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Online Conveyancing recommendations please?

After selling my house recently I have started looking at getting the conveyancing provided by an online option as opposed to a local solicitor, but a quick Google search brings up loads, so how on earth do you pick one?, so just wondering if this as the best option and if so has anybody used a firm recently that they would recommend?

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  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    I wouldn't touch an online conveyancer with a barge-pole. Choose a local solicitor, preferably through a personal recommendation
  • arbrighton
    arbrighton Posts: 2,011 Forumite
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    I wouldn't touch an online conveyancer with a barge-pole. Choose a local solicitor, preferably through a personal recommendation

    ^^^^^ This
  • Littleweedj
    Littleweedj Posts: 213 Forumite
    On-line conveyancing is not that much cheaper than a local solicitor, when you add up all the charges. Some of them give a headline rate which doesn't include all the extras (something similar to cheap airline companies).

    Buying/selling a property is a major expenditure anyway so I would always go to a local solicitor. Should there be any complications etc. then easy for you to visit and discuss face to face.

    However, if you do decide to take this route then I would recommend you look at sites where others, who have used their services, give reviews. One I know of is https://www.reallymoving.com. but there are bound to be others. I've had some great tradesmen through the online site Really Rated but would reiterate I wouldn't consider online conveyancing myself.
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