conveyancing solicitor edinburgh

scottishkat

can anyone recommend a good conveyancing solicitor in edinburgh. in true moneysaving style i am going to try to sell my flat without an estate agent but i still need a solicitor to do all the legal stuff. thanks

alanrowell

I used Mary R Mcqueen & Co.

0131 445 3208.
47 Braid Farm Road, Edinburgh, EH10 6LE

Can't say if she was the cheapest

Oscar

alanrowell wrote:

I used Mary R Mcqueen & Co.

0131 445 3208.
47 Braid Farm Road, Edinburgh, EH10 6LE

Can't say if she was the cheapest

Yes I have used her too and my sister last year. My sister was well impressed saved her some money on wheeling and dealing with the stamp duty (all above board I might add) and she got an unexpected cheque after the deal was complete!

scottishkat

thanks for that. you hear so many report of people being ripped off it is always nice to get a recommendation.

maggiesoup

Bonar Mackenzie in Hill Street are excellent. Used them 3 times. Ask for Linda Thomas, she's lovely.

ljw2701

I have twice used the following solicitor when moving house:-

Thomas H G Stewart
41 Barclay Place
EDINBURGH
EH10 4HW

He offers a very reasonably priced service, has a very efficient secretary and is very friendly himself - first name terms all round!

A friend of mine recently moved house and never once saw her solicitor face to face!! All dealings were done either on the phone or by a colleague in the office.

chrb

Well, I used conveyancingdirect.co.uk for my remortgage, they're based in Glasgow but were cheap and did the job over the phone - I never actually met anyone.

I'm just about to sell my flat and was thinking of taking the DIY approach which is how I found your post. I'm curious; given that 90% of property in Edinburgh is sold via ESPC solicitors and it seems to be the central place how do you plan to advertise and avoid their little monopoly? As I understand it you can't actually advertise there so you'll be restricted to the Scotsman, other papers and some internet sites, but missing the most viewed site?

scottishkat

actually, i have had a bit of a change of heart. i was going to advertise on houseweb.com and the scotsman but when i added up what that was going to cost i found that there was only £1000 difference between going down that route and going through an estate agent and into the espc. hopefully with the increased exposure i will get through the espc i will make back that money. so i had someone round to take photos yesterday and it should be in the espc by monday, guess i have to go through with in now ;-)