'Conveyancers' to avoid

propertyman

As a rule of thumb

Modern build clean registered title in a well established built up area and a standard mortgage provider, no divorces or settlements or trusts = bog standard conveyancing ( and avoid the factory conveyancers).

anything more complicated and you might need a firm of solicitors with the primary involvement of a solicitor and the associated advice appropriate to the circumstances.

And for (us) home owners

Do some homework before putting up the "For Sale sign" and learn a little about the process, as well as survey types and the conveyancing process.

This is especially important with leasehold properties or if they are on an estate where the common areas and roads are privately managed and not maintained by the local council.

it is infinitely more productive than twittering or face-booking, and will make you feel
a; a little more confident about what people are doing
b: know when you are getting the "mushroom" treatment

Use these forums not solely as a place to have a whinge and a grumble but to also ask " what do I do if.. What does it mean .."

Yorkie1

I think the accusation that timmyt touts for business is unfair. Yes, he is a conveyancing solicitor but he is not identifiable from either his posts or his signature. He doesn't differ from many other posters who don't hide their qualifications and can be PM'd by other members of the forums if they so choose.

He has a regular soapbox that people shouldn't use the cheap conveyancing factories - and that's a very long post above here full of reasons to justify why there might be difficulties if you do. But people are free to accept or reject the point he makes. The repetition may be a little tedious at times but timmyt does provide a lot of other useful advice to posters.

Hoof_Hearted

timmyt wrote: »

Talk about why I get annoyed with the tactics of some Agents.

Well, Timmy, I'm 100% with you on this one.

Hoof_Hearted

timmyt wrote: »

At last, here is a great article on which Conveyancing 'outfits' I would seriously suggest you all avoid

Just a small point, and I recognise that Timmy's legal knowledge is greater than mine, but isn't it libellous to suggest that all these companies should be avoided? Where is the evidence that each of these is not competent in the area in which they operate? Perhaps I should e-mail them the link to find out....

Hoof_Hearted

So we should avoid competent companies....

Richard_Webster

It is fair enough to make general comments about "conveyancing factories" but you do have to be extremely careful writing about specific firms.

propertyman

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

Well, Timmy, I'm 100% with you on this one.

But if you were the vendor, how happy would you be with the tactics that got the "extra" £50K?

Very, I should think.
And it might have been worth the extra 5Ok to a buyer, if not the valuer for the lender.

propertyman

Richard_Webster wrote: »

It is fair enough to make general comments about "conveyancing factories" but you do have to be extremely careful writing about specific firms.

I can think of one that were so useless that they kept on asking for a certificate of compliance which I had to sign, and they kept denying that they had asked for it, let alone paid for and got it!

After another panic call, they paid again and had it sent. 4 days later they asked again.

Finally 5 fees later they went away happy. I told the owner and they said charge them and he refused to pay it showing all our records of their failures.

In that case I could name them as the truth is an absolute defence. This is what happens when all the paper work is done offshore- hard copies get lost in the shuffle.

But like Richard, to everyone else, I say just don't, your life does not need to get that interesting.