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Our Hurworth office is now open so come and visit us,  we are located just around the corner from the Spar shop.

To celebrate the launch of the office we have teamed up with Rockliffe Hall to offer one lucky person a chance to win an overnight stay, dinner, use of the spa and breakfast - a fantastic prize, we're sure you'll agree!

 
To enter all you need to do is Like our page on Facebook and SHARE the ORIGINAL post about the competition, one of our followers will then be picked at the beginning of September. Not only is there the chance to win this amazing prize, you will get updates on all the Carver Residential news we share with our followers.  Competition closes on 31st August 2014.

Our opening times for the Hurworth office are:

Friday 9am - 1pm

Saturday 9am - 1pm

Monday 10am - 1pm

The direct telephone number for the office is 01325 731688. Please feel free to pop in and see us!

A beautiful development of 3 properties set just off the market place in Middleton in Teesdale including a maisonette incorporating the original water wheel and drive room.

The Old Mill - 3 bedroom maisonette with original wheel & drive room - &250,000

The Granary - 3 bedroom top floor maisonette - &200,000

Mill House - 3 bedroom stone built house with gardens down to the beck - &295,000

THE OLD MILL  - &250,000

The 3 bedroom maisonette forms the lower part of a former four storey mill and benefits from gardens which border and overlook the Hudes Hope Beck.

The Old Mill has been renovated to a high standard and thoughtfully restored taking great care in retaining and providing features sympathetic to the age and history of the building.

To view the full details click here

THE GRANARY - &200,000

A 3 bedroom maisonette, the upper half of the mill, with an open plan top floor living room / kitchen / diner.

The Granary would make an ideal 'lock up and leave' property, and has been designed with a more modern feel to the fixtures and fittings, however still in keeping with the age and history of the building.

To view the full details click here

MILL HOUSE - &295,000

Mill House is an attractive 3 bedroom double fronted stone built property, sympathetically renovated to a high standard, overlooking attractive gardens to the front and the breathtaking views of the small waterfall below the stone archway of the bridge.

To view the full details click here

Middleton-in-Teesdale, situated on the Pennine Way, lies 9 miles from the impressive High Force waterfall. The village offers excellent amenities including Primary School, Doctors Surgery, shops, post office, restaurants, public houses and regular bus service. The village also offers a gym, youth club and Farmers market, with many activities taking place in and around the village as well as being ideal for many countryside walks.

For more details or to arrange a viewing please contact Darlington office on 01325 357807  or email sales@carvergroup.co.uk

Well done to Rachel Carver who has just graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with First Class Honours in Marketing and Advertising Management.

Rachel started at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2010 after having a gap year travelling for 7 months. She decided to do a course in Marketing and Advertising Management after studying for her business studies a-level and attending marketing meetings at Carvers.

During her time at Leeds Metropolitan she also went on a paid placement year at a top marketing agency in Leeds. Her role was to act as an account executive for high profile retail clients such as adidas and UGG Australia.

She has recently graduated with First Class Honours and is hoping to bring her marketing experience to the company.

Rachel says “I am very excited to bring the skills and knowledge attained from my university degree and work experience to Carvers”

With our video tours being a huge success we have had more videos produced in the last month!

Click the images to play the recent video tours.

Home Farm Court, Redworth

An impressive five bedroomed detached family home which has been greatly improved over recent years.

&345,000

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Compton Grove, Darlington

Four bedroom detached property situated in a small cul-de-sac in the West End

&330,000

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Copse Side, Darlington

Impressive larger than average modern 4 bedroom detached family home in the West End

&399,000

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Aycliffe Hall, School Aycliffe, Nr Darlington

Dating back to 1835, an impressive 6 bedroom Grade II Listed hall set within walled south and west facing gardens

&525,000

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 Church View, Welbury, Northallerton

A deceptively five bedroom spacious family home, situated on a large plot with garage and stable block

&575,000

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Front Street, Staindrop

Three storey five bedroomed house formerly The Royal Oak, built in the early 19th century and Grade II listed, now successfully redesigned to make a luxurious family home.

&295,000

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 Manfield Park, Bowling Green Lane, Manfield

A unique and immaculately presented 4 bedroom family home, on a large site extending to approximately 1.25 acres overlooking countryside.

&695,000

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 Vicars Close, Thorpe Thewles

 Individually designed 5 bedroom property with garage and office

 &475,000

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Fern House, Surtees Road, Redworth

An attractive 3 bedroom detached family home with large rear gardens and outbuildings

&239,950

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Our very own Michael Harvey will be the after 2 guest with John Foster on BBC Radio Tees on Thursday 7 August 2014! Listen in from 2pm to hear Michael share his favourite songs and amusing anecdotes from his distinguished career as a Surveyor by day and his rock and roll nights with The Swale Valley Stompers and other bands.

Listen to The Swale Valley Stompers here

John Foster
Join John weekday afternoons between 12pm and 4pm.
Every weekday guess the year on Time of our Lives, find out more about local history, and enjoy the chat with the after 2 guest.
To contact John call 01642-225511, text 81333 (start your message with TEES), email tees.studios@bbc.co.uk or Tweet @bbctees.
John was born and bred in Middlesbrough, and loves the view from the top of Roseberry Topping on a clear day.
He has always been into radio, and worked around the country honing his radio skills before settling down back in the Boro at BBC Tees.
His trademark phrase is "yer joking aren't yer?!"

Adam Swalwell from Carver Financial Services comments on how the recent cap on mortgage lending will affect borrowers.
The Bank of England and its governor, Mark Carney, have revealed their plans to try and cool down the housing market using, what have been labelled, “macroprudential tools”.

What measures are the Bank taking?

The main adaptation is that lenders will not be allowed to lend 4.5 times income or above to prospective mortgage borrowers where that lender already has more than 15 per cent of its total mortgages at that level.
In reality currently around 9% of all loans made are at 4.5 times a borrower’s income (or above) so there is still plenty of latitude for those borrowers whose borrowing requirement warrants this and where they satisfy the lenders affordability model.
Is there going to be a restriction on lending?
Lenders have already introduced a mortgage ‘stress-test’ as part of their responsibilities under the recently introduced Mortgage Market Review. The BOE have now gone a stage further whereby a borrower must be able to demonstrate that they could still afford mortgage repayments should rates rise by up to 3%.
In view of this, the income multiple cap is only expected to reduce lending overall by just 2.5%, with the main impact felt in London and the South-East where currently the ratio of mortgages where more than 4.5 times a borrower’s income is required is 19%.

Will I still be able to get a mortgage?

Simply put, if you were eligible for a mortgage prior to this new measure being introduced, then it is likely that you still will be.
Lending volumes will be hardly touched by the plans, and, indeed, smaller lenders will remain unaffected as Carney has excluded those that lend less than &100m per year – though it must be noted that not all lenders will stretch to the equivalent of a 4.5 times income multiple.
The same goes if you are thinking of getting a Buy-to-Let mortgage. This type of loan is outside the rules and landlords will remain unaffected.

What to do next?

Whilst the measures do not come into force until October 1, it is anticipated that lenders will begin putting the rules into place as soon as possible to prepare. Therefore, it is vital to get advice from a professional mortgage adviser who understands the new rules and which lenders will accept your personal circumstances.

Adam Swalwell is from Carver Financial Services – for further information call: 01325 380088
Email: sales@carvergroup.co.uk or visit: www.carvergroup.co.uk
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.
There will be a fee for mortgage advice. The actual amount you pay will depend upon your circumstances. The fee is up to 1%, but a typical fee is 0.3% of the amount borrowed.