Plinths, cornices and pelmets | Sprayed in the new colour | Where the kitchen has them |
| Worktops | Spray granite over existing tops | One day, then 24-hour cure |
| Tiles and splashback | Sprayed to suit the scheme | Priced after the survey |
| Handles and hardware | Swapped while doors are off | Priced after the survey |
| Walls, ceiling and woodwork | Decorated last (interior spraying in Allerton Bywater) | Priced after the survey |
| Islands, dressers, tables, chairs | Sprayed to match or contrast | Priced after the survey |
| Carcasses, layout, sink, appliances | Stay where they are | No strip-out or plumbing |
In Allerton Bywater, where 35% of properties are post-2000 and 12% of homes detached, worktops and handles usually do more of the work than doors, because developer kitchens tend to share the same laminate and bar handles.
Worktops are done with our spray granite finish in Allerton Bywater, which goes over laminate, tile, MDF and solid tops in place, whereas new granite or quartz has to be templated, cut and fitted, and the old top taken out, which usually means making good the walls and tiles around it as well; the coating avoids all of that, and like every extra it is priced as its own line on your quote.
Planning the Colour Scheme
Two-tone and island contrast
Where kitchens are smaller, as in many of the 700 terraced homes (39%) here, a deeper colour on the base units under lighter wall units keeps the room open, and a single feature run can carry a contrast colour without an island.
Worktops, handles and splashback as one scheme
40% of properties here were built after 1972, about 760, and the laminate worktops typical of kitchens from those decades take spray granite well; we bring physical samples of the door colour, the stone-effect finishes and handle options so you can see them together in your own light. With 35% of Allerton Bywater properties built since 2000, against a 17% average, many kitchens share the same stainless bar handles, so a change of handle does as much as the colour; if the new ones need different holes, we fill the old ones before spraying.
Finish and colour range
Satin is the most requested topcoat because it wipes clean and suits traditional and modern kitchens alike, matt is striking on deep greens and dark greys, and gloss suits handleless designs; we can match any of more than 175,000 colours across RAL, Farrow and Ball, Little Greene and Dulux Trade, or a sample you bring, using spectrophotometer matching. With 35% of Allerton Bywater properties built since 2000, many kitchens started out in white or grey gloss, and a satin finish in a deeper colour is the quickest way to make one look individual.
How the Work Is Sequenced
- Survey, sprayed samples, fixed quote
- Room masked, doors to workshop
- Frames, panels and tiles sprayed
- Spray granite worktops, 24-hour cure
- Walls, ceiling, woodwork decorated last
- Doors refitted with new handles
- Walk-through and written guarantee
From our Sheepscar workshop to Allerton Bywater is 10 miles, about 22 minutes by road, so during a makeover we are back on site first thing each day and the worktop day can be fixed for when you need the kitchen least.
Living at home during the makeover
There is no strip-out, so you avoid the weeks without a kitchen that a refit involves; the doors and drawer fronts usually go to our Sheepscar workshop for spraying, leaving the cupboards open for a few days, so it helps to empty them and clear the worktops before we start, and the one real pause is the 24 hours the worktops need after coating. Decorating comes last so nothing new gets marked, and the exact order depends on what you include.
Allerton Bywater Homes in Numbers, Read for a Kitchen Makeover
What the official figures say about the homes around Allerton Bywater centre, and what that means for a kitchen makeover.
Allerton Bywater at a glance
| Council | Leeds City Council |
|---|---|
| County | West Yorkshire |
| From our Leeds workshop | about 22 minutes by road (10 miles), to the south-east |
| Households counted | 1,818 in the 2 neighbourhoods nearest the centre |
| Owner-occupied | 69% (average across the towns we cover: 63%) |
| Privately rented | 13% (average 19%) |
Type of home
When the homes were built
What the age of Allerton Bywater homes means for a makeover
35% of the 1,920 properties around Allerton Bywater centre counted by the VOA were built since 2000, well above the 17% average across the towns we cover. The developer kitchens in those 670 or so newer homes usually have a layout that works and carcasses in good order, but the same gloss or slab doors and laminate worktops as the rest of the street. The next largest group, 27% or about 520 properties, dates from 1945 to 1972, most of them now on their second or third kitchen.
Room size, islands and scope in Allerton Bywater
Terraced houses are 39% of homes, about 700 households, above the 27% average across the towns we cover. Kitchens in those 700 or so terraces are usually a narrow galley or a single run along one wall, often with ten or fewer fronts, which is where the from £1,500 price applies and more of the budget can go on worktops and handles. Detached houses, 12% or about 230, are where larger kitchens with islands are more likely.
Who lives here, and what that changes
69% of homes are owner-occupied, about 1,260 households, above the 63% average across the towns we cover; owners planning to stay tend to treat a makeover as a long-term choice, and the 5-year written guarantee covers peeling, flaking and adhesion failure caused by our workmanship.
What we check first in a Allerton Bywater kitchen
- Post-2000 properties: 35% (about 670), the 5th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; developer laminate worktops are good candidates for spray granite.
- Terraced houses: 39% (about 700), the 19th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; galley kitchens, often near the £1,500 starting price.
- 1919 to 1939 properties: 15% (about 290), the 61st highest share of the 203 towns we cover; kitchens enlarged in stages often mix materials, so we check that every unit takes the same primer.
- 1945 to 1972 properties: 27% (about 520), the 73rd highest share of the 203 towns we cover; mostly later refits, so we look at the worktops and handles as closely as the doors.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, tables TS044 (accommodation type) and TS054 (tenure), via Nomis, aggregated over the LSOAs nearest each town centre; Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025 (CTSOP4.1, build period, 31 March 2025); OS Open Names and ONS Postcode Directory via postcodes.io; OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data, from LS7 1AH. "Average" is the household-weighted average across the 203 towns and villages on our areas page. Figures compiled 2026-10-19.
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Getting to Allerton Bywater
Allerton Bywater is 10 miles and about 22 minutes by road from our workshop in Sheepscar, Leeds, so getting to you is straightforward: we can usually fit a free consultation in at short notice, and on multi-day jobs we are back on site early each morning.
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Distances are straight-line from Allerton Bywater centre. See every area we cover.
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What Customers Say About Our Kitchen Makeover Work
“We had our entire kitchen repainted - cabinets, walls, ceiling and tiles - and were very pleased. Far more cost effective than replacing the units.”
“My kitchen has been transformed by ColourHaus. Shaun, Mick and Jack did a brilliant job, and with new worktops it looks like a brand new kitchen at a fraction of the cost.”
These are genuine Google reviews from customers across Yorkshire, not only Allerton Bywater, whose kitchen work went beyond the doors to worktops, tiles, handles or walls. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Makeover in Allerton Bywater: Questions
What does a kitchen makeover in Allerton Bywater include?
A respray of every door, drawer front, frame and end panel, plus the parts you choose: plinths, cornices and pelmets in the new colour, spray granite over the worktops, sprayed tiles and splashback, new handles, an island or dresser sprayed to match or contrast, and the walls, ceiling and woodwork decorated last, each priced as its own line on one fixed quote. With 35% of properties here, about 670, built since 2000, spray granite over developer laminate and new handles are the extras most kitchens suit.
How much does a kitchen makeover cost in Allerton Bywater?
Makeovers start from £1,500, which covers the respray of a smaller kitchen with up to 10 doors and drawer fronts, and most respray work falls between £1,800 and £3,500; worktops, tiles, handles and decorating are priced as separate lines on the same fixed written quote after a free survey, and finance may be available, subject to status. Many kitchens here are smaller (39% of homes are terraced), so the respray part is often close to £1,500, leaving room in the budget for extras.
How long does a kitchen makeover take, and can we stay at home?
Most makeovers take 3 to 5 working days with no strip-out, so you stay at home, and spray granite worktops need 24 hours after coating before normal use; at 10 miles, about 22 minutes by road from our workshop, Allerton Bywater is close enough for us to be on site early every day.
How far is Allerton Bywater from ColourHaus?
Our workshop is at Unit 9 Taverners Walk, Sheepscar, Leeds LS7 1AH. Allerton Bywater is about 10 miles by road, roughly 22 minutes away, to the south-east. We confirm visit dates and anything distance-related in your fixed-price quote before you commit.
What kind of homes do you work on in Allerton Bywater?
All kinds. Around Allerton Bywater centre, the most common home is a semi-detached house (42% of households, Census 2021), and 35% of properties were built since 2000 (VOA, 2025); a kitchen makeover works in any of them, and what changes is access, room size and the materials we find.