Conveyancing Solicitors – Top 3 Things to Look For

Posted by John on December 14, 2009 under Choosing a Solicitor | Comments are off for this article

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This post explains the 3 things to look for when choosing your Conveyancing Solicitor.

# 1

The first thing to look for when choosing your conveyancing solicitors is whether they offer a “No Completion No Fee” guarantee.

Poor legal work by solicitors is a key reason for sales falling through – and if the sale falls through they don’t get paid!  L aw firms really like to get paid so this is a great incentive for them to do a good job!

(Most firms don’t offer this, so if a firm does it’s a sure sign they’re confindent in their ability to do a good job.)

# 2

The second thing to look for  is a firm of solicitors that operate on a “Fixed Fee Quote” basis.

This is to make sure that you don’t end up facing a huge bill.  However long your transaction takes you have the “peace of mind” of knowing exactly how much you’ll be paying at the end, with no hidden costs.

Remember, it doesn’t take many letters at £50 each for a big bill to mount up.  Make sure you’ve capped your costs or you could end up paying hundreds more than you need to.

# 3

Watch out for online “law factories” offering cut price (and cut rate) conveyancing.  You get what you pay for and having your legal work handled by underpaid paralegals working in a call centre is not the way to a speedy and successful transaction.

Instead, choose a firm that is either a specialist in conveyancing or has a specialist conveyancing department.

All of our recommended solicitors meet these 3 criteria:

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