Meeting with solicitor.

jhe

in our case it was 10% of the purchase price of the house

VKay

Thanks. I am a little afraid of our solicitor!! I get tongue tied when i get her on the phone- a mixture of feeling she is timing each call and charging vast fees and feeling i am asking very basic questions of her!

jhe

do like we did vkay. i wrote down a whole long list of questions i wanted answering after all you are paying the solicitor to act for you. however daft the questions might have sounded i needed peace of mind. we were with the solicitor for the best part of an hour by the time i had finished asking the questions and him explaining everything

G_M

VKay wrote: »

Thanks. I am a little afraid of our solicitor!! I get tongue tied when i get her on the phone- a mixture of feeling she is timing each call and charging vast fees and feeling i am asking very basic questions of her!

How is she charging you? A fixed fee for the purchase or by-the-hour? Normally with conveyancing it's a fixed fee, so you can keep her on the phone as long as you need.

On the other hand if you are paying by the hour....... ouch!

VKay

It is a fixed fee which we don't pay if we don't complete.

kings981

I too am in the middle of moving house. And am a bit confused by deposits. All our money is tied up in the mortgage and equity in the house. When I dealt with the bank to arrange the mortgage they asked us if the deposit was in the house - which it is. Do we still need to pay a 'cash' deposit on exchange.

The solicitor hasn't mentioned it yet, and I hadn't thought of it til I read this thread.

G_M

VKay wrote: »

It is a fixed fee which we don't pay if we don't complete.

Well done! Good deal!
So, no need to worry about calling her whenever you have a question or a concern.

bo_drinker

VKay wrote: »

a mixture of feeling she is timing each call and charging vast fees and feeling i am asking very basic questions of her!

she is, she is and you are...

andy69_2

Is a telegraphic transfer the same as a cheque? If not, can you just get the bank that has your money in, to write out a cheque for the solicitor if you don't have aq cheque book with the account?

jhe

telegraphic transfers are sent by your bank to solicitors bank the minute you instruct them to do it.solicitors bank recieve the money sent immediatley