Brinsons part-sold to Cardiff estate agents Jeffrey Ross

Brinsons, one of Caerphilly’s best-known and oldest companies has been part-sold to a Cardiff-based estate agents, with its historic name remaining.

Independent sales and lettings agency Jeffrey Ross has bought the residential side of Brinsons for an undisclosed sum after it was spun-off earlier this year.

The commercial, land and professional services side of Brinsons will remain under the ownership of managing director Trevor Isaac.

The two companies will share the Brinsons name, with residential sales and lettings remaining under the stewardship of the current management team at its Market Street head office.

Mr Isaac said: “I’m very pleased to have completed on the sale of the Brinsons estate agency and residential letting business to Jeffrey Ross, a well-respected, family-owned independent practice.

“I have retained the commercial, land and professional services side of Brinsons. I firmly believe that the part sale will help grow the Brinsons business as a whole and I’m excited about the future. Together stronger, as they say.”

This is the third buy out for Jeffrey Ross in recent years, as it bought auctioneers Seel and Co in 2019 and Penarth-based ACJ Sales and Lettings, in early 2023.

Ross Hooper Nash, who founded Jeffrey Ross more than 18 years ago, said: “Brinsons is a well-known and respected name in property sales and lettings in south Wales and so it is great that we have been able to acquire it to join our quickly growing family of agents across the region.

“The team at Brinsons are experts in their field and in the area they serve, and are trusting us and will remain with us as we begin this new joint venture.”

Jeffrey Ross is a family business that was originally founded in 2008, from a small office in Pontcanna Street, Cardiff. Since then, it has expanded to include five branches around Cardiff.

Brinsons was founded in 1900 by Evan Brinson as a surveyor and land adviser for local farmers.

In 1968, Evan’s grandson Roderick Brinson took over the business and increased its focus on residential estate agency, lettings, professional services and commercial property consultancy.

It has been at its current head office since 1992 when it bought and redeveloped the site of the old Castle Cinema (which had famously played host to a controversial Sex Pistols concert in 1976.