For sale
Guide price £985,000
Fernleigh, Duchy Road, Harrogate
A handsome bay-fronted Victorian villa on the Duchy estate, with three receptions, a 120ft west garden and a coach-house garage — five minutes’ walk from the Valley Gardens.
Independent · Montpellier Parade · Since 2004
Homes for sale and to let across Harrogate & Nidderdale.
Independent estate and letting agents on Montpellier Parade since 2004. Browse what’s on the market now, or book a free valuation — no obligation, usually within 48 hours.
Thinking of selling or letting? Valuations are free and without obligation.
On the market now
Featured homes
A hand-picked shelf from the current register — every listing carries its tenure, council tax band and EPC, as the material-information rules require.
For sale
For sale
£389,500
Weavers Cottage, Wreaks Road, Birstwith
A characterful three-bedroom gritstone cottage in the heart of Birstwith, with a log burner, refitted kitchen and a south-facing garden backing onto fields.
For sale
£498,000
4 Springfield Mews, Kings Road, Harrogate
A 2021-built stone-faced townhouse over three floors in a courtyard of six off Kings Road, with a roof terrace, integral garage and EPC B.
For sale
£337,500
44 Briggate, Knaresborough
A well-extended three-bedroom stone semi a short walk from Knaresborough’s market square, with a 85ft garden, parking and a dining kitchen under a roof lantern.
For sale
£565,000
Lund House, Otley Road, Killinghall
A 2018-built stone house of real quality on the Harrogate edge of Killinghall, with an open-plan kitchen/garden room, underfloor heating and a double garage.
For sale
£238,000
Apartment 6, 92 Valley Drive, Harrogate
A first-floor one-bedroom apartment in a converted Victorian terrace overlooking the Valley Gardens, with a bay sitting room, high ceilings and a 953-year lease.
What we do
One office, four jobs done properly
Sales and lettings under one roof on Montpellier Parade — so a sale with a tenant in place, or a purchase funded by a letting, is handled by people who talk to each other.
Selling
1.3% inc VAT, no sale no fee, no tie-in — and a named person from valuation to keys.
Selling with us →
Buying
Accompanied viewings six days a week, straight answers, and first call when the right home launches.
Homes for sale →
Letting
Referenced tenants, compliant paperwork, and rent that arrives on the same day each month.
For landlords →
Management
268 homes under management — inspections that happen, repairs that get fixed, deposits done right.
Fully managed →How we sell
From valuation to sold in four honest steps
The average Ellcott & Mayne sale went from launch to agreed in 34 days last year. This is the process behind that number.
1
A defensible valuation
Andrew or Sophie values your home against real, recent local evidence — a figure we can defend to a surveyor, not one designed to win the instruction.
2
Proper presentation
Professional photography, a measured floorplan and honest particulars, prepared in days — with the material information buyers must now be given by law.
3
Launch & viewings
Rightmove, Zoopla and our register of proceedable buyers on day one. Every viewing accompanied, six days a week, with feedback inside one working day.
4
Progression to keys
Harriet chases solicitors, surveys and mortgage offers weekly. It is the least glamorous thing we do, and the reason our sales hold together.
For owners at a crossroads
Sell it, or let it?
Moving on but tempted to keep the house as an investment? It is the question we are asked most weeks — and the honest answer is arithmetic, not instinct.
Put in three numbers and the advisor works both routes with our published fees and realistic running costs:
- Sell — your likely net proceeds after our 1.3% inc VAT fee, conveyancing and the mortgage.
- Let — your realistic net annual income after management, maintenance, insurance, certificates and voids, and the return that represents on the equity you would be leaving in.
Every assumption is printed under the tool. The full version lives at tools/sell-or-let.
Sell or Let? Advisor
If you sell
- Our fee (1.3% inc VAT, min £3,300)
- Conveyancing (typical)
- Mortgage repaid
- Net proceeds
If you let
- Gross rent (12 months)
- Running costs & voids
- Net annual income
- Gross yield
- Net return on your equity
A guide, not advice. Letting also means landlord tax on the income, possible capital gains tax later, and your lender’s consent to let. Selling a former home within the CGT rules is a conversation for your accountant — we’ll happily join it.
The assumptions, in full
| Sale fee | 1.3% inc VAT of value, minimum £3,300 |
| Conveyancing (sale) | £1,650 |
| Management | 13.2% / 8.4% / 0% of rent by service level |
| Maintenance allowance | 8% of annual rent |
| Landlord insurance | £320 a year |
| Safety certificates & EPC | £190 a year, averaged |
| Void allowance | 2 weeks a year |
| “Comfortable” net return | 4.5% on equity |
Where we work
Harrogate and the places around it
From the Montpellier flower beds to the top of Nidderdale — six patches we know house by house, each with its own guide.
The record
Twenty-two years of Harrogate sales
Independent since 2004 — long enough to have sold some Harrogate homes three times over.
2,150+
homes sold since 2004
97.6%
of asking price achieved on average, 2025
268
homes under management
34
days on average to agree a sale, 2025
Figures from our own completions and management records, January 2004 – June 2026; asking-price and days-to-sale figures are 2025 completions.
The people
Meet the directors
Andrew Ellcott opened the office in 2004 with a simple premise: value honestly, publish the fee, answer the phone. Louise Mayne joined three years later and built the lettings side from eleven managed homes to 268.
Between them sit a team of eight — every viewing accompanied, every sale progressed by a named person, and a Saturday phone that actually gets answered.
Meet the whole team
What clients say
Reviews
4.8out of 5 · 402 Google reviews
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★★★★★
Andrew valued our house on the Tuesday, we launched the following week and agreed a sale at asking within a month. Harriet kept the chain moving when our buyer’s solicitor went quiet — we would have lost the sale without her.
★★★★★
Moved my portfolio to Louise after a poor experience with a national chain. Inspections actually happen, statements arrive the same day each month, and the advice through the tenancy-law changes has been worth the fee on its own.
★★★★★
As first-time buyers we had a hundred questions and Daniel answered every one — including the ones we should have asked and didn’t. Never felt sold to once.
The market
Harrogate market snapshot — July 2026
Average achieved sale prices from Land Registry data and our own completions, updated quarterly.
| Area | Average sale price | Change, 12 months | Median days to sale agreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate town centre | £312,000 | ▲ 2.1% | 31 |
| The Duchy | £845,000 | ▲ 1.2% | 54 |
| The Saints | £486,000 | ▲ 3.4% | 27 |
| Knaresborough | £318,000 | ▲ 2.8% | 33 |
| Nidderdale villages | £428,000 | ▲ 1.9% | 41 |
| Ripley & north villages | £402,000 | ▲ 1.4% | 38 |
Sources: HM Land Registry price-paid data to May 2026 and Ellcott & Mayne completions. Figures are area averages — read the full market report or book a valuation for your own street’s evidence.
Advice
Guides from the front desk
14 July 2026 · Louise Mayne, Director — LettingsWhat the Renters’ Rights Act actually changes for Harrogate landlords
Section 21 has gone and every tenancy is now periodic. Here is what we changed for our 268 managed homes — and what to check if you self-manage.
9 June 2026The real cost of moving house in 2026 — an honest ledger
Beyond the price and the deposit sit a dozen smaller invoices. We tally the realistic 2026 numbers for a typical Harrogate move.
12 May 2026Getting a period home ready for market: what moves the price, and what doesn’t
After a few hundred Victorian launches, the pattern is clear: light, honesty and paperwork sell stone houses. Gut renovations rarely pay you back.
21 April 2026Leasehold vs freehold: what Harrogate flat buyers should actually check
Most Harrogate apartments are leasehold and most are fine. The exceptions cluster around four numbers — here they are, with the thresholds that matter.
Questions
Asked at the front desk every week
How much does it cost to sell my home with you?
Our sole agency fee is 1.3% inc VAT of the agreed sale price, with a minimum fee of £3,300 inc VAT — strictly no sale, no fee, and no tie-in. Professional photography, a floorplan, Rightmove and Zoopla listings and accompanied viewings are all included. The full table, including our optional £395 premium marketing pack, is on our fees page.
How quickly can you value my home?
Usually within 48 hours — often next-day. Valuations are free, take around 45 minutes, and come with a written market appraisal the same week. There is no obligation and we won’t chase you weekly afterwards.
Which portals will my home appear on?
Every sale and letting is listed on Rightmove and Zoopla as well as our own site, with professional photography and a floorplan as standard.
Do you do accompanied viewings?
Yes — every viewing is accompanied by a member of the team six days a week, including Saturdays, with feedback within one working day.
What is the difference between your lettings services?
Tenant Find covers marketing, viewings, referencing and the tenancy agreement (72% inc VAT of one month’s rent, minimum £690). Rent Collection adds monthly collection and arrears chasing (8.4% inc VAT). Fully Managed adds maintenance, inspections, renewals and deposit handling (13.2% inc VAT). Full details on our fees page.
Are you members of a redress scheme?
Yes. We are members of The Property Ombudsman for both sales and lettings, and of Propertymark (NAEA and ARLA); client money is protected under Propertymark Client Money Protection. Our complaints procedure, including the TPO escalation route, is published on this site.
Ellcott & Mayne · Harrogate
Ready when you are.
Ring the office on 01423 590 480, call in at 31 Montpellier Parade, or book a free valuation and we’ll come to you — usually within 48 hours.