uPVC Spray Painting in Morley

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

Around Morley centre, the Valuation Office Agency counts 12,270 properties: 22% built before 1919, 10% between the wars, 23% from 1945 to 1972, 26% from 1973 to 1999 and 19% since 2000. The standout figure is the 26% (about 3,250 properties) built from 1973 to 1999, above the 19% average. uPVC became the normal window for new houses during the 1980s and 1990s, so many of those 3,250 homes still have their first frames. For those 3,250 properties, the frames are now roughly 25 to 50 years old, the age when white uPVC chalks, yellows or greys in the sun while the windows themselves still work. The 19% built since 2000 is also above the 17% average: about 2,310 newer homes with factory-white uPVC less than 30 years old.

In total 45% of properties here, about 5,560, were built from 1973 onwards when uPVC was the usual window, above the 36% average for the towns we cover, while 32% predate 1939. Many of those 5,560 homes have frames that have only ever been white, and a respray changes that for far less than replacement windows.

Types of home in Morley, and a worked price

Of the 11,691 households counted around Morley centre in the 2021 Census, 20% live in detached houses, 30% in semi-detached, 31% in terraced houses and 20% in flats. The largest group is terraced houses, about 3,620 households or 31% (average 27%), and at our published rates a terraced house with three windows and a front door on the street side would come to roughly £440 to £800 before fascias, soffits or a conservatory, with the exact price set after we check frame sizes, condition and access.

20% of households, about 2,290, live in flats (above the 15% average), and in most blocks the windows and outside walls are the freeholder's or management company's responsibility under the lease, so changing the colour of one flat's frames needs their written consent first, and upper-floor frames may need a tower or powered access, which we price into the quote rather than adding later.

About 9,400 households here (80%) 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

24% of households around Morley centre rent privately (about 2,750), above the 19% average, so landlords own a fair share of the homes here. With 63% owner-occupied as well, the practical questions are how a respray compares with new windows and whether it fits between lets: it is outside work that usually finishes in 1 to 2 days, so tenants can stay put.