What a Kitchen Respray in Scarborough Costs and Involves
Kitchen respraying in Scarborough 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.
At 67 road miles and about 1 hour 30 minutes from Leeds, Scarborough is towards the far side of our area, so we fix the consultation and spraying dates in advance, 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 | 67 miles, about 1 hour 30 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 6,900 flats here (51% 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 Scarborough) and whole-room changes (see a full kitchen makeover in Scarborough).
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 66% of the 15,580 properties here built before 1919, Scarborough 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).
Scarborough Homes and What They Mean for a Respray
What the official figures say about the homes around Scarborough centre, and what that means for a kitchen respray.
Scarborough at a glance
| Council | North Yorkshire Council |
|---|---|
| County | North Yorkshire |
| From our Leeds workshop | about 1 hour 30 minutes by road (67 miles), to the north-east |
| Households counted | 13,589 in the 17 neighbourhoods nearest the centre |
| Owner-occupied | 49% (average across the towns we cover: 63%) |
| Privately rented | 41% (average 19%) |
Type of home
When the homes were built
These figures describe the 13,589 households in the 17 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 51% of homes around Scarborough centre, well above the 15% average, or roughly 6,900 households. A flat kitchen is usually a compact run or one wall of an open-plan room, so with flats this common, more Scarborough resprays than usual sit near our £1,500 starting price for up to 10 door and drawer fronts. The other 49% are houses (31% terraced, 14% semi-detached, 4% detached), where kitchens are bigger and the count of fronts and end panels decides the price. For those 6,900 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
66% of the 15,580 properties in the VOA count were built before 1919, well above the 21% average. Next come homes built between the wars at 11% and between 1945 and 1972 at 8%. Those roughly 10,400 older properties often lack square walls and level floors, and where a kitchen has been scribed to uneven walls or built around a chimney breast, we respray that joinery in place rather than disturb it. Solid timber panel doors move a little with the seasons, so a hairline line can appear across a joint in time; we point out where that is likely before you choose a dark colour, which shows it more.
Owners, landlords and tenants
About 5,600 households here rent privately (41%, well above the 19% average). For the landlords behind those 5,600 lets, a respray between tenancies brings tired doors back in 3 to 5 working days without replacing a kitchen that still works, and a satin finish wipes clean between tenants. The other big group is owner-occupiers at 49%, who more often respray for a colour change, while 10% rent from a council or housing association.
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
At about 1 hour 30 minutes each way from Sheepscar, the visits to Scarborough are for collecting the doors and drawer fronts, spraying the frames and panels in place, and refitting, so we fix those dates in advance and keep them to as few trips as the job allows (see the 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 14% of properties here built after 1973 (about 2,180) 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 82% of homes here (51% and 31%), 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 Scarborough
Getting to Scarborough
Scarborough is 67 miles and about 1 hour 30 minutes by road from our Leeds workshop, which is a long way for a small team, so we take on work here when the job is a good fit, planned in one block. If we can't offer a sensible price for the distance, we will say so at the quote stage rather than after.
Kitchen Respraying near Scarborough
- Kitchen Respraying Filey 7 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Robin Hood's Bay 12 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Thornton-le-Dale 13 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Kilham 15 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Pickering 15 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Bridlington 16 mi
Distances are straight-line from Scarborough centre. See every area we cover.
Get a Free Kitchen Respray Quote in Scarborough
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
“ColourHaus totally transformed our kitchen with a high quality professional spray job. From the consultation with Julian to the work by Shaun and Gary, the attention to detail was awesome.”
“We have just had our old kitchen spray painted and we are delighted with the results. So professional throughout, easy to contact and they arrived when they said they would.”
“Excellent service, looks like I have a whole new kitchen! From two tone brown and cream units to gloss white. Great communication and everyone was friendly and professional.”
These are genuine Google reviews of our kitchen respray work from customers across Yorkshire, not only Scarborough. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Respraying in Scarborough: Questions
How much does kitchen respraying cost in Scarborough?
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 82% of homes here (51% and 31%), 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 18% of homes here that are detached or semi-detached (about 2,460 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 Scarborough?
Yes: flats are 51% of homes here, about 6,900 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 Scarborough?
Yes: 66% of the 15,580 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 Scarborough from ColourHaus?
Our workshop is at Unit 9 Taverners Walk, Sheepscar, Leeds LS7 1AH. Scarborough is about 67 miles by road, roughly 1 hour 30 minutes away, to the north-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 Scarborough?
All kinds. Around Scarborough centre, the most common home is a flat (51% of households, Census 2021), and 66% 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.