The nervous wait to exchange....

[b0rn2sk8]

A conveyancers is a solicitor and qualified as such.

A solicitor is the general term, a conveyancer is the term for a solicitor who specialises in property.

It’s a bit like accountants, you get generalists who do a bit of everything (usually at small firms on straight forward work) and you get specialists who have an in depth understanding of their specialist area e.g. a full time auditor of listed companies. Most of them have the same core professional qualification.

 

[mattyfez]

Conveyancers specialise in that part of law. Solicitors can do a broader spectrum and may not do any house related stuff at all. At least is how I understood it!

Exactly this.
A solicitor will usually specialize in a particular area of law, be it conveyance, wills and probate, divorce/family law, criminal law etc etc.

It's a very broad church! It's a bit like saying "I work in IT" you could be a network engineer or a website front end developer etc ... There's usually a bit of crossover of skill sets but a specialist in one area isn't nessesarily going to know too much about other specialisms.

Like you wouldn't employ a Java developer to configure and deploy an enterprise level firewall.

Same as you wouldn't want want a wills and probate solicitor representing you In a criminal trial.

 

[Hagar]

You need a solicitor when the survey picks up the body under the kitchen floor. If they don't find it, a conveyancer will do.

 

[LuckyBenski]

You need a solicitor when the survey picks up the body under the kitchen floor. If they don't find it, a conveyancer will do.

Don't pay for a survey and you needn't pay for a solicitor. Got it.

 

[arty]

Joining this thread as I'm in the process of selling my first home (2-bed end terrace in Hertfordshire) and buying my second (4-bed detached house in Rutland). Accepted a cash offer on my house at asking a week and a half after putting it on the market, and managed to get an offer accepted £10k under the asking price of the house I'm buying

Solicitors all lined up, initial forms all completed, surveys booked, so I'm crossing my fingers that nothing pops up and disrupts things. Everyone involved so far seems decent and down-to-earth, so with luck this will be a relatively smooth process!

 

[NotAGolf]

Chased up the solicitor a couple of days ago mentioning that our buyer had proposed a completion date in a couple of weeks time, and would we be ready.

They suddenly pulled their finger out and got moving. Everyone in the chain has agreed on the completion date, now just need to see if the solicitors think it's feasible. Getting closer...

 

[mattyfez]

Chased up the solicitor a couple of days ago mentioning that our buyer had proposed a completion date in a couple of weeks time, and would we be ready.

They suddenly pulled their finger out and got moving. Everyone in the chain has agreed on the completion date, now just need to see if the solicitors think it's feasible. Getting closer...

A couple of weeks is plenty of time assuming everything else is done.. searches, prices agreed, etc etc... sometimes solicitors just need a bit of a slap (metaphorically speaking) to get things moving.

 

[maj]

Has anyone who's bought a new build ever had the builder turn round and say they don't offer the option of running ethernet? Just been told no by builders of development we're waiting to exchange on.

Easier to do when the walls are going up rather than having to make holes in the hole at a later date especially if needing to run it upstairs. Sales office representative told my wife that she's not aware of any builders that offer that service which I know is a lie as I've had it done before.

Guess it could save me a few £££ as they usually charge a fortune for the work anyway but has got me thinking about how easy it'll be to do it myself now.

If I'd have known earlier it was something they didn't offer then I'd have considered waiting for a different development.

 

[mattyfez]

Has anyone who's bought a new build ever had the builder turn round and say they don't offer the option of running ethernet? Just been told no by builders of development we're waiting to exchange on.

Easier to do when the walls are going up rather than having to make holes in the hole at a later date especially if needing to run it upstairs. Sales office representative told my wife that she's not aware of any builders that offer that service which I know is a lie as I've had it done before.

Guess it could save me a few £££ as they usually charge a fortune for the work anyway but has got me thinking about how easy it'll be to do it myself now.

If I'd have known earlier it was something they didn't offer then I'd have considered waiting for a different development.

I'm sure they would offer to bury CAT6 into the walls, but at what additional cost?

Might be worth doing it yourself if it's a new build, before you decorate it properly etc.

Although that said, I 'only' have on 80mb internet connection (FTTP), and I just use wifi from my router and I get full speed over wi-fi all over my (admittedly small) house, 2 pc's, 2x smart tv's, a laptop, a tablet, and mobile phone... everythings on wifi...your millage may vary.

But I just dont have the need for cabled ethernet connections in my situation.

 

[maj]

I'm sure they would offer to bury CAT6 into the walls, but at what additional cost?

Might be worth doing it yourself if it's a new build, before you decorate it properly etc.

Although that said, I 'only' have on 80mb internet connection (FTTP), and I just use wifi from my router and I get full speed over wi-fi all over my (admittedly small) house, 2 pc's, 2x smart tv's, a laptop, a tablet, and mobile phone... everythings on wifi...your millage may vary.

But I just dont have the need for cabled ethernet connections in my situation.

With what they were going to charge for a dishwasher and what we're paying for a cupboard instead I'd hate to think what the cost would have been anyway!

I've had a look online at what I'll need to do it myself but will probably seek some advice from the network sub-forum.

I game a lot and have a server and a raspberry pi that host things both internally and externally so having it hard wired is beneficial over WiFi in my circumstances but not everyone will be the same.

To be more on topic had to get in touch with NHBC today regarding the certificate that I either never received or misplaced to respond to buyers solicitor enquiries. Quick phone call and it was emailed to me a few minutes later. Wasn't sure if my solicitor would have done it on my behalf but did it myself just for quickness.

Had the conveyor out last week on behalf on buyer and they were here for about 5 mins. They looked outside, took a photo of kitchen, checked in loft and then off they went. Everything seemed fine speaking to him as he left so presumably all is well and it should be on a 2.5 year old house in fairness.