Keeping a sound kitchen in a Girton home
Another 28% of households are buying with a mortgage, so about seven in ten Girton homes are owner-occupied. Plenty have kitchens fitted in the 2000s or 2010s that still work perfectly but now look out of step with the rest of the house: shiny cream doors, yellowing oak effect, or a colour chosen by a previous owner.
Painting keeps the carcasses, worktops, plumbing and appliances where they are. The units are cleaned and keyed, primed with a Zinsser primer chosen for the surface, then finished in a hard-wearing eggshell or satin. Graham checks the door material at his visit and tells you straight if a finish won't hold paint.
Kitchen cabinet painting for older Girton houses
Council Tax records date about 410 Girton properties to 1965 to 1982, and many have had their kitchens replaced at least once. Where solid timber units survive, they take paint well once the old varnish is sanded back with our Mirka dust-free sanders.
Larger kitchens with plain slab doors can be sprayed with our Graco cordless airless sprayer, while Shaker-style doors are often better brushed. Our kitchen cabinet painting page explains the trade-off, and timber worktops can be oiled with Osmo in the same visit.
Girton at a glance
- 8 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 18 minutesOSRM routing
- 71%of homes are owner-occupiedCensus 2021
- 28%of households own with a mortgageCensus 2021
- 6%were built 1983 to 1999VOA Council Tax stock
- 39%were built since 2000VOA Council Tax stock
- 87%are houses rather than flatsCensus 2021
How we approach kitchen cabinet painting
Doors and drawer fronts are numbered and taken off where that helps, hinges and handles bagged, and every surface degreased, especially around the hob. We sand dust-free, fill chips, prime to suit laminate, MDF or timber, then lay on two top coats. In a busy family kitchen we usually suggest satin, which stands up to wiping a little better than eggshell. The full method, products and FAQs are on our kitchen cabinet painting page.