A Complete New Look for Your Kitchen
A kitchen makeover in Filey 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.
Older houses shape most kitchens here: 27% of properties around Filey centre, about 1,160, predate 1919, so keeping units that already fit an awkward room and changing everything you see is often the better plan. The figures here cover 3,270 households in the 4 neighbourhoods nearest the centre.
Filey 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 | 67 miles, about 1 hour 33 minutes by road |
| Finance | May be available, subject to status |
Only want the doors and frames recoloured? See kitchen respraying in Filey. Weighing up a refit? Compare a makeover with a new fitted kitchen in Filey, 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 Filey) | 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 Filey, where 27% of properties predate 1919 against 17% built since 2000, plinths, cornices and scribed end panels matter more than usual, because they hide uneven floors and walls and give the game away if left in the old colour.
Worktops are done with our spray granite finish in Filey, 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
In a mid-sized L or U-shaped kitchen, the usual layout in the 1,200 semi-detached homes here (37%), a deeper base colour under lighter wall units grounds the room without shrinking it, and an island or peninsula is the natural place for the contrast.
Worktops, handles and splashback as one scheme
37% of properties here, about 1,620, were built before 1940, and the worktops in older houses are usually a later laminate or tiled top, both of which 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. Handles are worth deciding at the same time: in Filey, where 26% of properties date from 1945 to 1972 and 19% from 1973 to 1999, most kitchens are later refits whose handles date them, and any old fixing holes are filled before the doors are sprayed.
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 27% of Filey properties built before 1919, about 1,160, many kitchens sit in rooms with original proportions, where a matt or satin finish in a deep green, blue or warm off-white tends to sit more comfortably than high gloss.
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
Filey is 67 miles, about 1 hour 33 minutes by road from Leeds, so we plan the whole makeover in one block and agree each day in advance, and the quote states plainly whether the distance affects the price or the dates.
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.
Filey Homes in Numbers, Read for a Kitchen Makeover
What the official figures say about the homes around Filey centre, and what that means for a kitchen makeover.
Filey at a glance
| Council | North Yorkshire Council |
|---|---|
| County | North Yorkshire |
| From our Leeds workshop | about 1 hour 33 minutes by road (67 miles), to the north-east |
| Households counted | 3,270 in the 4 neighbourhoods nearest the centre |
| Owner-occupied | 66% (average across the towns we cover: 63%) |
| Privately rented | 19% (average 19%) |
Type of home
When the homes were built
What the age of Filey homes means for a makeover
27% of the 4,350 properties around Filey centre counted by the VOA were built before 1919, above the 21% average across the towns we cover. Kitchens in the 1,160 or so houses that old are rarely original: they tend to sit in a rear extension, a former scullery or a knocked-through back room, with walls and floors that are seldom square, so units already scribed to the room are worth keeping and recolouring. The next largest group, 26% or about 1,120 properties, dates from 1945 to 1972, most of them now on their second or third kitchen. 17% of properties, about 730, are post-2000, so there is also a share of newer kitchens whose laminate tops suit spray granite.
Room size, islands and scope in Filey
Semi-detached houses are the biggest group at 37%, about 1,200 households, with 18% terraced and 26% detached. A typical kitchen in those 1,200 or so semis is a mid-sized L or U shape, which usually puts the respray part of a makeover in the £1,800 to £3,500 range, with worktops, handles and splashback priced on top in the same quote. The 590 or so terraced homes tend to have smaller galley kitchens nearer the £1,500 starting price.
Who lives here, and what that changes
With 20% of homes being flats, about 650, we check stairs or lift access and parking for the van before the start date, and whether your lease asks you to tell the freeholder or managing agent about works. 66% of homes are owner-occupied, about 2,170 households, close to 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 Filey kitchen
- Flats: 20% (about 650), the 16th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; we plan stairs, lifts, parking and any managing agent rules.
- Privately rented homes: 19% (about 610), the 65th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; landlords can fit the 3 to 5 days between tenancies.
- Pre-1919 properties: 27% (about 1,160), the 69th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; we look at how the units meet uneven floors and walls, which is where plinths and scribed panels do the hiding.
- 1945 to 1972 properties: 26% (about 1,120), the 90th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; mostly later refits, so we look at the worktops and handles as closely as the doors.
- Post-2000 properties: 17% (about 730), the 93rd highest share of the 203 towns we cover; developer laminate worktops are good candidates for spray granite.
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.
Booking a Kitchen Makeover in Filey
Getting to Filey
Filey is 67 miles and about 1 hour 33 minutes by road from our Leeds workshop, which is a long way for a small team, so we take on work here when the job is a good fit, planned in one block. If we can't offer a sensible price for the distance, we will say so at the quote stage rather than after.
Kitchen Makeover near Filey
- Kitchen Makeover Scarborough 7 mi
- Kitchen Makeover Bridlington 10 mi
- Kitchen Makeover Kilham 11 mi
- Kitchen Makeover Nafferton 14 mi
- Kitchen Makeover Driffield 15 mi
- Kitchen Makeover Thornton-le-Dale 18 mi
Distances are straight-line from Filey centre. See every area we cover.
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What Customers Say About Our Kitchen Makeover Work
“I have just had my kitchen resprayed including granite worktops and tiles and it looks amazing. Matt did a brilliant job.”
“Matt and his colleagues did a great job paint-spraying our kitchen units and worktops. The whole kitchen is transformed.”
These are genuine Google reviews from customers across Yorkshire, not only Filey, whose kitchen work went beyond the doors to worktops, tiles, handles or walls. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Makeover in Filey: Questions
What does a kitchen makeover in Filey 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 27% of properties here, about 1,160, built before 1919, plinths, cornices and scribed panels are usually part of the plan.
How much does a kitchen makeover cost in Filey?
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. Most homes here are semis (37%, about 1,200 households), whose mid-sized kitchens usually fall within that range before 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 67 miles, about 1 hour 33 minutes by road from our workshop, Filey is a planned trip for us, so the days are booked as one unbroken run and confirmed in writing.
How far is Filey from ColourHaus?
Our workshop is at Unit 9 Taverners Walk, Sheepscar, Leeds LS7 1AH. Filey is about 67 miles by road, roughly 1 hour 33 minutes away, to the north-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 Filey?
All kinds. Around Filey centre, the most common home is a semi-detached house (37% of households, Census 2021), and 27% of properties were built before 1919 (VOA, 2025); a kitchen makeover works in any of them, and what changes is access, room size and the materials we find.