give me your views on conveyancers and solicitors

[Sally Eva]

I've just sold ie got an agreement to sell. 

Next the long and winding road to completion

[marctt]

Get prices from several providers and check what's included in the price and beware estate agents recommended conveyancers often pay introducers commission to the agents and this is added to your costs.

Tme is money and cheaper fixed price conveyancers limit the time / work accordingly and frequently take longer and quality suffers.

Be very pro-active, complete all your documents promptly and regularly call and manage your conveyancer and the other sides conveyancer. Remember, the other side may be using a cheaper fixed price conveyancer and this will impact you. 

Dealt with many sales (probates, etc) in last few years and you do not need to use a conveyancer that is local to the property. Firms outside London can be significantly cheaper and great quality. Was recommended a superb old school firm in North Wales and used them for several conveyances around England & Wales until they retired and closed shop.

Hope this helps

[PeterSeychelles]

David Coombs at William Bailey has been very good for us, on multiple sales and purchases.

[PeckhamNicola]

It's worth paying for someone who is properly qualified in my opinion. We did when we bought, but unfortunately the people selling to us had used some sort of mass conveyancing centre in Wales to save a few quid and they were rubbish.

When I looked into selling our place I asked the estate agent who came to value it whether we could stipulate that a future buyer should use a proper conveyancer. They reckoned yes, so something you might consider asking for from your buyer if not too late. I guess it depends on demand, if there's a queue of buyers you're in a different place to make demands versus someone's been trying to sell their place for a year.

I've used Wendy Burgess several times, it seems she's recently moved to a different practice: https://www.hcnlaw.co.uk/attorney/wendy-burgess/

[shen]

Recently used Andy Roscoe at Meabys. Have used Meabys a number of times over the years as have my parents and have always been good. Efficient, pragmatic and responsive. Not the cheapest but as everyone has said above it can be a false economy. 

[the_hermit]

If the other side and/or you use a cheap conveyancer who doesn't understand any actual law, you will often end up being told to buy various unnecessary legal indemnity policies (because the conveyancer is too scared to offer an opinion) which will end up costing you more.

[emu]

David Coombs at William Bailey