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Using a different solicitor for buying & selling...
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Hi,
We are mid way through selling our flat and are due to exchange in a couple of weeks time. We have a solicitor, but so far we are not very impressed with her. We have to chase and chase and chase before anything gets done.
We have just had an offer accepted on a house and we would really rather not use this solicitor to purchase our new home. We have done some shopping around today and we have found a solicitor who will charge us £300 less and no hidden costs. Our new home needs lots and lots of work so that £300 is a lot for us HOWEVER if dealing with two different solicitors is going to be a huge headache then I'd just stick with who we've got and grin and bear it!
Anyone had any experience of this?
We are mid way through selling our flat and are due to exchange in a couple of weeks time. We have a solicitor, but so far we are not very impressed with her. We have to chase and chase and chase before anything gets done.
We have just had an offer accepted on a house and we would really rather not use this solicitor to purchase our new home. We have done some shopping around today and we have found a solicitor who will charge us £300 less and no hidden costs. Our new home needs lots and lots of work so that £300 is a lot for us HOWEVER if dealing with two different solicitors is going to be a huge headache then I'd just stick with who we've got and grin and bear it!
Anyone had any experience of this?
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If your not impressed with her and she wants £300 more than another firm then DUMP her, you would think she would 'sharpen her pencil' in this climate. I could write a book about greedy, useless solicitors. I can't see it being a headache, it's mostly letters coming from two sources rather than one. I wish more people were as smart as you.0
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