About us
One office on Montpellier Parade. Twenty-two years of keys.
Independent since 2004 — no franchise, no call centre, no valuation inflated to win a signature.
The story
Why Andrew left the chain
Andrew Ellcott spent the late nineties valuing houses for a national chain in Leeds, where the monthly targets rewarded the flattering figure over the accurate one. In 2004 he took a lease on 31 Montpellier Parade, hung six properties in the window, and wrote three rules on the first page of the day book: value honestly, publish the fee, answer the phone.
Louise Mayne arrived in 2007 to build the lettings side — eleven managed homes then, 268 now. The rules haven’t changed; the day book is on its twenty-third volume.
Today the register runs from one-bed conversions on Valley Drive to farmhouses at the top of Nidderdale. What hasn’t changed is the shape of the firm: one office, eight people, and directors who still do the valuations.
Andrew & Louise — twenty-two years in
The record
Numbers we’ll stand behind
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
How we’re held to it
Memberships that mean something
- Propertymark member agent — NAEA (sales) and ARLA (lettings), with qualified staff and CPD requirements.
- The Property Ombudsman for sales and lettings — free, independent redress if we ever get it wrong. Our complaints procedure is published.
- Client Money Protection through Propertymark CMP (ref C0114772) — deposits and rents are insured client money, held in a ring-fenced account.
- HMRC AML supervision — identity checks on every seller and buyer, as the law requires.
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.