Choosing a solicitor - Homeward legal

TranceNRG

amnblog wrote: »

If you are chasing the cheap quotes online you are not buying a 'good working relationship', you are buying a transaction.


It is 2 different things.

Where did I say I'm chasing cheap quotes? You are putting words in my mouth.

I am after a decent service at a reasonable price.

I know I can get cheaper quotes than the cheapest one I've got so far but I don't want to get cheap and nasty.

amnblog

TranceNRG wrote: »

Where did I say I'm chasing cheap quotes?

You left a clue in your post.


got a quote form a company called Homeward Legal which uses a panel of solictors. And their quote so far is the cheapest by a margin


The point I am hoping to make is that the offer of out of town solicitors/conveyancers and companies like Homeward Legal is not the relationship based service you alluded to your posts.


Expect to pay several hundred pounds difference as your search has identified.

TranceNRG

amnblog wrote: »

You left a clue in your post.


got a quote form a company called Homeward Legal which uses a panel of solictors. And their quote so far is the cheapest by a margin


The point I am hoping to make is that the offer of out of town solicitors/conveyancers and companies like Homeward Legal is not the relationship based service you alluded to your posts.


Expect to pay several hundred pounds difference as your search has identified.

But I didn't say I was looking for the cheapest online quote. I got a few quotes and these guys (who had good reviews) came in as the cheapest.

Obviously you still get to build a relationship with the solicitors they use so it's not like I'm just dealing with a contact centre.

As I have mentioned if it's more than couple of hundred pounds, I am not sure I can justify using them unless there are good independent reviews (not my mortgage advisor or estate agent).

amnblog

I suspect the price differential will be well over £200.


Homeward Legal are simply introducing you to one of the large national companies that transact hundreds if not thousands of cases a week.


For that type of service you would expect to pay


£750 to £900 for the legal costs (depending on the distributors margin)


£300 to £330 for disbursements


£7,750 SDLT

TranceNRG

Fair enough. Do you think it's worth paying 500 pounds more for a local solicitor firm?

From the research I've done, there are happy and unhappy clients for both types of services. A local solicitor might not be much quicker and in the end might cost a lot more money?

shimano

For prices, just contact them for a quote. The prices are fairly standard.

I personally put more trust in a local firm whose building I can see and and also cover more than just conveyancing.

It's personal preference, but everytime I have used a conveyancer, I have never thought about saving a few hundred to go online, simply because I have a preference to deal with someone local and tangible.

The two I listed for Ealing and well established and well known firms in the area.

true1

hi did you use homeward legal ? any reviews most welcome