Kitchen respraying in Glasgow

Three in four Glasgow homes are flats, so most kitchen resprays here happen up a stair. We take the doors and drawer fronts away to be sprayed, spray the fixed parts in your kitchen and bring the doors back to refit. About half of Glasgow homes are rented, and if yours is one of them, get your landlord's yes in writing before you book.

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Glasgow in numbers

What	Glasgow	What it means for your kitchen
Homes that are flats	74% (Scotland 36%)	The highest share in Scotland. Doors and drawer fronts go down the stair to be sprayed and come back up to be refitted.
Built before 1945	43% (Scotland 28%)	Most of these older homes (77%) are flats. An old building does not set the price of the respray: the doors do, which is why the form asks what yours are made of.
Two bedrooms or fewer	68% (Scotland 50%)	Smaller homes are the norm. A photo of the whole kitchen shows every door and drawer front, and that count is what the quote is built on.
Rented privately	20% (Scotland 11%)	The Scottish Government's model tenancy needs the landlord's written consent before any decorating or any change to fixtures and fittings.
Social housing	32% (Scotland 25%)	The council's homes went to Glasgow Housing Association in 2003, so a social tenant asks their housing association, in writing.
Homes with condensation	11% (Scotland 8%)	Higher again in flats (12%). Steam from the hob and kettle settles on the doors nearest it, so run the extractor or open a window while you cook.

A respray in a Glasgow flat

The Scottish House Condition Survey puts 74% of Glasgow's homes in flats, against 36% across Scotland, and no council area has a higher share. Of the homes built before 1945, 77% are flats. For most Glasgow kitchens, the job starts on a landing.

That suits a respray. We take the doors and drawer fronts away to be sprayed, so nothing that size is sprayed inside a flat with a shared close outside the front door. The parts fixed to the wall, such as end panels and plinths, are sprayed in your kitchen. The doors then come back up the stair and go back on their hinges.

Before the day, clear a path from the kitchen to the front door and let the neighbours on your landing know doors will be carried down and back up.

Older buildings, priced by the doors

In Glasgow, 43% of homes were built before 1945, well above the Scottish figure of 28%. The age of the building tells us very little about the job, because a respray changes the cupboard fronts, not the walls around them.

What sets the price is the doors: how many there are, what they are made of and how much preparation they need. Glasgow homes are smaller than most in Scotland (68% have two bedrooms or fewer, against 50%), and a photo of the whole kitchen shows every door and drawer front in one go. Add a close-up of one door and pick the door type on the form. If yours are laminate, our page on painting laminate kitchen cupboards explains why that matters.

Renting in Glasgow? Ask first

Only 49% of Glasgow homes are owned by the people living in them, against 64% across Scotland. The cupboards in a rented kitchen belong to the landlord, so the yes has to come before the booking.

Housing association tenants (32% of Glasgow homes): Glasgow City Council handed its 81,400 homes to Glasgow Housing Association in March 2003, so there is no council to ask. Your housing association is the landlord. The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 lets a Scottish secure tenant do interior decoration without asking, but any work to the landlord's fittings needs their written consent, which they cannot unreasonably refuse. Put the request in writing, with the colour.
Private tenants (20% of Glasgow homes): the Scottish Government's model private residential tenancy says you need the landlord's written consent before any decorating or any change to the fixtures and fittings, and that the decision is up to them. Check your own tenancy, then get the yes in an email or letter.
Owners of a tenement flat: the kitchen is yours, so you can book once you have a quote you are happy with.

Keep steam off the new finish

Condensation turns up in 11% of Glasgow homes, against 8% across Scotland, and in 12% of the city's flats. In a kitchen it gathers first on the doors beside the hob and above the kettle.

After a respray, run the extractor or open a window whenever you cook, and wipe moisture off the doors rather than leaving it to dry on them.

Common questions

Do I need my landlord's permission to respray my kitchen in Glasgow?

Yes, get it in writing first. A private tenant on the Scottish Government's model tenancy needs written consent before decorating or changing fixtures and fittings. A housing association tenant needs written consent for work to the landlord's fittings, and the landlord cannot unreasonably refuse it.

My flat used to be council housing. Who do I ask?

Your housing association. Glasgow City Council transferred its 81,400 homes to Glasgow Housing Association in March 2003, so the council is no longer the landlord for those homes.

Can you respray a kitchen in a top-floor tenement flat?

Yes. The doors and drawer fronts are taken down the stair to be sprayed and brought back up to be refitted, and the fixed parts are sprayed in the kitchen. Clear a route to the front door before the day. The respray process page walks through each stage.

How much does a kitchen respray cost in Glasgow?

It depends on how many doors and drawer fronts you have and what they are made of, which is why we price from two photos. Our page on kitchen respray cost sets out what drives the number.

Is respraying worth it compared with a new kitchen?

If the units are sound and it is the colour you are tired of, a respray keeps the kitchen you have and changes how it looks. We compare the two on respray vs new kitchen.

Where these figures come from

Checked November 2026.

Other cities: London, Norwich, Manchester, Leeds

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Send two photos of your kitchen and we'll price the respray from them. The quote costs you nothing.

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