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House buying and selling
craven_2
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I have bought and sold a few properties in my time. I previously used ELC Solicitors (www.elcsolicitors.com) who have always pushed my cases through quickly and I have always been happy with their services. They also have SMS updates and e-mail updates. HOWEVER, there seem to be a lot of very cheap property lawyers online. I have always been willing to pay for a quality service but these are so cheap it is very tempting. I am not sure whether paying peanuts means I get a monky handling my case.
There are some companies up in the North that are dirt cheap. Anyway, grateful for any information. Have any of you tried these online property lawyers?
cheers:o
There are some companies up in the North that are dirt cheap. Anyway, grateful for any information. Have any of you tried these online property lawyers?
cheers:o
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i have used several lawyers in my time to buy properties - the really cheap ones normally send you 4 letters if its a freehold
1) hello new client here are T*Cs, please sign, please send money for searches now.
2) pls read sellers info pack/HPS whatever
3) pls sign contract
4) pls pay bill
if you are happy with that level of service and it is a straightforward conveyance go for it - but many of these super cheapies use unqualified staff to do most of the work and you really have to be on the ball to know if what they are doing is correct0 -
if you are happy with that level of service and it is a straightforward conveyance go for it - but many of these super cheapies use unqualified staff to do most of the work and you really have to be on the ball to know if what they are doing is correct
Can you give some examples of what might not be 'correct' ? I'm about to start the process tomorrow.0 -
Having experienced how many mistakes a high quality law firm has made in my case this last year, I dont think it makes a lot of difference. Just keep your eyes open and read everything they send.0
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