A Complete New Look for Your Kitchen
A kitchen makeover in Ilkley 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.
27% of homes around Ilkley centre are flats, about 1,790, so we plan access, parking and building rules early and pay attention to the parts of the kitchen you see from the living space. The figures here cover 6,743 households in the 9 neighbourhoods nearest the centre.
Ilkley 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 | 18 miles, about 35 minutes by road |
| Finance | May be available, subject to status |
Only want the doors and frames recoloured? See kitchen respraying in Ilkley. Weighing up a refit? Compare a makeover with a new fitted kitchen in Ilkley, 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 Ilkley) | 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 Ilkley, where 31% of properties predate 1919 against 15% 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 Ilkley, 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
With 27% of homes detached, about 1,830 households, more kitchens here than in most towns have room for an island or peninsula, and spraying it in a contrast colour, with darker base units under lighter wall units elsewhere, gives the room a focal point.
Worktops, handles and splashback as one scheme
43% of properties here, about 3,050, 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. Because 43% of Ilkley properties predate 1940, cup handles and knobs often suit the room better than long bars, and changing them while the doors are off lets us fill the old holes 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. In the larger kitchens of Ilkley's 1,830 or so detached houses, a matt finish on a dark island against satin wall units keeps the contrast without making the room feel heavy.
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
Ilkley is 18 miles, about 35 minutes by road from our workshop, so we book the days of a makeover back to back and time the worktop coating so most of its 24-hour cure falls overnight.
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.
Ilkley Homes in Numbers, Read for a Kitchen Makeover
What the official figures say about the homes around Ilkley centre, and what that means for a kitchen makeover.
Ilkley at a glance
| Council | Bradford Council |
|---|---|
| County | West Yorkshire |
| From our Leeds workshop | about 35 minutes by road (18 miles), to the north-west |
| Households counted | 6,743 in the 9 neighbourhoods nearest the centre |
| Owner-occupied | 78% (average across the towns we cover: 63%) |
| Privately rented | 15% (average 19%) |
Type of home
When the homes were built
What the age of Ilkley homes means for a makeover
31% of the 7,140 properties around Ilkley centre counted by the VOA were built before 1919, above the 21% average across the towns we cover. Kitchens in the 2,200 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, 21% or about 1,520 properties, dates from 1973 to 1999, the era when wrapped doors were most common. Only 15% of properties here, about 1,070, are post-2000, so few kitchens are untouched developer originals.
Room size, islands and scope in Ilkley
Detached houses make up 27% of homes, about 1,830 households, above the 20% average across the towns we cover. Those 1,830 or so larger houses usually mean larger kitchens, often with an island or a kitchen-diner, so there are more fronts to spray and the price tends to sit towards the top of the £1,800 to £3,500 range, or above it once worktops and handles are added. The 23% of homes that are semis, about 1,540, mostly have mid-sized L or U-shaped kitchens that fall within that range.
Who lives here, and what that changes
With 27% of homes being flats, about 1,790, 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. 78% of homes are owner-occupied, about 5,230 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 Ilkley kitchen
- Flats: 27% (about 1,790), the 8th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; we plan stairs, lifts, parking and any managing agent rules.
- Pre-1919 properties: 31% (about 2,200), the 53rd 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.
- 1973 to 1999 properties: 21% (about 1,520), the 92nd highest share of the 203 towns we cover; we check each door for lifting vinyl wrap before pricing.
- 1919 to 1939 properties: 12% (about 850), the 93rd 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.
- Terraced houses: 23% (about 1,570), the 95th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; galley kitchens, often near the £1,500 starting price.
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 Ilkley
Getting to Ilkley
Ilkley is 18 miles and about 35 minutes by road from our Sheepscar workshop, so we book consultations around other visits in the same direction, and for a kitchen makeover that runs over several days we plan consecutive days so the job is finished without gaps.
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Distances are straight-line from Ilkley centre. See every area we cover.
Get a Free Kitchen Makeover Quote in Ilkley
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What Customers Say About Our Kitchen Makeover Work
“We hired ColourHaus to do our kitchen. The cupboards and worktops look brand new. They even changed our cupboard handles. I can't recommend them enough.”
“We had our kitchen painted by Matt and Mick, including all the cupboards, tiles and even the worktops. We are really happy with the results.”
These are genuine Google reviews from customers across Yorkshire, not only Ilkley, whose kitchen work went beyond the doors to worktops, tiles, handles or walls. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Makeover in Ilkley: Questions
What does a kitchen makeover in Ilkley 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 31% of properties here, about 2,200, built before 1919, plinths, cornices and scribed panels are usually part of the plan.
How much does a kitchen makeover cost in Ilkley?
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. With 27% of homes here detached, about 1,830, larger kitchens with islands are common, and those tend to sit at the top of that range or above it once worktops and handles are added.
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 18 miles, about 35 minutes by road from our workshop, Ilkley is within our normal working area, and we book the days back to back.
How far is Ilkley from ColourHaus?
Our workshop is at Unit 9 Taverners Walk, Sheepscar, Leeds LS7 1AH. Ilkley is about 18 miles by road, roughly 35 minutes away, to the north-west. 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 Ilkley?
All kinds. Around Ilkley centre, the most common home is a detached house (27% of households, Census 2021), and 31% 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.