North-East estate agency marks milestone with branding first
After starting in a living room, Venture Properties now has four offices in Darlington, Chester-le-Street, Crook and Durham.
Pioneering North-East estate agency Venture Properties is celebrating its 17th anniversary with a new look.
Venture launched in Darlington in 2006 working out of a living room, and now has branches in Chester-le-Street, Crook and Durham, and employs 40 staff.
To help celebrate the occasion, the agency has decided to undertake a rebrand, with an overhaul of its website and new branding for its ‘For Sale’ boards.
The new website aims to be more user-friendly, with requesting a viewing, valuation or a mortgage appointment just a click of a button away.
Meanwhile, the signage boards have been changed to incorporate the new darker green and grey colours.
‘Big achievement’
Director Michael O’Connor (pictured) says: “When you consider what’s happened within the property industry since we opened, I look upon it as a big achievement for us.
“We started selling houses back in 2008 when the worst recession in a lifetime hit, and we found a way through it and expanded the business in those years.”
He adds that the business also receives a lot of business from referrals, “which shows we are doing something right”.
“We’re also very proud of the money we have raised for many charities since we opened; I think local independent businesses need to support the communities that they work in and we’ve done just that.”
Pictured above (from left) are Venture directors Carl Jenkinson, Lynne Stephenson, Michael O’Connor, Julie Garthwaite and Todd Armstrong.
