Curran Homes North East

North East homes.
Ours. Done properly.

We buy houses across Durham and the North East, refurbish them with our own trades, and turn them back into proper family homes. No agents in the middle. No call centres. Just us.

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Tired terrace, ex-rental, probate, or a house that just needs too much work. We buy for cash across the North East. No chain, no agent fees, no six months of viewings.

One number. It goes to a person, not a call centre.

1.

Message us the address

Send the postcode and a few photos on WhatsApp. Thirty seconds, done.

2.

Offer within 24 hours

A genuine cash figure from a local buyer who knows the street, not an algorithm guessing from London.

3.

Complete on your timescale

Weeks if you need speed. Longer if you don't. No fees from us either way.

What we do

Buy. Refurbish. Bring back to life.

We're not agents, and we're not flippers painting over problems. Some houses we sell on as family homes, some we keep and rent. Either way the work gets done properly, because our name is on it.

Buy

Houses that need work, bought for cash across Durham and the North East.

Refurbish

Our own trades. New kitchens, bathrooms, boilers, rewires where needed. Done once, done right.

Sell

Most go back on the market as family homes, finished for the people who'll actually live there.

Keep

Some we keep and rent out ourselves. Fair rents, quick repairs, a landlord who answers.

Bought with our money. Fixed by our trades. Turned back into family homes.

Why direct

Every house was someone's home. We treat it that way.

No pressure, no games

Probate sales, family homes, difficult circumstances. A fair figure, time to think, and no last-minute price drops the week before completion.

Our own trades

Repairs go to our own team, not the cheapest contractor on a list. Most jobs are looked at within days, not weeks.

Local, and staying local

Based in Durham. Every house is within an hour of our front door, on streets we drive past every week. Our reputation lives here too.

How we work

Done safely, or not at all.

Refurbishing houses is not a cosmetic exercise. It's gas, electrics, structure, and sometimes what's hiding behind sixty-year-old plasterboard. We hold ourselves to the same standards whether we're selling the house or keeping it.

Health and safety isn't a poster on a wall for us. Responsibility sits at director level, our approach is reviewed every year, and any trade who cuts a corner doesn't work on our houses again. You can read the short version of our .

Gas

All gas work, boilers and appliance checks are carried out by Gas Safe registered engineers. No exceptions, no "mate who does boilers".

Electrics

Rewires and electrical work are done by qualified electricians working to current wiring regulations, with certification issued for all notifiable work.

Older houses

Anything built before the 1980s gets checked for asbestos before we strip out. If it's found, licensed specialists deal with it. We don't rip and hope.

Waste

Strip-out waste leaves site with licensed carriers and we keep the transfer notes. Nothing from our jobs ends up in a lay-by.

Before anyone moves in

Smoke alarms on every floor, carbon monoxide alarms where required, gas safety certificate and an electrical safety report. The legal minimum is our starting point, not our target.

Neighbours

Tidy sites, sensible working hours, and skips that don't sit there for a month. The street has to live next to our job. We don't forget that.

Where we buy

Sell your house fast, anywhere in the North East

We're cash house buyers based in Durham, buying across County Durham, Sunderland and the wider North East. If your town isn't below but it's close, message us anyway. If we can drive to it inside an hour, we're interested.

Durham

Our home city. We buy houses for cash across Durham and the surrounding villages, from Gilesgate to Framwellgate Moor. Terraces, semis, ex-rentals and probate sales.

Sunderland

We buy houses fast throughout Sunderland, including Millfield, Southwick, Hendon and Pallion. Any condition, no fees, offer within 24 hours.

Chester-le-Street

Cash buyers for houses in Chester-le-Street and nearby villages. No chain and no agent in the middle.

Spennymoor & Bishop Auckland

We buy tired and dated properties across Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland and the surrounding towns, then refurbish them properly.

Seaham, Peterlee & East Durham

Fast house sales along the East Durham coast, including Seaham, Peterlee, Horden and Easington. We know these streets.

Washington, Houghton-le-Spring & Consett

Cash offers on houses in Washington, Houghton-le-Spring, Consett and everywhere between them and our front door.

Straight answers

Questions people actually ask

How fast can you buy my house?

A matter of weeks, because we buy with cash and there's no chain. If you need longer — waiting on probate, finding your next place — we work to your dates instead. Fast means your speed, not ours.

Do you charge any fees?

No. No agent commission, no charge from us. The offer we make is the figure we work to.

What condition does the house need to be in?

Any. Tired, dated, damaged, part-finished, full of a lifetime's belongings. We refurbish houses for a living, so the state of it doesn't put us off — and you don't need to tidy up for us.

Will you drop the price at the last minute?

No. That trick is exactly why cash buyers have a bad name. We price properly up front rather than chipping the offer the week before completion.

Do you buy probate and inherited properties?

Yes, regularly, and we treat them with care. A fair figure, time to think, and no pressure while you deal with everything else.

How is this different from the big "we buy any house" companies?

They're call centres buying at a distance. We're a Durham company buying streets we drive past every week, with our own trades doing the refurb after. You deal with the actual buyer from the first message.

Contact

Talk to us

Selling, renting, or just want a straight answer about a property. The fastest way is WhatsApp:

Based in Durham, County Durham.
Covering the North East.

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Privacy policy

Who we are

Curran Homes is a trading name of Curran Property NE Limited, a property company registered in England & Wales and based in Durham, County Durham. We are the data controller for the personal information collected through this website.

What we collect

We don't use cookies for advertising and we don't track you around the internet.

Why we use it

Our lawful basis is legitimate interest: responding to enquiries you've chosen to send us. We don't send marketing you haven't asked for.

Who we share it with

We never sell your details.

How long we keep it

Enquiries that don't go anywhere are deleted within 12 months. If we buy a property from you or let one to you, we keep records for as long as the law requires for property transactions and tenancies.

Your rights

You can ask us at any time to see the information we hold about you, correct it, or delete it. Message us on WhatsApp or use the contact form and we'll sort it. If you're not happy with how we've handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Changes

If we change this policy, the updated version will appear on this page. Last updated: August 2026.

Health & safety policy

Our commitment

Curran Property NE Limited is committed to protecting the health and safety of everyone affected by our work: the trades on our sites, tenants in our homes, neighbours next to our jobs, and anyone visiting a property we own. Responsibility for health and safety sits at director level and this policy is reviewed at least annually.

Competent trades only

On site

Asbestos and older properties

Properties built before the year 2000 may contain asbestos. Where refurbishment could disturb suspect materials, they are assessed before strip-out begins. Where asbestos is confirmed, removal or management is handled by licensed specialists in line with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.

Waste

Construction and strip-out waste is removed by licensed waste carriers and waste transfer documentation is retained, in line with our duty of care under environmental legislation.

Homes we let

Reporting

Accidents, near misses and unsafe conditions on our sites or in our homes should be reported to us straight away via WhatsApp or the contact form. Reportable incidents are handled in line with RIDDOR.

Last reviewed: August 2026. Next review: August 2027.