A Complete New Look for Your Kitchen
A kitchen makeover in Selby 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 properties around Selby centre, about 2,910, were built from 1973 to 1999, when wrapped kitchen doors were everywhere, so we check every door for lifting wrap at the consultation and tell you there if any cannot be sprayed. The figures here cover 10,133 households in the 15 neighbourhoods nearest the centre.
Selby 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 | 22 miles, about 38 minutes by road |
| Finance | May be available, subject to status |
Only want the doors and frames recoloured? See kitchen respraying in Selby. Weighing up a refit? Compare a makeover with a new fitted kitchen in Selby, 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 Selby) | 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 Selby, with 27% of properties from 1973 to 1999 and 20% from 1945 to 1972, the condition of the doors is the first thing to ask about, because lifting vinyl wrap is common on kitchens of that generation and has to come off before spraying.
Worktops are done with our spray granite finish in Selby, 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 3,700 semi-detached homes here (36%), 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
51% of properties here were built after 1972, about 5,520, 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 24% of Selby 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. In the 2,910 or so Selby homes built from 1973 to 1999, formerly glossy wrapped doors are often resprayed in satin, which shows fingerprints and small surface marks less than gloss does.
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
Selby is 22 miles, about 38 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.
Selby Homes in Numbers, Read for a Kitchen Makeover
What the official figures say about the homes around Selby centre, and what that means for a kitchen makeover.
Selby at a glance
| Council | North Yorkshire Council |
|---|---|
| County | North Yorkshire |
| From our Leeds workshop | about 38 minutes by road (22 miles), to the east |
| Households counted | 10,133 in the 15 neighbourhoods nearest the centre |
| Owner-occupied | 62% (average across the towns we cover: 63%) |
| Privately rented | 19% (average 19%) |
Type of home
When the homes were built
What the age of Selby homes means for a makeover
27% of the 10,730 properties around Selby centre counted by the VOA were built between 1973 and 1999, above the 19% average across the towns we cover. Kitchens fitted in those 2,910 or so homes, and many of the refits since, used vinyl-wrapped doors, and wrap that is lifting by the oven or kettle has to come off before spraying, so we check every door for it at the survey. The next largest group, 24% or about 2,610 properties, dates from 2000 or later, usually with developer-fitted gloss or slab kitchens.
Room size, islands and scope in Selby
Semi-detached houses are the biggest group at 36%, about 3,700 households, with 27% terraced and 23% detached. A typical kitchen in those 3,700 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 2,780 or so terraced homes tend to have smaller galley kitchens nearer the £1,500 starting price.
Who lives here, and what that changes
62% of homes are owner-occupied, about 6,270 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 Selby kitchen
- Post-2000 properties: 24% (about 2,610), the 27th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; developer laminate worktops are good candidates for spray granite.
- 1973 to 1999 properties: 27% (about 2,910), the 48th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; we check each door for lifting vinyl wrap before pricing.
- Flats: 13% (about 1,280), the 52nd highest share of the 203 towns we cover; we plan stairs, lifts, parking and any managing agent rules.
- Privately rented homes: 19% (about 1,940), the 61st highest share of the 203 towns we cover; landlords can fit the 3 to 5 days between tenancies.
- Terraced houses: 27% (about 2,780), the 65th 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 Selby
Getting to Selby
Selby is 22 miles and about 38 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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- Kitchen Makeover Pontefract 12 mi
Distances are straight-line from Selby 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 Selby, whose kitchen work went beyond the doors to worktops, tiles, handles or walls. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Makeover in Selby: Questions
What does a kitchen makeover in Selby 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 2,910, built from 1973 to 1999, the laminate worktops of that era are often the first extra worth pricing.
How much does a kitchen makeover cost in Selby?
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 (36%, about 3,700 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 22 miles, about 38 minutes by road from our workshop, Selby is within our normal working area, and we book the days back to back.
Can you work with peeling vinyl-wrapped doors?
In most cases, yes: peeling wrap is removed first, small dents, chips and loose edges are repaired as part of the preparation, and if a door is too damaged to spray well we tell you at the survey. About 2,910 properties here (27%) date from 1973 to 1999, so wrapped doors are something we check for at every consultation.
How far is Selby from ColourHaus?
Our workshop is at Unit 9 Taverners Walk, Sheepscar, Leeds LS7 1AH. Selby is about 22 miles by road, roughly 38 minutes away, to the 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 Selby?
All kinds. Around Selby centre, the most common home is a semi-detached house (36% of households, Census 2021), and 27% of properties were built between 1973 and 1999 (VOA, 2025); a kitchen makeover works in any of them, and what changes is access, room size and the materials we find.