uPVC Spray Painting in Skipton

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

Around Skipton centre, the Valuation Office Agency counts 8,050 properties: 29% built before 1919, 15% between the wars, 15% from 1945 to 1972, 21% from 1973 to 1999 and 19% since 2000. The figure that stands out is the 29% (about 2,340 properties) built before 1919, 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 2,340 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. The 19% built since 2000 is also above the 17% average: about 1,550 newer homes with factory-white uPVC less than 30 years old.

In total 40% of properties here, about 3,240, were built from 1973 onwards when uPVC was the usual window, above the 36% average for the towns we cover, while 44% predate 1939. Many of those 3,240 homes have frames that have only ever been white, and a respray changes that for far less than replacement windows.

Types of home in Skipton, and a worked price

Of the 7,262 households counted around Skipton centre in the 2021 Census, 12% live in detached houses, 29% in semi-detached, 43% in terraced houses and 15% in flats. The largest group is terraced houses, about 3,110 households or 43% (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.

15% of households, about 1,090, live in flats (close to 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 6,090 households here (84%) 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

65% of households own their home and 21% rent privately (averages 63% and 19%), so owners weighing a respray against replacement and landlords who care most about speed are both well represented among the 7,262 households; a typical job takes 1 to 2 days either way.