Conveyancer/Solicitor? Internet/Local?

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I am about to put my house on the market for the first time in ten years.

What is the best thing to do regarding the legal side?

Who should I use?

How much will it cost me?

When is the best time to instruct them? I am only selling and not buying just yet to ensure no chain problems.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

vegasbaby100

I personally would go local, somewhere you can pop into and a place you know the level of service of you dont want to get stuck with one of these huge firms who dont know who you are!

Instruct the solicitor ASAP

our sale just cost about £700

good luck

G_M

What is the best thing to do regarding the legal side?

get a good book on conveyancing and do it yourself!

(Failing that - shop around, get several quotes and make sure they are ITEMISED so you know what extras you might have and can compare like-with-like.

And see HERE.

new_home_owner_3

conveyancing wharehouse, ive used them twice, what they quote is what you pay and any additional charges they tell you about before adding them, plus now you have a online tracking system which you can login with your personal details and it will show you how your application is progressing.

Very fast as well, the mortgage providers seem to be the only people slowing things down from my own personal experiance.

Who needs a shop to pop into, everything can be faxed and emailed.

new_home_owner_3

vegasbaby100 wrote: »

I personally would go local, somewhere you can pop into and a place you know the level of service of you dont want to get stuck with one of these huge firms who dont know who you are!

Instruct the solicitor ASAP

our sale just cost about £700

good luck

the estate agents that we are currently buying from use a online conveyancing, i think they just add a charge on top of what the online firm charge them. So if you do go local just check to see if they use a online conveyancing.

Its the same with hips, when i first had my house on the market i got my own hip, when i told the estate agent how cheap i got if for online they asked me where from, guess what they use them now, and still charge their old rate.

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G_M wrote: »

get a good book on conveyancing and do it yourself!

(Failing that - shop around, get several quotes and make sure they are ITEMISED so you know what extras you might have and can compare like-with-like.

And see HERE.

I might think about DIY next time, it's food for thought!

Thanks for the great link. I have had a quick look through it and it has certainly made me think. When I first posted here cost was my prime concern. After reading it I wouldn't mind paying a few quid more for good service.

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new_home_owner wrote: »

conveyancing wharehouse, ive used them twice, what they quote is what you pay and any additional charges they tell you about before adding them, plus now you have a online tracking system which you can login with your personal details and it will show you how your application is progressing.

Very fast as well, the mortgage providers seem to be the only people slowing things down from my own personal experiance.

Who needs a shop to pop into, everything can be faxed and emailed.

Thanks for the recommendation....I will have a look at them!

Do I really need a fax machine? Wouldn't email attachments do?

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new_home_owner wrote: »

Its the same with hips, when i first had my house on the market i got my own hip, when i told the estate agent how cheap i got if for online they asked me where from, guess what they use them now, and still charge their old rate.

We went with the EA's recommendation for the HIP but would defineately use online next time!

That's why I am glad I asked my question about the legal side first!

chickmug

Others have given views on online v local so I will leave that side and just say get them insrtucted ASAP. There are times where getting your solicitors to do any pre 'sale agreed' work is valuable and it should just be part of the bill paid from proceeds at completion. It should mean a faster time scale from sale agreed onwards.

PS I prefer local solicitors as those who get above average problems will know this. When you could do with popping in to see them face to face and go through the problems line by line.

poppysarah

Get your claim on the solicitor you want before you find a buyer - if they picked the same solicitor you'd have got there first!

Local one did my recent purchase fast and efficient. Not the cheapest one I'd got quotes for but certainly was worth the little extra.

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If I'm selling only with no mortgage involved on my side shouldn't the legal side be quite easy?

Conveyancing-Warehouse seem ideal and are 50% cheaper than any of the quotes on TheAdvisory.co.uk.