What is included in a professional kitchen refurbishment service?
A professional kitchen refurbishment service typically includes a full assessment of your existing kitchen, meticulous surface preparation, specialist spray painting of cabinet doors and frames, and a factory-quality finish backed by a long-term guarantee. At Ultimate Décor, we’ve been delivering this in Surrey and South London since 2004 — and the process is more thorough than most people expect.
It Starts Long Before Any Paint Is Applied
Most of the work in a kitchen refurbishment happens before the spraying begins. That’s the part that separates a professional result from a disappointing one.
When we visit, I assess the condition of your cabinets — the material, the existing finish, any damage that needs addressing. This tells us exactly what preparation is required. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach here.
Surface Preparation: The Foundation of a Lasting Finish
We clean every surface thoroughly to remove grease, residue, and anything that would prevent proper adhesion. We sand, prime, and fill where needed. Any minor damage gets repaired at this stage.
This is non-negotiable. A spray finish is only as good as what’s underneath it. Shortcuts here show up within months — we’ve seen it on work done by others. We don’t cut corners because our 10-year guarantee means we have to stand behind every job we complete.
What Happens to the Cabinet Doors
This is where our process differs from many. We remove all cabinet doors and drawer fronts and take them to our off-site workshop for spraying. This matters for two reasons.
First, it gives us a controlled environment — no dust, no draughts, consistent conditions. Second, it means your kitchen remains largely functional while the work is underway. You don’t need to empty your cupboards. The carcasses stay in place.
In the workshop, doors are sprayed using professional HVLP equipment with water-based, low-VOC paints. The result is a hard, smooth, factory-quality finish — no brush marks, no roller texture, no orange peel. Just clean, even colour across every surface.
What’s Included On-Site
While doors are being finished in the workshop, our team works on the cabinet frames in your kitchen. Everything is masked and protected. We spray the carcasses, end panels, and any fixed elements in situ.
A typical job takes around five days from start to finish. On the final day, doors are rehung, handles are refitted, and everything is checked over carefully before we consider the job done.
Colour Matching and Paint Specification
Colour choice is entirely yours. We work with leading professional coatings including Tikkurila and Kolorbond, and we can match Farrow & Ball colours and virtually any other shade. If you want to move away from a standard white, or you want to tie your kitchen in with a wider interior scheme, we can achieve that accurately.
All paints we use are water-based and low in VOCs. Better for your home, better for the environment, and they cure to an extremely hard, cleanable finish.
The Guarantee Behind the Work
We back every kitchen refurbishment with a 10-year guarantee. That’s not a marketing line — it’s the reason we’re meticulous about preparation and product selection. A guarantee is only worth something if the company intends to honour it and has the processes in place to make failure unlikely.
Our team is City & Guilds qualified. We’ve been doing this since 2004. The combination of experience, tested processes, and professional-grade materials is what makes the finish last.
What a Kitchen Refurbishment Doesn’t Include
It’s worth being clear about scope. A kitchen respray refurbishes the visual and tactile quality of your existing cabinets. We’re not replacing carcasses, fitting new worktops, or doing plumbing work. If your cabinet structure is sound but the finish has deteriorated, or you simply want a completely different look, this is the service that delivers that — without a full rip-out.
Many of our clients combine a kitchen respray with other improvements. If your UPVC windows or doors are looking tired at the same time, our UPVC spray painting service can refresh those in the same visit or separately — useful if you’re updating the whole look of your home.
Is a Professional Kitchen Refurbishment Service Right for You?
If your kitchen layout works, your cabinet boxes are structurally sound, but the finish is worn, dated, or simply not the colour you’d choose today — yes, absolutely. You get a result that looks and feels like a new kitchen at a fraction of the disruption and cost of a full replacement.
We’re not the cheapest option in Surrey or South London. We’re the best. That difference shows up in the finish, and it shows up five years later when the surface still looks the way it did on day one.
To find out more about how we work or to book a consultation, visit our kitchen respray service page or explore the full range of specialist spray painting services we offer across Surrey and South London. Give us a call on 0203 355 1495 — I’m happy to talk through your kitchen and give you an honest assessment of what’s possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Q: How long does a professional kitchen refurbishment service take from start to finish?
A: Most kitchen refurbishments we carry out take around five days. That includes preparation, spraying the carcasses in situ, finishing the doors in our off-site workshop, and rehinging everything on the final day. The exact timeline depends on the size of your kitchen and the condition of the surfaces, which we assess before quoting. Kitchens remain largely usable throughout because we work on doors off-site and leave the carcasses accessible.
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Q: Do I need to empty my kitchen cupboards before a professional kitchen respray?
A: No. Because we remove the doors and take them to our workshop for spraying, your cupboard contents can stay in place. We mask and protect the interior of the carcasses when we work on them in your kitchen. It’s one of the practical advantages of our process — minimal disruption to your daily routine during the job.
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Q: What types of kitchen cabinets can be professionally resprayed?
A: We can work with most cabinet materials, including MDF, solid wood, thermofoil, and previously painted surfaces. The key factor is whether the cabinet structure itself is sound. During the initial assessment, I check the condition of both the material and the existing finish to confirm the right preparation approach. Cabinets in good structural condition almost always give excellent results — the spray finish restores them to a standard that rivals new cabinetry.
