What a Kitchen Respray in Ilkley Costs and Involves
Kitchen respraying in Ilkley means spray painting your existing cabinet doors, drawer fronts, frames and end panels in a new colour without a strip-out, from £1,500 for a smaller kitchen of up to 10 door and drawer fronts, with most projects at £1,800 to £3,500.
Ilkley is 18 miles from our Sheepscar workshop, about 35 minutes by road, so we fit consultations here around other visits to the north-west, and the respray itself takes 3 to 5 working days with no strip-out, so you are not left without a kitchen for weeks, and a 5-year written guarantee on the coating.
Kitchen respray at a glance
| Price | From £1,500 (up to 10 fronts) |
|---|---|
| Typical project | £1,800 to £3,500 |
| Time on site | 3 to 5 working days |
| Guarantee | 5 years, in writing |
| Finance | May be available, subject to status |
| From our Leeds workshop | 18 miles, about 35 minutes |
What Gets Sprayed in a Kitchen Respray
A standard respray covers every painted face you can see, so nothing is left in the old colour:
- All cabinet doors, any style
- Drawer fronts and pan drawers
- Cabinet frames and face frames
- Exposed end and side panels
- Plinths, cornice and pelmets
- Handleless grip rails and J-pulls
- Handles removed and refitted
In the roughly 1,790 flats here (27% of homes), the kitchen is often one wall of units, but boxing-in, plinths and end panels still count as sprayed faces in the quote.
Not included: worktops (see spray granite worktops in Ilkley) and whole-room changes (see a full kitchen makeover in Ilkley).
Kitchen Door Materials We Respray
| Door material | Resprayable | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| Solid timber, in-frame | Yes | Stain-block primer on oak |
| Painted MDF | Yes, the simplest | Fill, key, adhesion primer |
| Laminate or melamine | Yes, if sound | Key back, specialist primer |
| Vinyl wrap or foil | Yes | Peeling wrap removed first |
| High-gloss acrylic | Yes | Flat back the sheen |
| Water-swollen or delaminated | No | Compare a new kitchen |
With 31% of the 7,140 properties here built before 1919, Ilkley has more of the older properties where solid timber and in-frame kitchens turn up than most of the towns we cover, so the first row of the table is worth reading closely (more in our cabinet materials guide).
Ilkley Homes and What They Mean for a Respray
What the official figures say about the homes around Ilkley centre, and what that means for a kitchen respray.
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
These figures describe the 6,743 households in the 9 neighbourhoods nearest the centre, so read them as the general picture; we judge your own kitchen on the day.
Kitchen size and layout
Flats make up 27% of homes around Ilkley centre, well above the 15% average, or roughly 1,790 households. A flat kitchen is usually a compact run or one wall of an open-plan room, so with flats this common, more Ilkley resprays than usual sit near our £1,500 starting price for up to 10 door and drawer fronts. The other 73% are houses (23% terraced, 23% semi-detached, 27% detached), where kitchens are bigger and the count of fronts and end panels decides the price. For those 1,790 flat kitchens the practical questions are access and airflow: equipment comes up by stairs or lift, and the kitchen is sealed off from the living space while it is sprayed.
The age of the homes
Homes built before 1919 are 31% of the 7,140 properties here, against 21% on average. Next come homes built between 1973 and 1999 at 21% and between 1945 and 1972 at 20%. With 36% built after 1973 as well (about 2,590 properties), we see in-frame timber kitchens in some of the older properties and MDF or foil-wrapped doors in later ones, and the door material, more than the age of the house, decides the primer.
Owners, landlords and tenants
78% of households own their home, above the 63% average, roughly 5,200 of 6,743. Owners tend to treat a respray as a long-term choice, so colour matters more than speed; with only 15% renting privately and 7% renting from a council or housing association, owners are most of the households here.
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.
How the Respray Works
- Free consultation with spray samples
- Fixed quote within 48 hours
- Degrease, key and fill
- Mask worktops, floors and appliances
- Specialist adhesion primer
- Two HVLP topcoats
- Walk-through inspection with you
Ilkley is about 35 minutes (18 miles) from Sheepscar, close enough for us to collect the doors, come back to spray the frames and refit within the 3 to 5 days set out in our day-by-day respray timeline.
Workshop and in-place spraying
Doors and drawer fronts are usually collected and sprayed at our workshop in Sheepscar, Leeds, while frames, end panels and plinths are sprayed in place with worktops, floors and appliances masked, and in both places HVLP equipment lays the paint down as a fine, even film with no brush marks; we explain the plan for your kitchen at the consultation.
Colour and sheen
Heritage ranges such as Farrow and Ball and Little Greene tend to suit the in-frame and shaker kitchens of older properties, while the 36% of properties here built after 1973 (about 2,590) more often have slab or handleless fronts, which suit RAL greys and off-blacks.
- Over 175,000 colours via our colour matching service
- RAL, NCS, Farrow and Ball, Little Greene, Dulux
- Spectrophotometer match from a physical sample (tile, fabric, door)
- Satin: most popular, wipes clean
- Matt: shows fingerprints more
- Gloss: shows every ripple beneath
Curing and aftercare
Flats and terraces together are 50% of homes here (27% and 23%), against 42% on average, and small kitchens have less airflow, so we keep a window open or extraction running while the coating cures.
- Hardens further after drying
- Cure time confirmed at handover
- Soft cloth and mild detergent
- No steam cleaners or solvents
- No bleach on the doors
- Fix sink and tap leaks quickly
Steam cleaners, solvents, bleach, impact, heat and water damage are excluded from the 5-year written guarantee; our guide to preparing kitchen cabinets for a respray covers the steps before spraying.
Booking a Kitchen Respray 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 respray that runs over several days we plan consecutive days so the job is finished without gaps.
Kitchen Respraying near Ilkley
- Kitchen Respraying Addingham 3 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Burley in Wharfedale 3 mi
- Kitchen Respraying East Morton 4 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Menston 4 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Silsden 5 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Keighley 5 mi
Distances are straight-line from Ilkley centre. See every area we cover.
Get a Free Kitchen Respray Quote in Ilkley
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 respray Work
“Decided to get my kitchen cabinets resprayed. Matt got back to me promptly with a competitive quote. The work was done when promised and to an excellent standard.”
“What a fantastic job the guys at ColourHaus did with our kitchen units. It has totally transformed our 20 year old kitchen into one that now has the wow factor.”
“Fantastic job done by Matt and his team, with a really diligent and professional approach to making our 10 year old kitchen look like new again.”
These are genuine Google reviews of our kitchen respray work from customers across Yorkshire, not only Ilkley. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Respraying in Ilkley: Questions
How much does kitchen respraying cost in Ilkley?
Kitchen respraying starts from £1,500 for a smaller kitchen with up to 10 door and drawer fronts, and most projects come to £1,800 to £3,500. Flats and terraces are 50% of homes here (27% and 23%), and their smaller kitchens are the ones most likely to be close to the starting price; every price is fixed in writing after a free consultation, with 0% finance over 6 or 12 months available subject to status.
How long does a kitchen respray take?
Most kitchen resprays take 3 to 5 working days and there is no strip-out, so you are not left without a kitchen for weeks as you would be with a refit. Larger kitchens, typical of the 50% of homes here that are detached or semi-detached (about 3,380 households), take nearer five days, and compact flat or terrace kitchens are usually at the shorter end.
Can you respray a kitchen in a flat in Ilkley?
Yes: flats are 27% of homes here, about 1,790 households, and the job is the same as in a house apart from access. We seal the kitchen off from the rest of the flat, bring the equipment in by stairs or lift, and work to any contractor hours your building sets.
Can you respray an older in-frame or solid timber kitchen in Ilkley?
Yes: 31% of the 7,140 properties here were built before 1919, and solid timber and in-frame kitchens turn up more often in older properties; we degrease, key and prime the timber, using a stain-blocking primer on oak, spray the doors at our workshop and the frames in place.
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 respray works in any of them, and what changes is access, room size and the materials we find.