Can anyone recommend a good conveyancer/ conveyancing solicitor?

[Guinness Guzzler]

As per the thread title, a friend is looking to move house and is hoping someone can recommend a good conveyancer (with reasonable rates). Cheers in advance for any recommendations.

 

[Mowgli]

Don't exist in my experience.

All absolute shite.

I've had firm's drop out on me mid move because a solicitor has gone sick, I've been ghosted for weeks and I've had to pay land registry fees every week to check if an old mortgage charge had been removed from the deeds so we could complete our purchase.

Complete charlatans

 

[stokerface]

Maskery and co in Consett. Straight talking, no bullshit.

 

[Brian Griffin]

Avoid RAW Clark - awful experience with them

Maskery and co in Consett. Straight talking, no bullshit.

Interesting strapline

 

[stokerface]

It's on his letterhead

 

[Sebastien]

Avoid Arrow at all costs. Utter crap and seemed annoyed when contacted.

 

[NYMackem]

Don't exist in my experience.

All absolute shite.

I've had firm's drop out on me mid move because a solicitor has gone sick, I've been ghosted for weeks and I've had to pay land registry fees every week to check if an old mortgage charge had been removed from the deeds so we could complete our purchase.

Complete charlatans

Its been a race to the bottom over the past 20 years, and everybody lost.

I use a firm in Lincolnshire who have proved to be very on the ball and at reasonable rates, but it makes no difference when the other side is using a call centre full of part and non qualified staff to save £100 on the fee.

 

[HoxtonMackem]

K Boswell and Co. in Washington.

Recommended to me by multiple friends. I used them last year and they were good. No fuss and to the point.

 

[Puss in Boots]

As per the thread title, a friend is looking to move house and is hoping someone can recommend a good conveyancer (with reasonable rates). Cheers in advance for any recommendations.

The Richmond Partnership in Chester le Street, always do a cracking job

 

[BlackOps]

Meikles

 

[Hyltons finest]

Don't exist in my experience.

All absolute shite.

I've had firm's drop out on me mid move because a solicitor has gone sick, I've been ghosted for weeks and I've had to pay land registry fees every week to check if an old mortgage charge had been removed from the deeds so we could complete our purchase.

Complete charlatans

Is that you paying it or your solicitor charging you it?

 

[Drifter]

I’ve used Brian Mackenzie in the past. Unfortunately the guy within the firm who we used has retired which will be if no help to you.

 

[yamar1]

Hastie was the man, god rest his soul.

 

[Mowgli]

Is that you paying it or your solicitor charging you it?

Me paying £3 a time because the solicitor couldn't be arsed to chase it or check it and my mortgage offer was expiring.

 

[Johnson Says]

Conveyancers don't charge enough so they need volume to make money, hence poor service
Just the way it is

 

[Hyltons finest]

Me paying £3 a time because the solicitor couldn't be arsed to chase it or check it and my mortgage offer was expiring.

Kinell. Can check for free anarl

Conveyancers don't charge enough so they need volume to make money, hence poor service
Just the way it is

100% this. Too much competing with other firms fees end up inundated with work

 

[Mowgli]

Kinell. Can check for free anarl

100% this. Too much competing with other firms fees end up inundated with work

I needed to see if the old lender that had been paid off for about 50 years was off the mortgage deeds

Total shambles, took about 3 months to be removed.

 

[Jarra_Arra]

Longden, Walker and Renney based in sunderland were great when I moved at the back end of last year. Professional but friendly and were on top of things the whole way through.

 

[Hawkings Boots]

Good, cheap, fast

Unfortunately you can only have two out of these three