Conveyancing order

drummer_666

englandcrew wrote: »

Have you had a survey done on the property yet?

lol, yes i'm way past that stage. hence next stage is the sellers solicitors sending the draft contract to my solicitors

englandcrew

drummer_666 wrote: »

lol, yes i'm way past that stage. hence next stage is the sellers solicitors sending the draft contract to my solicitors

Doesnt have to be done that way round. Some people even advise waiting on contracts before surveys!:p

dawyldthing

timmyt wrote: »

what a rubbish way of offering a service to you. but I guess you went cheap?

if you are confused now, wait for things to come.

there is no substitute for calling clients and talking you through where they are at, and what next steps you face. Fobbing you off to a website is so disrespectful, for the money you are paying.

Mines never called me unless i've called/e-mailed first asking whats going on and mines a solicitor. I'm supposed to be completing Friday but she is always out of office, so i think it can be both tbh.

Richard_Webster

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Originally Posted by Richard Webster
TimmyT is talking rubbish.

These websites are the latest Richard, they have been around for years and there is frankly no excuse for your lawyer to telephone and actually explain first hand what is happening, not what tick boxes of a transaction the client doesn't really want to know about are completed - thing to help buyers know exactly what is happening and how long it will all take.

They contain full explanations of what to expect and exactly what the implications are of each stage being reached so that the average lay person can fully understand the process and even do it himself next time, making the solicitor/conveyancer totally redundant.

In case you are wondering, I should have written this 23 days ago! (Work it out....)

Richard

Do you think I should stop calling my clients and instead tell them to always look on a website for what general steps I am taking. I just can't. I like to talk and work with my clients, they are paying vast sums, so it is a pleasure to keep in regular touch.

Oh, TimmyT, I wrote it on 24th April so the last sentence that I emphasised was intended to show it was a wind up! (24th April minus 23 days is....)

Seriously, you must communicate personally with clients because otherwise you don;t know what they are thinking. I tend to prefer to do it by e-mail because I tend to spend too long on the phone, but thi sis down to personal preference.

The problem with these messages is that they can't possibly explain the full implications of the stages reached. If they did and went into all the various scenarios that could arise it would bore the average person silly and defeat the object. Without a proper explanation people jump to unwarranted conclusions about the state of readiness to proceed etc.

When people contact me about specific situations then I can sometimes e-mail them back with a brief explanation and refer them to a page on my website that deals more fully with that particular point.

Once they are in the situation they are more likely to take in the contents of the page:

e.g "Why haven't we exchanged? We want to complete in 4 days time.".
"It was all done at short notice and I don't want to commit you to a completion if I can't be sure your lender will provide the funds in time."

You've no doubt been there - so I have a page just about that point. Won't mean anything to anyone unless they are actually in the middle of it all - when they are it might make sense.

drummer_666

englandcrew wrote: »

Doesnt have to be done that way round. Some people even advise waiting on contracts before surveys!:p

seems a bit silly to instruct a conveyencer first, because then if the survey comes back and you don't want the house you will have legal fees to pay.