How much does a kitchen respray cost?
What UK respray firms publish per door and per kitchen, why the same kitchen can be priced at £1,400 or £2,562, and what to check before you agree a price.
Updated 28 October 2026 · The Kitchen Resprayer
The short answer
UK respray firms' own published prices for a whole kitchen run from £600 for a small kitchen in Birmingham to £3,500 at the top of one Leeds firm's range. Per door, published rates run from £62 to £110.
What sets your price is scope: whether removal, refitting, end panels, plinths and the fixed units are included, and whether VAT is added on top.
What firms publish, per door and per kitchen
These are list prices from firms that publish them, read in October 2026. They are a starting point before anyone has seen your kitchen, and each firm counts different things in the price.
| Firm | Where | Per door | Whole kitchen | Says if VAT is included? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Kitchen Respray Factory | Cheshire | £62 to £80 by size; drawers £32 | Itemised, see below | Yes: "subject to VAT" |
| Spraying Revolution | Plymouth | £80 to £110; drawers £30 | About £1,500 for an average kitchen | No |
| Berk Spray Co | Windsor | From £90 flat, £95 shaker | Doors and drawers multiplied out | No |
| Kitchen Respray Blackpool | Blackpool | Around £80+; larders from around £100 | From £800 (up to 10 doors), from £1,400 (15 to 20), from £2,200 (25+) | No |
| Spray Genius | Birmingham | n/a | £600 to £900 small, £900 to £1,300 medium, £1,300 to £1,800 large | No |
| Matt Finish | Ellesmere Port | n/a | £1,500 to £2,000 on average | No |
| Colourhaus | Leeds | n/a | From £1,500 small; £1,800 to £3,500 for most | No |
| Koolcreations | London and Surrey | n/a | £1,950 to £2,750 | No |
Each firm's own published figures, read 28 October 2026. Not an average and not a survey of the market.
One kitchen, four price lists
Take an ordinary kitchen: 14 standard doors, 2 tall larder doors, 8 drawers, 2 end panels and 4 metres of plinth. Run it through four firms' published lists and the totals look like this.
| Firm | List price for the same kitchen | What that price covers |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen Respray Blackpool | From £1,400 | Its 15 to 20 door package; it says a typical kitchen of that size totals £1,000 to £1,850 |
| The Kitchen Respray Factory | £1,568, plus VAT | Doors and loose parts collected, sprayed and returned for you to refit |
| Spraying Revolution | £1,600 to £2,080 | Plinths included |
| Berk Spray Co | From £1,800 (flat) or £1,920 (shaker) | End panels and plinths included |
| The Kitchen Respray Factory, fully fitted | £2,562, plus VAT | Adds removal and refitting (£244) and on-site spraying of the fixed units (£750) |
Worked from each firm's published list before any survey. Real quotes depend on your kitchen.
The lowest per-door rate on these lists is not the cheapest job once the fitting and fixed parts are added. When two quotes look far apart, line up what each one includes before you compare the totals.
What moves the price
How many doors and drawers
The count drives the price far more than the size of the room. Chameleon, based in North Yorkshire, says two kitchens in rooms the same size can differ by a third or more.
Door style and size
Berk Spray Co charges £5 more per shaker door than a flat one, and the lists that price by size charge more for larger and larder doors.
What the doors are made of
Vinyl and foil wraps, swollen edges, water damage and old handle holes all add preparation.
Workshop or in your kitchen
Many firms, Matt Finish and Ultimate Decor among them, take the doors away and spray the fixed parts on site. The Kitchen Respray Factory lists spraying the fixed units as a separate £750.
Colour
A big colour change can need extra coats. The Kitchen Respray Factory charges £50 for a colour match and £75 for two colours; Spray Genius lists a bespoke colour match at £60 to £120.
Islands, utility rooms and trims
Spray Genius lists an island at £250 to £500, a matching utility at £250 to £450, and cornice or pelmet at £15 to £40 a metre.
Handles
Matt Finish doesn't supply handles but fills old holes and drills new ones; The Kitchen Respray Factory fits new handles at £5 each.
VAT can add a fifth
VAT is 20%. A business only has to register once its taxable turnover is over £90,000, so a sprayer below that may not charge it, and one above it must.
Of the eight firm price pages above, only The Kitchen Respray Factory says its prices are subject to VAT. The rest don't say either way. On a £2,000 job that is a £400 question, so get the answer in writing on every quote.
What a good quote lists
The firms that publish itemised prices show what a clear quote looks like. Before you compare two, check each one says:
- Doors by size, drawers and end panels
- Plinths, kickboards, cornice and pelmet
- Fixed parts, carcass fronts and cupboard insides
- Who takes the doors off and refits them
- Vinyl or foil removal, priced as its own line
- Colour match, two colours or extra coats
- Handles: supplied, fitted or holes filled
- What is excluded, such as worktops and hinges
- The deposit, and when it is due
- The guarantee, and what it covers
- Whether the total includes VAT
Booking fees and deposits vary. Revamp Kitchen Resprays in Somerset asks for a £150 booking fee to secure a slot, and its page doesn't say whether that comes off the final bill.
Respray or new kitchen?
A respray keeps your cabinets, worktops, sink and appliances, which is where most of a new kitchen's money goes. FMB Home Picks puts base cabinets at 30 to 35% of a new kitchen's cost, with worktops and appliances 15 to 20% each, and installation another 15 to 20%.
| Retailer | Cabinets for a 12-unit kitchen (Which?) |
|---|---|
| Ikea | £1,500 to £2,500 |
| Benchmarx | £2,500 to £4,500 |
| DIY Kitchens | £3,500 |
| B&Q | £4,000 to £5,000 |
| Wickes | £2,500 to £7,500 |
| Wren | £3,000 to £6,000 |
| Magnet | £7,000 to £9,000 |
Which?, 27 April 2026: cabinets, handles, cornices, plinths, pelmets and end panels, VAT included, before worktop, sink, taps, appliances and fitting. Which? adds that labour is roughly 20 to 30% of the final spend.
Replacing only the doors sits in between. Dream Doors, a door-replacement franchise, says replacing the doors typically costs up to 50% less than a full new kitchen.
Cost is only one part of that decision. Respray, new doors or a new kitchen: how to decide covers when a respray is the right call and when it isn't.
How long it takes, and the guarantees on offer
| Firm | How long | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Finish | Within a working week; kitchen out of use 1 to 2 days | 2 years |
| Colourhaus | 3 to 5 working days | 5 years on the coating |
| Revamp Kitchen Resprays | About 2 to 3 days on site; doors back about a week later | n/a |
| Kitchen Respray Blackpool | n/a | 10 years (Standard package) |
| Ultimate Decor | n/a | 10 years |
As each firm states on its own website, read 28 October 2026.
Where these figures come from
- The Kitchen Respray Factory, price list
- Spraying Revolution, pricing
- Berk Spray Co, pricing
- Kitchen Respray Blackpool
- Spray Genius, cost guide (14 July 2026)
- Matt Finish, kitchen respray
- Colourhaus, kitchen respraying
- Koolcreations
- Revamp Kitchen Resprays
- Ultimate Decor
- Chameleon, kitchen respray cost
- Which?, kitchen costs (27 April 2026)
- FMB Home Picks, new kitchen costs
- Dream Doors
- GOV.UK, VAT rates
- GOV.UK, VAT registration threshold
All read 28 October 2026. Firms change their prices and terms; check the current position with them.
Common questions
Published rates run from £62 a door (The Kitchen Respray Factory's smallest size) to £110 (the top of Spraying Revolution's range), with drawers from £30. Tall larder doors cost more: Kitchen Respray Blackpool starts them from around £100. Check whether end panels and plinths are in the door price or charged on top.
Kitchen Respray Blackpool lists from £800 for up to 10 doors. Colourhaus in Leeds starts a kitchen of up to 10 doors and drawer fronts from £1,500, and Spray Genius in Birmingham publishes £600 to £900 for 8 to 10 doors. What is included differs between them, so compare the line items, not the headline.
Yes, by a wide margin. Which? found cabinets alone for a 12-unit kitchen cost £1,500 to £9,000 depending on the retailer, before the worktop, sink, taps, appliances and fitting. Respray firms' published prices for a whole kitchen run from £600 to £3,500, and the cabinets, worktops and appliances stay where they are.
None of the sources read for this page publishes a measured lifespan, but the guarantees firms give tell you what they will stand behind: two years at Matt Finish, five years on the coating at Colourhaus, and ten years at Kitchen Respray Blackpool and Ultimate Decor. Ask what the guarantee covers, not just how long it is.
Paint can only hold as well as the surface underneath it, so skipping the cleaning and keying puts the finish at risk. Most of what you pay a sprayer for is that preparation, which is why the cheapest quote is not always the same job.
Usually, because they need extra preparation before they can be painted. None of the firm price lists read for this page publishes a separate charge for it, so ask for the vinyl or foil removal to be priced as its own line.
Often you can't tell. Of eight firm price pages read for this page, only one says its prices are subject to VAT. VAT is 20%, and a trader whose taxable turnover is under £90,000 does not have to register, so ask every firm whether the figure includes VAT.
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