Mortgage conveyancing

[Luke]

Does anyone have any positive experiences of using a mortgage conveyancing company as opposed to a solicitor?
I'm selling my house, and the last two times I've done this, the solicitors I've used have been useless and the sales/purchases have dragged on for up to 6 months. If I can avoid using a solicitor, I'll be far happier!

If anyone has used a conveyancing company and can share their experiences, I'd be very grateful.

Cheers

 

[Luke]

I take it that you had no cause to visit them as they are in York. (Mind you, your current location is Essex, It may well have been York prior to moving!)

Both times in the past, I've had to make visits to the solicitor. Once to drop off urgent paperwork, and once to apply some "pressure" to the retard looking after our case.

Being 200+ miles away from them is a concern for me.

 

[Luke]

oh an people saying solicitors takes ages. its not the solicitors its the goverment that they have to contact for paper work before they can go any further

an any solicitor / convayencer can be dealing with roughly 200 house sales at any 1 time!

i did 5 years in a solicitors an had to do lots of filing daily

In the two cases I referred to above, it was the solicitors that were the delay. From making basic clerical errors leading to long delays such as searches being performed on the wrong property, to acting against my specific instructions.
I know there is a large amount of red tape, but that's why we use solicitors. I'd expect them to be efficient about it.

If anyone can recommend any decent solicitors or conveyancing firms in the London area, I'd appreciate it.

 

[Luke]

So a positive recommendation from you for Harrowells then?

 

[Luke]

Cheers, I've emailed them and I've been told that Sandra will get back to me tomorrow when she returns.

Any other recommendations wouldn't go amiss!