What is the most popular composite door colour on Teesside?

Anthracite grey by a distance on newer estates; black overall across the region's older housing. Chartwell green leads the heritage colours.

Can I have a different colour inside?

Yes. Dual colour, typically a bold shade outside and white inside, is offered by almost every range at little or no extra cost.

Do woodgrain finishes look fake?

Quality GRP skins are moulded from real timber masters and read as painted wood from the kerb. Flat finishes on contemporary styles skip the grain entirely, which suits their look better anyway.

Which style adds most value?

The one that matches the house. Valuers and buyers respond to coherence: a period-correct door on a period house and a crisp flush door on a new build both lift kerb appeal; a mismatched door does the opposite.

Composite door styles and colours: the Teesside guide

Composite doors come in four style families, traditional panelled, cottage, contemporary flush and stable, in dozens of colours with dual-colour options. Anthracite grey is Teesside's best-seller, followed by black, Chartwell green, duck egg blue and deep red.

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The four style families

Traditional panelled

Four-panel, six-panel and sunburst designs with raised mouldings, often with small glazed lights. This is the family for Teesside's 1930s semis (Acklam, Hartburn, Fairfield) and its Victorian and Edwardian terraces (Saltburn, Linthorpe, Yarm). Glazed versions echo the leaded and coloured glass of the originals, and several ranges make faithful 1930s reproductions.

Cottage

Vertical planks, a central or offset glazed light, sometimes diamond-leading. Built for older cottages, and the natural partner to the stable-door format. Around Guisborough's old town, the Saltburn terraces and the villages, cottage styles in heritage colours are the respectful choice.

Contemporary flush

A flat slab with minimal detailing, usually one long vertical glazed light or none. The default on post-war and new-build estates, and the style that made anthracite grey the region's best-seller. On Ingleby Barwick, Wynyard and the newer Billingham estates, flush contemporary is close to universal.

Stable

The horizontal split, top opens while the bottom stays shut. Available in both cottage and contemporary styling, covered in detail on the stable doors page.

The colours that sell on Teesside

Anthracite grey outsells everything else combined on the newer estates. Black is the timeless second, safe on any property from a Headland terrace to a Wynyard detached. Chartwell green and duck egg blue lead the heritage end, particularly on period semis and cottages. Deep red and dark blue hold steady on traditional stock, and white remains common for back doors and interiors. Almost every range offers dual colour, a statement colour outside with white inside, for little or no extra cost, and it is the option most people wish they had known about sooner.

Glass: the decision inside the decision

Style and colour get the attention, but glass decides how the hall feels. Long glazed lights flood contemporary halls; small traditional lights keep period proportions; fully solid doors suit overlooked terraces. Every glazed option comes with backing-glass choices from clear to fully obscured, and decorative units, bevels, sandblast patterns, coloured borders, add £100 to £300. For the entrance as a whole, side panels do more for a dark hall than any door glass can.

Matching the door to the house

The reliable rule: the door should look like it could have been there first. 1930s semi: traditional panel with period glass. Post-war semi: cottage or simple contemporary. New build: flush contemporary in grey or black. Victorian terrace: four or six-panel traditional in a heritage colour. Cottage: cottage style or stable. Break the rule deliberately if you like, contrast is a legitimate choice, but accidental mismatch is the one outcome composite's range makes easy to avoid. Fitted prices across all styles are in the cost guide.