Quote Originally Posted by parkerman View Post
Most solicitors I've come across are totally useless. Some years ago I was so disenchanted with my previous experience of solicitors that I decide to do my own conveyancing when I bought a house. I was introduced to the solicitor who would be acting for my mortgage providers. He asked me why I was doing my own conveyancing. I said because it's not difficult and I wanted to do it myself. He said it would be much better if I handed it over to him because he had been to Law School for five years!

I kindly rejected his offer. As things progressed he was glacially slow and actually made several mistakes which I had to point out to him and which slowed things up even more. He did nothing to improve my opinion of solicitors. Where possible, I have always avoided using a solicitor and have done further conveyancing myself, both buying and selling, as well as other things that might normally be done by a solicitor. Most times all you need is some common sense and I've found I can look up things as well as they can.
The best firms charge a fixed fee. They do the job quickly, efficiently and cheaply.