uPVC Spray Painting in Sutton-in-Craven

When homes in Sutton-in-Craven were built, and what that means for the frames

Around Sutton-in-Craven centre, the Valuation Office Agency counts 3,760 properties: 32% built before 1919, 12% between the wars, 25% from 1945 to 1972, 16% from 1973 to 1999 and 15% since 2000. The figure that stands out is the 32% (about 1,210 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 1,210 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 12% 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 31% of properties here (about 1,150) were built from 1973 onwards, below the 36% average, while 45%, about 1,680, predate 1939. So most of the uPVC around Sutton-in-Craven centre was fitted to older houses as replacement windows, and on those 1,680 pre-1939 properties the frame colour has a bigger effect on how the building looks.

Types of home in Sutton-in-Craven, and a worked price

Of the 3,545 households counted around Sutton-in-Craven centre in the 2021 Census, 18% live in detached houses, 34% in semi-detached, 37% in terraced houses and 11% in flats. The largest group is terraced houses, about 1,330 households or 37% (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.

Terraced houses make up 37% of households here, about 1,330 (above the 27% average), and on a terrace the street side matters most, so a front-elevation respray of the windows and door is a common, affordable scope. For those 1,330 homes that share walls with neighbours, adjoining frames, brickwork and pavements are only centimetres away and are sheeted before any spraying.

About 3,160 households here (89%) 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

73% of households own their home, about 2,570, above the 63% average, and only 15% 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.