A Complete New Look for Your Kitchen
A kitchen makeover in Wakefield 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.
Semi-detached houses are the largest group across the Wakefield Council area at 45%, about 68,300 households, with 22% terraced and 22% detached, so most kitchens are mid-sized L or U shapes. The figures here cover 153,075 households across the Wakefield Council area.
Wakefield 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 | 11 miles, about 20 minutes by road |
| Finance | May be available, subject to status |
Only want the doors and frames recoloured? See kitchen respraying in Wakefield. Weighing up a refit? Compare a makeover with a new fitted kitchen in Wakefield, 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 Wakefield) | 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 |
With 45% of Wakefield homes semi-detached and 30% of properties built from 1945 to 1972, the usual makeover is a mid-sized respray plus one or two extras, most often the worktops and the handles.
Worktops are done with our spray granite finish in Wakefield, 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 68,300 semi-detached homes here (45%), 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
39% of properties here were built after 1972, about 63,400, 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. Handles are worth deciding at the same time: in Wakefield, where 30% of properties date from 1945 to 1972 and 20% 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 a mid-sized kitchen, typical of the 68,300 or so semis in Wakefield, satin is the safe all-round choice, with matt kept for an island or a single feature run.
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 Wakefield is 11 miles, about 20 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.
Wakefield Homes in Numbers, Read for a Kitchen Makeover
What the official figures say about the homes across the Wakefield Council area, and what that means for a kitchen makeover.
Wakefield at a glance
| Council | Wakefield Council |
|---|---|
| County | West Yorkshire |
| From our Leeds workshop | about 20 minutes by road (11 miles), to the south |
| Households counted | 153,075 across the whole Wakefield Council area |
| Owner-occupied | 63% (average across the towns we cover: 63%) |
| Privately rented | 15% (average 19%) |
Type of home
When the homes were built
What the age of Wakefield homes means for a makeover
30% of the 163,740 properties across the Wakefield 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 49,300 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, 20% or about 33,200 properties, dates from 1973 to 1999, the era when wrapped doors were most common. 18% of properties, about 30,100, are post-2000, so there is also a share of newer kitchens whose laminate tops suit spray granite.
Room size, islands and scope in Wakefield
Semi-detached houses are the biggest group at 45%, about 68,300 households, with 22% terraced and 22% detached. A typical kitchen in those 68,300 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 33,700 or so terraced homes tend to have smaller galley kitchens nearer the £1,500 starting price.
Who lives here, and what that changes
63% of homes are owner-occupied, about 95,800 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 Wakefield kitchen
- 1945 to 1972 properties: 30% (about 49,300), the 51st highest share of the 203 towns we cover; mostly later refits, so we look at the worktops and handles as closely as the doors.
- 1919 to 1939 properties: 16% (about 25,500), the 57th 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.
- Flats: 11% (about 16,700), the 66th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; we plan stairs, lifts, parking and any managing agent rules.
- Post-2000 properties: 18% (about 30,100), the 80th highest share of the 203 towns we cover; developer laminate worktops are good candidates for spray granite.
These figures cover the whole Wakefield Council area, 153,075 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 Wakefield
Getting to Wakefield
Wakefield is 11 miles and about 20 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 Wakefield centre. See every area we cover.
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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 Wakefield, whose kitchen work went beyond the doors to worktops, tiles, handles or walls. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Makeover in Wakefield: Questions
What does a kitchen makeover in Wakefield 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 30% of properties here, about 49,300, 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 Wakefield?
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 (45%, about 68,300 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 11 miles, about 20 minutes by road from our workshop, Wakefield is close enough for us to be on site early every day.
How far is Wakefield from ColourHaus?
Our workshop is at Unit 9 Taverners Walk, Sheepscar, Leeds LS7 1AH. Wakefield is about 11 miles by road, roughly 20 minutes away, to the south. 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 Wakefield?
All kinds. Across the Wakefield Council area, the most common home is a semi-detached house (45% of households, Census 2021), and 30% 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.