Who we are
Curran Homes North East is a small, owner-run local property company. We buy around twenty houses a year across the North East, refurbish them fully with our own in-house team, and sell them on as finished family homes. From Bishop Auckland to Consett, Spennymoor to Stanley, the county is full of solid, affordable houses that need more work than their owners want to take on. Those are the houses we buy.
We're not a national call centre and we don't buy sight-unseen from a desk. We view every house in person, and the person you deal with is the person whose name is on the company.
How it works
Address, condition, and your situation. Use the form below — a couple of lines is plenty to start.
No obligation, no pressure, no fee. We'll tell you honestly what we can pay and why.
No chain on our side, so we move at your pace. Weeks if you need it fast, months if you need time.
The honest bit
Areas we buy in and around County Durham
- Bishop Auckland
- Spennymoor
- Consett
- Stanley
- Crook
- Willington
- Ferryhill
- Sedgefield
- Shildon
- Newton Aycliffe
- Barnard Castle
- Langley Park
Not on the list? If it's in the North East, ask anyway — the list above isn't exhaustive.
Questions people ask us
Do you charge any fees?
No. There are no fees for selling to us — no estate agent commission and no charge for our time or the offer. You'd instruct your own solicitor for the sale in the usual way.
How fast can you move?
Quicker than an open-market sale, because there's no chain on our side and no mortgage lender to wait for. Once a price is agreed, the pace is largely set by the legal work and by you — weeks rather than months, and you choose the completion date.
Will you pay full market value?
We'll be straight with you: no. We buy houses to refurbish and resell, so our offer reflects the work the property needs and the costs of doing it properly. If your house is in good condition and you have time to sell on the open market, an estate agent will likely get you more. We're the right buyer when speed, certainty and simplicity matter more than the last pound.
What condition does the house need to be in?
Almost any. Houses needing full refurbishment are our bread and butter — dated interiors, damp, old wiring, tired kitchens and bathrooms. We refurbish everything with our own in-house team, so condition that puts other buyers off doesn't put us off.
Will your offer change at the last minute?
No. Price-dropping at exchange is the reason quick-sale companies have a bad name, and we don't do it. We view the property properly before we offer, so the offer we make is the offer we stand behind.
Tell us about your house
Fill this in and we'll come back to you quickly — usually the same day.
We also buy houses in: Sunderland · Durham · Newcastle upon Tyne · Gateshead · South Shields · Washington — or see everywhere we buy.