A Complete New Look for Your Kitchen
A kitchen makeover in Leeds 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.
22% of homes across the Leeds City Council area are flats, about 75,100, 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 341,466 households across the Leeds City Council area.
Leeds 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 | 2 miles, about 4 minutes by road |
| Finance | May be available, subject to status |
Only want the doors and frames recoloured? See kitchen respraying in Leeds. Weighing up a refit? Compare a makeover with a new fitted kitchen in Leeds, 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 Leeds) | 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 smaller Leeds kitchens (25% of homes are terraced and 22% are flats), the respray core is often close to the £1,500 starting price, which leaves more of the budget for worktops and handles.
Worktops are done with our spray granite finish in Leeds, 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 85,400 terraced homes (25%) and 75,100 flats (22%) 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
36% of properties here, about 135,700, 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 Leeds, where 29% of properties date from 1945 to 1972 and 16% 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. In the smaller kitchens of Leeds's 85,400 or so terraced houses, a satin or gloss finish on lighter units reflects more light than matt, which helps a galley feel wider.
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 Leeds is 2 miles, about 4 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.
Leeds Homes in Numbers, Read for a Kitchen Makeover
What the official figures say about the homes across the Leeds City Council area, and what that means for a kitchen makeover.
Leeds at a glance
| Council | Leeds City Council |
|---|---|
| County | West Yorkshire |
| Our workshop | In Leeds: Unit 9 Taverners Walk, Sheepscar, LS7 1AH |
| Households counted | 341,466 across the whole Leeds City Council area |
| Owner-occupied | 57% (average across the towns we cover: 63%) |
| Privately rented | 22% (average 19%) |
Type of home
When the homes were built
What the age of Leeds homes means for a makeover
29% of the 372,890 properties across the Leeds City Council area counted by the VOA were built between 1945 and 1972, above the 26% average across the towns we cover. Few original kitchens from that period survive, so most of those 107,000 or so houses are on a second or third kitchen, often with sound carcasses and doors or worktops in finishes that date it, which is where a makeover gives the most for the money. The next largest group, 19% or about 70,800 properties, dates from 1919 to 1939, where the kitchen has often been enlarged or knocked through. 19% of properties, about 69,700, are post-2000, so there is also a share of newer kitchens whose laminate tops suit spray granite.
Room size, islands and scope in Leeds
Flats make up 22% of homes, about 75,100 households, above the 15% average across the towns we cover, alongside 25% terraced houses. Kitchens in the 75,100 or so flats are often compact or open to the living space, so the kitchen is seen from the sofa as well as the sink, and the handles, end panels and visible worktop ends matter as much as the doors. Detached houses, 16% or about 52,900, are where larger kitchens with islands are more likely.
Who lives here, and what that changes
With 22% of homes being flats, about 75,100, 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. 57% of homes are owner-occupied, about 194,600 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 Leeds kitchen
- Flats: 22% (about 75,100), the 9th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; we plan stairs, lifts, parking and any managing agent rules.
- Privately rented homes: 22% (about 74,400), the 27th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; landlords can fit the 3 to 5 days between tenancies.
- 1919 to 1939 properties: 19% (about 70,800), the 29th 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: 29% (about 107,000), the 64th 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: 19% (about 69,700), the 74th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; developer laminate worktops are good candidates for spray granite.
These figures cover the whole Leeds City Council area, 341,466 households in all, so individual streets vary a great deal; we price from your kitchen, not from an average, and the free consultation is where we count the fronts and look at the worktops.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, tables TS044 (accommodation type) and TS054 (tenure), via Nomis, for the whole council district; 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 Leeds
Getting to Leeds
Our workshop is in Sheepscar, Leeds, so jobs anywhere in the city are a short drive away, we can usually fit a free consultation in at short notice, and on multi-day jobs we are on site early each morning.
Kitchen Makeover near Leeds
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- Kitchen Makeover Horsforth 4 mi
- Kitchen Makeover Pudsey 5 mi
- Kitchen Makeover Rothwell 5 mi
- Kitchen Makeover East Ardsley 5 mi
Distances are straight-line from Leeds centre. See every area we cover.
Get a Free Kitchen Makeover Quote in Leeds
Tell us a little about the job. We reply within 2 working hours and send a fixed-price written quote within 48 hours of the consultation.
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 Leeds, whose kitchen work went beyond the doors to worktops, tiles, handles or walls. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Makeover in Leeds: Questions
What does a kitchen makeover in Leeds 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 29% of properties here, about 107,000, built from 1945 to 1972, most kitchens are later refits whose worktops and handles date them as much as the doors.
How much does a kitchen makeover cost in Leeds?
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 (25% of homes are terraced and 22% are flats), 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 2 miles, about 4 minutes by road from our workshop, Leeds is close enough for us to be on site early every day.
Where is ColourHaus based in Leeds?
Our workshop is at Unit 9 Taverners Walk, Sheepscar, Leeds LS7 1AH, just north of the city centre. We visit you at home for the free consultation and confirm dates in your fixed-price quote before you commit.
What kind of homes do you work on in Leeds?
All kinds. Across the Leeds City Council area, the most common home is a semi-detached house (38% of households, Census 2021), and 29% of properties were built between 1945 and 1972 (VOA, 2025); a kitchen makeover works in any of them, and what changes is access, room size and the materials we find.