Offer on house accepted - any recomendations for solicitors

NATHANC

Just had an offer ona house accepted and are looking for some recomendations for solicitors from the cardiff / pontypridd area or online some seem cheap are they any good.

thanks Nathan

Cannon_Fodder

you get what you pay for.

go local, get a friend or family recommendation.

when paperwork has hit an obstacle, being able to run round the town dropping off and picking papers up to move things along can keep your chain intact.

NATHANC

yeah i know you get what you pay for in evyerthing in life local friends and family have not used solicitors in the area just hoping some peeps on here can help us out. are the internet based ones really that bad?

pie81

I've used fwdlaw who are based (I think) in Newport.

They're cheap. I found that they are not bad as regards speed but not great as regards accuracy... lots of typos, they didn't check the stuff I sent them till the last minute, etc. So a decent option IF you are prepared to double check everything yourself.

TrickyDicky

We've gone with the ones recommended by the vendors EA. Not the cheapest but always respond promptly to emails and phones calls. Apart from the commision, we guessed the EA has as much an interest in a good fast solicitor as you do!

VIGILANT22

NATHANC Can your mortgage advisor not give you a recommendation?

hugheskevi

From what I researched, choosing an online solicitor worked okay as long as you researched who you were dealing with and the sale was straightforward. The more of a chain is involved, or if one of the properties is leasehold, etc, then generally there was more of a recommendation to use a local solicitor.

I have just used the online company Conveyancing Warehouse (easily Google'd) to buy a house in London and would recommend them. They are based in Macclesfield, so everything has to be by post. I only had to send one thing by special delivery though, during the worst of the snow.

NATHANC

no going ith natwest and they cannot apparantly