Conveyancing

bjbazza

Hi,

Does anyone have experience of using myhomemove, MJP Proper or Digital Move online conveyancing services? Need to decide which one to go with for a house purchase. Thanks...

Tiglet2

Any particular reason you want to use an online conveyancing company rather than a local company?

sammyjammy

Don't try and do it on the cheap, its one of the biggest purchases you'll ever make.

mebu60

No, but I'd never accept an offer from someone using a conveyancing farm. My last buyer had and it almost caused the collapse of the complete chain. Qualified person only looked at the file at the death. Brought up issues that should have been resolved weeks prior. The stress and inconvenience to everyone else involved was horrendous. And absolutely no consequences to the conveyancing firm involved. Their model is to use cheap unqualified people to do the initial legwork and the minimum number of overworked qualified personnel.

Note what @sammyjammy says above. 

SkyyeBlue

I recently used Simply Conveyancing and I can't speak highly enough about them. Had a named lawyer and the communication was quick and efficient. Texts, emails and an instant messaging service. Didn't 'speak' to the lawyer in person until she called to finalise a date for completion, and then she called again to tell me it had been completed. 
I was wary about not using a local solicitor, but I was really, really happy with the service and cost.

GoogleMeNow

I got a quote from Myhomemove for the conveyancing for a sale of freehold property with no mortgage of £525, compared to local solicitors quotes of around £1200.  However, with MHM there was no detailed breakdown of what was included/not included and you will find that they will charge extra fees on top of that cheap quote for almost everything that they deem to be "additional work".  Have a close look at their fees for additional work.  It will probably make your eyes water!

Please do not go for the cheapest quote.  They will be taking on so much work to make a profit, that your file will be one of hundreds that they are dealing with and won't be given any priority until you're due to complete.  

Think about how much your estate agent charges for their services with very little responsibility and compare that to the solicitor's fees, who take on the legal responsibility of dealing with any title issues along the way.

JustinTime19

Picking a conveyancer is as important as the house you're about to pick.

Have a look at Best companies in Conveyancer on Trustpilot and get some quotes, and most importantly ask them why you should use them. I am always put off by companies that say we will contact you when we need something (rather than give regular updates, say every 2/3 weeks).

I suggest as well keeping connected with the seller during this process, it's important not to interfere, but to make sure things are moving along. 

Ksw3

It's much easier to put gentle pressure on conveyancers to hurry up, if you can drop of documents and paperwork in person rather than relying on Royal Mail to deliver.

JustinTime19

Ksw3 said:

It's much easier to put gentle pressure on conveyancers to hurry up, if you can drop of documents and paperwork in person rather than relying on Royal Mail to deliver.

I always scanned and e-mail documents, and sent a hard copy in the post to avoid "ooh it must be delayed in the post"