Diversity is our strength.

What marks out Cheffins is both the range of specialisms and our pre-eminence in them – residential, rural and commercial property, fine art and the auctioning of machinery and collectibles..

On the real estate side we are one of the leading residential estate agencies in mid-Anglia, with offices in Cambridge, Ely, Haverhill, Newmarket, Saffron Walden, St Ives and London operated by experienced partners and staff. We also have specialist lettings and property management departments..

Our Commercial Property department covers the full range of agency, management, investment, development, planning and property consultancy services, and has been rated as one of the most active teams of chartered surveyors in the region by the leading property magazine Estates Gazette. We also manage the property portfolios of several Cambridge University colleges. .

Cheffins is the leading UK auctioneers for vintage steam vehicles and we are nationally recognised for vintage motorcycles and much more. .

We also run the world’s largest monthly farm machinery auction near Ely, attended by dealers and buyers from around the world. Last year we sold more than 4,000 tractors and other machinery and equipment worth more than £40 million. .

Our Fine Art department is one of the most prominent provincial auction houses in the UK, with a wide range of specialist valuers who are achieving record prices in many different areas of antiques and fine art. .

Our Rural Professionals department is the fulcrum of the business. From the traditions established over 185 years, Cheffins has developed a diverse range of services to farmers and land owners, and our Rural specialist team works with our other departments to ensure that clients have access to a broad base of professional advice. .

We have achieved our present size and diversity by seizing opportunities and reacting to clients’ changing requirements. We continue to add to our services. .

We established the region’s main quarterly property auction – selling £10 million of property a year; several years ago we absorbed a local property management firm to strengthen our residential lettings business; and we have opened our Private Client department as well as a new residential office. .

Such diversity benefits clients through our scope to focus unique teams of specialist surveyors on specific problems or projects.