uPVC Spray Painting in Thornton

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

Around Thornton centre, the Valuation Office Agency counts 3,080 properties: 42% built before 1919, 14% between the wars, 14% from 1945 to 1972, 10% from 1973 to 1999 and 19% since 2000. The figure that stands out is the 42% (about 1,300 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 1,300 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 590 newer homes with factory-white uPVC less than 30 years old.

Only 30% of properties here (about 910) were built from 1973 onwards, below the 36% average, while 56%, about 1,720, predate 1939. So most of the uPVC around Thornton centre was fitted to older houses as replacement windows, and on those 1,720 pre-1939 properties the frame colour has a bigger effect on how the building looks.

Types of home in Thornton, and a worked price

Of the 2,848 households counted around Thornton centre in the 2021 Census, 18% live in detached houses, 32% in semi-detached, 40% in terraced houses and 10% in flats. The largest group is terraced houses, about 1,150 households or 40% (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 40% of households here, about 1,150 (well 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 1,150 homes that share walls with neighbours, adjoining frames, brickwork and pavements are only centimetres away and are sheeted before any spraying.

About 2,570 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

22% of households around Thornton centre rent privately (about 620), above the 19% average, so landlords own a fair share of the homes here. With 68% 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.