Solicitors you would recommend for conveyancing? Megathread NO QUOTES

[vellatutchai 10]

Anyone out there reccommend a good solicitor that doesn't charge an arm and leg for conveyancing.

My family and I are going to live In another house and need to sell our current property. We are not buying another, just selling one.

[Katie K 10]

Although they are cheap I would not recommend Firth Lyndsay. We have recently bought a house where the seller used them as the conveyancer and they were very very slow, unhelpful and not always truthful.

[vellatutchai 10]

Thank you katie we will not be using them now.

[mrmw 10]

We're first time buyers and might nearly be at the point where our offer is accepted (waiting with baited breath!). So it's time to start thinking about a solictor. Any recommendations anyone has would be a big help (on the flip side, feel free to mention those to avoid too!)

 

Thanks

Nick

 

we were very UNHAPPY with the service received from Taylor & Emmett...

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

we were very UNHAPPY with the service received from Taylor & Emmet.

That's quite unusual; most feedback about them is positive.

[skinnermann 10]

Seriously, Just pick one that's reasonably priced and cross your fingers. We are currently buying and selling - accepted an offer in March - and have just found out our buyers haven't even had their mortgage approved, even though our solicitor has always insisted they have. Also, Their solicitor is unbelievably slow and extremely evasive - and BOTH of these clowns have been recommended on this forum. Everyone has different experiences of the same firms - bit of a lottery. Hope it works out for you.

[coopertron 10]

I'm afraid I have to add to the list of bad experiences received from Taylor and Emmet.

 

A simple no chain sale to a first time buyer was held up by them unduly, what should have been 6 weeks took nearer to 13. A constant stream of excuses, and lack of explanation on what was happening did not amuse (when you could reach them).

 

I wrote a complaint to them and received a semi-apologetic response from one of the partners along with a small compensation amount, so I accepted that and drew a line under the whole sorry mess, but I would never use them for conveyancing, and I could not recommend them to my worst enemy.

 

They might be fantastic in other areas however.

[anouska 10]

I would also recommend Coates Have used them twice very satisfied

[Bobbyo 10]

+1 for Coates in Mosborough. Excellent service, fast, friendly reasonably priced. Highly recommended

[aliceBB 10]

Walker Foster in Ilkley. Although they are not Sheffield-based (conveyancers do not need to be local these days, it is all done by phone and email), they are excellent - very efficient and good value.

[Copperwood 10]

I can highly recommend Michael Ward on Middlewood Road, Hillsborough.

[trackrunner 10]

Is there anyway I can find out which solicitor I used for my house purchase in 2004. I can't remember who we used.