What a Kitchen Respray in Selby Costs and Involves
Kitchen respraying in Selby 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.
Selby is 22 miles from our Sheepscar workshop, about 38 minutes by road, so we fit consultations here around other visits to the east, 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 | 22 miles, about 38 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
Detached and semi-detached houses are 60% of homes here, about 6,000 households, and in those kitchens we often add islands, peninsulas and tall larder units to the list; they are sprayed the same way and counted in the quote.
Not included: worktops (see spray granite worktops in Selby) and whole-room changes (see a full kitchen makeover in Selby).
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 |
51% of the 10,730 properties here were built after 1973 and 19% before 1919, and kitchens fitted in those houses are often wrap, laminate or gloss, so the middle rows matter most: sound surfaces respray well, and peeling wrap is removed before spraying (more in our cabinet materials guide).
Selby Homes and What They Mean for a Respray
What the official figures say about the homes around Selby centre, and what that means for a kitchen respray.
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
These figures describe the 10,133 households in the 15 neighbourhoods nearest the centre, so read them as the general picture; we judge your own kitchen on the day.
Kitchen size and layout
Semi-detached houses are 36% of homes here (average 37%), about 3,700 households, and in a semi the kitchen has often been extended or opened into the old dining room, giving one long L or U-shaped run. Detached houses add another 23%, roughly 2,350 households, and their kitchens, like extended semis, usually have more drawer fronts and end panels than people expect, so we count every sprayed face before pricing. Terraces (27%) and flats (13%) account for most of the remaining 4,050 households, and those kitchens are usually smaller.
The age of the homes
27% of the 10,730 properties here date from 1973 to 1999, above the 19% average. Next come homes built since 2000 at 24% and between 1945 and 1972 at 20%. Most of those roughly 2,910 houses are on their second or third kitchen, and the replacements fitted from the 1990s onwards were often vinyl-wrapped MDF or laminate. With another 24% built since 2000, roughly 2,610 houses, wrap and laminate doors are likely here, so we check wrap edges around the oven, hob and dishwasher first, because heat and steam lift them there before anywhere else.
Owners, landlords and tenants
62% of the 10,133 households own their home and 19% rent privately, against averages of 63% and 19%. We respray for both, roughly 6,300 owner households and 1,940 privately rented ones: owners mostly for a colour change, landlords mostly to bring worn doors back without a refit. A further 18% (about 1,800 households) rent from a council or housing association, where painting kitchen units normally needs the landlord's written permission first.
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
Selby is about 38 minutes (22 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
About 2,610 properties here (24%) were built since 2000, and newer kitchens more often have slab, gloss or handleless fronts, which suit RAL greys and off-blacks, while heritage ranges such as Farrow and Ball suit shaker and in-frame doors.
- 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
Only 40% of homes here are flats or terraces (13% and 27%), so most kitchens are a reasonable size and cure evenly with a window open; in a small or windowless kitchen we run extraction as well.
- 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 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 respray that runs over several days we plan consecutive days so the job is finished without gaps.
Kitchen Respraying near Selby
- Kitchen Respraying Snaith 7 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Howden 9 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Knottingley 9 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Goole 10 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Tadcaster 10 mi
- Kitchen Respraying Pontefract 12 mi
Distances are straight-line from Selby centre. See every area we cover.
Get a Free Kitchen Respray Quote in Selby
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
“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.”
“ColourHaus sprayed our kitchen cabinets from old orangey varnished pine to matt grey-blue. Really impressed with how professional and efficient they were. Absolute transformation!”
These are genuine Google reviews of our kitchen respray work from customers across Yorkshire, not only Selby. Read all our reviews.
Kitchen Respraying in Selby: Questions
How much does kitchen respraying cost in Selby?
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. With 36% of homes here semi-detached and 23% detached, the typical extended semi kitchen usually falls in the middle of that range; 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. Smaller kitchens, typical of the 40% of homes here that are flats or terraces (about 4,050 households), are usually at the shorter end, and larger kitchens with islands take nearer five days.
Can a gloss, laminate or vinyl-wrapped kitchen be resprayed?
Yes, if the surface is sound: 51% of the 10,730 properties here were built after 1973, and wrap, laminate and gloss doors are common in kitchens fitted since, so we key back the sheen and use a specialist adhesion primer, and any peeling wrap near the oven or dishwasher is removed before spraying.
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 respray works in any of them, and what changes is access, room size and the materials we find.