conveyancing... finding a solicitor??

eddddy

Kyresa wrote: »

I am being very serious. it hurts the local solicitors who are just trying to earn a wage - the ones who don't just employ bucket loads of minimum wage unqualified admin staff but actually rely on qualified staff to do the work and don't deal with 500 cases a month.

(I have picked up the pieces from quite a few clients who have moved from PPL because they were having a nightmare and I dread it when I see they are the other side !)

Ok - so it sounds like you work for a solicitor / conveyancer, and you're annoyed because companies like PPL are taking away your business.

If you're offering a 'premium' service, versus PPL's 'economy' service, I guess you need to get better at explaining to prospective clients why your service is better.

(I guess it's a bit like a few years ago when Ryanair showed up, and started taking BA's customers.)

FWIW, I always use local solicitors. I don't like using companies like PPL.

steampowered

With housesimple you will get a complete conveyancing factory experience.

That can be fine if your purchase is completely straightforward and you aren't bothered about how long it takes, but will be a nightmare if you need some advice or there are problems.

Do a search on this forum for "Premier Property Lawyers" or "PPL". They have generated loads of horror stories over the years.

shinytop

Another angle - I have just sold with a well respeced local firm of solicitors with a good reputation. Unfortuately their one experienced conveyancer went off suddenly on long term sick leave (that's their story anyway). They didn't seem to have effective cover/contingency and this affected our sale quite significantly. You may not get a personal service with a conveyancing factory but if someone were off sick (or got fired) your case wouldn't just be left for several weeks while they worked out what to do. I would use a local firm again BTW.

BurnsieUK

thanks for all the replies guys, especially the issues with HS being PPL.

really appreciated

BurnsieUK

So, looking at the booklet (my quote) is says HS is the "introducer" who will be paid an referral fee of £595 from the lawyer (do we even sue this term in the UK?!?!).