The average cost of a kitchen renovation in the UK increased by almost 35% in 2024, according to new research from design software platform Houzz.
This was one of the findings of the 2025 UK Houzz Kitchen Trends Study, which collected data from homeowners that have just completed – or were planning – a kitchen renovation between November and December 2024.
Houzz says median spend for both major and minor kitchen renovations increased by 34% in the last 12 months, rising from £13,000 to £17,500 in 2024. Large kitchen renovations, which are classed as being 100 sq ft or more, have risen by 25%, up from an average of £15,000 in 2023 to £20,000 at the end of 2024. Houzz also found that the average spend on a small kitchen renovation is now £4,900.
This data broadly echoes the findings from Houzz’s Bathroom Trends Study from November 2024, which found that spending on bathrooms had similarly increased by more than 30% in recent years.
In the 2025 kitchen survey, almost three quarters of homeowners (71%) also said they changed the layout of their kitchen when completing a renovation, and almost two thirds (63%) upgraded their kitchen’s plumbing, electrical or heating systems while renovating.
Moving on to aesthetic trends, almost a third of homeowners (31%) said they had used different colours for their upper and lower kitchen cabinets. The most popular choice for upper cabinetry colour was white, which was reported by 42% of those polled.
However, the most popular colour for lower cabinets was found to be green, which was used by one-in-five (21%) renovators. Runner-up colours were blue (16%), and beige and grey, which were both used by 11% of survey participants.
The vast majority of homeowners (92%), said they upgraded their worktops as part of a renovation. 65% of homeowners said they decided on new worktop materials based on their look and feel. Just under half (45%) said durability played a factor in their decision to upgrade worktops, and almost four-in-ten (38%) said their decision was impacted by how easy a surface was to clean.
Interestingly, only a quarter (24%) of homeowners said financial cost played a part in their worktop material choice, which is down by 7% compared to last year’s study.
Looking at the materials themselves, trendy engineered quartz was said to be the most popular worktop material, with 42% of homeowners using the material in their new worktops. This was followed by butcher blocks or wood slabs, which were used by 14% of those polled, as well as laminate, which another 14% said they’d used in their renovations. These materials were followed by solid surface (12%), granite (10%) and marble (5%).
When asked about what colour worktop they had used or wanted, white was again the most popular choice, and was selected by over half of homeowners (55%). Wood tones were the next most-popular option, but were only used by 16% of renovators.
For the work itself, 93% of homeowners polled said they hired a professional for their renovation projects. Roughly six-in-ten said they used a tradesperson, and almost half said they used a kitchen fitter or kitchen designed (45% and 44%, respectively). One-in-three (28%) said they used a home builder, the same number said they consulted an architect, and a quarter of homeowners said they employed a cabinet maker for their renovation.
The full 2025 UK Houzz Kitchen Trends Study can be read here.
In related news, in November, Houzz released its predictions of the top trends for home design in 2025, which included a bold claim that pink will be the emerging kitchen colour this year.
