Need help choosing conveyancer

Overdash

Thrugelmir said:

Then contact a few local solicitors on your lenders panel list. 

Ah - I'm using a broker and am yet to get a lender. Got an AIP sorted with Halifax last month but nothing beyond that yet.

greatcrested

Overdash said:

Thrugelmir said:

Then contact a few local solicitors on your lenders panel list. 

Ah - I'm using a broker and am yet to get a lender. Got an AIP sorted with Halifax last month but nothing beyond that yet.

Then either wait till you've chosen a lender and check their panel list, or choose a large firm (more likely a smaller firm may not be on their list).

allIcouldwishfor

We’re in the process of buying/selling right now and our solicitor uses an online case-management service called “eWay” - it’s blummin’ fantastic. I can see everything that’s been done already, everything that’s pending and who we're waiting on, I can download/upload documents - it’s all very transparent. It sends me a text message every time I’m allocated a new task and reminds me each day how many tasks I have outstanding. I have spent the last 18 years joking I’d never move again because I found the whole process so awful...this time around having the eWay portal has made my life so much easier and less stressful. By contrast, one of my best friends is also buying/selling, (her sale was agreed 3 weeks before mine) and she has a lot less visibility of the process and isn't sure exactly where she's at or what's still to do.

If I were to ever move house again, my first question to a potential solicitor would be whether they have an online case-management software that's visible to clients. 

macman

Overdash said:

Thrugelmir said:

Then contact a few local solicitors on your lenders panel list. 

Ah - I'm using a broker and am yet to get a lender. Got an AIP sorted with Halifax last month but nothing beyond that yet.

Then you are putting the cart before the horse...

I'd second the comment above to go local. There are a lot of postal delivery issues in London at present, and being able to physically deliver your ID docs and signed contract etc does cut down on both time and stress. It will cost a bit more than a national conveyancing factory, but at the end of the process you won't begrudge the extra.

You will also have a single point of contact, rather than dealing with a dozen different case-handlers, most of whom will not have formal licenced conveyancer status.

MaryNB

macman said:

Overdash said:

Thrugelmir said:

Then contact a few local solicitors on your lenders panel list. 

Ah - I'm using a broker and am yet to get a lender. Got an AIP sorted with Halifax last month but nothing beyond that yet.

Then you are putting the cart before the horse...

I'd second the comment above to go local. There are a lot of postal delivery issues in London at present, and being able to physically deliver your ID docs and signed contract etc does cut down on both time and stress. It will cost a bit more than a national conveyancing factory, but at the end of the process you won't begrudge the extra.

You will also have a single point of contact, rather than dealing with a dozen different case-handlers, most of whom will not have formal licenced conveyancer status.

I was going through the process of buying between August and November last year and noticed things were taking much longer by post (my mortgage offer took about a week and a half to arrive by post). I was able to get the bus to my solicitor's office to physically drop off my signed contract so that was one less thing to worry about.

Overdash

macman said:

Overdash said:

Thrugelmir said:

Then contact a few local solicitors on your lenders panel list. 

Ah - I'm using a broker and am yet to get a lender. Got an AIP sorted with Halifax last month but nothing beyond that yet.

Then you are putting the cart before the horse...

I'd second the comment above to go local. There are a lot of postal delivery issues in London at present, and being able to physically deliver your ID docs and signed contract etc does cut down on both time and stress. It will cost a bit more than a national conveyancing factory, but at the end of the process you won't begrudge the extra.

You will also have a single point of contact, rather than dealing with a dozen different case-handlers, most of whom will not have formal licenced conveyancer status.

I see. So it's better I wait until my broker secures a deal with a lender? My only issue is they've given 48hrs to disclose both the broker and Conveyancer. So I've been trying to tackle finding both simultaneously (the broker being easier to find than the solicitor).

Seashell517

Overdash said:

macman said:

Overdash said:

Thrugelmir said:

Then contact a few local solicitors on your lenders panel list. 

Ah - I'm using a broker and am yet to get a lender. Got an AIP sorted with Halifax last month but nothing beyond that yet.

Then you are putting the cart before the horse...

I'd second the comment above to go local. There are a lot of postal delivery issues in London at present, and being able to physically deliver your ID docs and signed contract etc does cut down on both time and stress. It will cost a bit more than a national conveyancing factory, but at the end of the process you won't begrudge the extra.

You will also have a single point of contact, rather than dealing with a dozen different case-handlers, most of whom will not have formal licenced conveyancer status.

I see. So it's better I wait until my broker secures a deal with a lender? My only issue is they've given 48hrs to disclose both the broker and Conveyancer. So I've been trying to tackle finding both simultaneously (the broker being easier to find than the solicitor).

Unless you pick an obscure conveyancer or obscure lender, or both, it's not likely to be an issue. The mortgage lender will want to know your conveyancer to issue your mortgage offer too as well.

Thrugelmir

Overdash said:

macman said:

Overdash said:

Thrugelmir said:

Then contact a few local solicitors on your lenders panel list. 

Ah - I'm using a broker and am yet to get a lender. Got an AIP sorted with Halifax last month but nothing beyond that yet.

Then you are putting the cart before the horse...

I'd second the comment above to go local. There are a lot of postal delivery issues in London at present, and being able to physically deliver your ID docs and signed contract etc does cut down on both time and stress. It will cost a bit more than a national conveyancing factory, but at the end of the process you won't begrudge the extra.

You will also have a single point of contact, rather than dealing with a dozen different case-handlers, most of whom will not have formal licenced conveyancer status.

I see. So it's better I wait until my broker secures a deal with a lender? My only issue is they've given 48hrs to disclose both the broker and Conveyancer. So I've been trying to tackle finding both simultaneously (the broker being easier to find than the solicitor).

You can name one. Doesn't mean that you are actually going to use them!