uPVC Spray Painting in Hawes

When homes in Hawes were built, and what that means for the frames

Around Hawes centre, the Valuation Office Agency counts 740 properties: 57% built before 1919, 1% between the wars, 12% from 1945 to 1972, 20% from 1973 to 1999 and 7% since 2000. The figure that stands out is the 57% (about 420 properties) built before 1919, well above the 21% average; houses of that age were built with timber sashes and panelled doors, so any uPVC on them is a later replacement. On those 420 older buildings, bright white plastic frames are often the one thing that looks out of place against stone or old brick, so recolouring them in a softer shade makes a bigger difference than it would on a newer house; if yours still has its original timber windows, those need a different coating system and are quoted separately. By contrast, only 1% were built between the wars, against a 16% average, so 1920s and 1930s bay-fronted houses are a smaller part of the local mix than elsewhere.

Only 27% of properties here (about 200) were built from 1973 onwards, below the 36% average, while 58%, about 430, predate 1939. So most of the uPVC around Hawes centre was fitted to older houses as replacement windows, and on those 430 pre-1939 properties the frame colour has a bigger effect on how the building looks.

Types of home in Hawes, and a worked price

Of the 579 households counted around Hawes centre in the 2021 Census, 33% live in detached houses, 32% in semi-detached, 25% in terraced houses and 10% in flats. The largest group is detached houses, about 190 households or 33% (average 20%), and at our published rates a detached house with ten windows and two doors would come to roughly £1,200 to £2,200 before fascias, soffits or a conservatory, with the exact price set after we check frame sizes, condition and access.

Detached and semi-detached houses together account for 65% of households, about 380 (average 58%), and houses like these tend to have more elevations, longer runs of fascia and soffit, and often a conservatory or porch. For those 380 homes, the whole-house package of £2,000 to £5,500 on our service page is a more realistic guide than a per-window price.

About 520 households here (90%) live in houses rather than flats, and many houses with uPVC windows also have a uPVC roofline of fascias, soffits and bargeboards that weathers alongside them; spraying the roofline in the same visit as the frames ties the colour together and is usually more economical than two separate jobs.

Owners, landlords and timing

74% of households own their home, about 430, above the 63% average, and only 19% rent privately; for those owner-occupiers the comparison that matters is with replacement, which our service page puts at £8,000 to £15,000 for a whole house against £2,000 to £5,500 for a full respray with a 10-year written guarantee.