Thanks for the all the replies. Have signed nothing as yet. To give more detail the Wife was led to believe them putting on Zoopla would cost £300. No mention was made that they (the Solicitors, also being an Estate Agent) would send someone to take the photos, describe the property and do floor plans. We already had all these,for Sale signs displayed and the Home Report.
Almost two weeks passed between us asking them to put it on Zoopla ,hence depriving us of a much wider audience for that period.
A lady passing in her car saw the for sale sign and made an acceptable offer on the property about two hours after it finally appeared on Zoopla.
Hence we are being charged 1 &1/4 percent on the sale price for them effectively doing squat by their incompetence, no for sale signs, marketing and laughably advertising? for effectively two hours.
Another way larger company quoted me a figure of £1,250 plus vat for conveyancing on a 300K property.
The estimate is based on 250K and the small print suggests any extra 'unforeseen?' costs (at £160/hr) must be agreed to. So they may be looking for another cut on the £287 sale price along with another ridiculous Bill for winding up out late friends Estate?? Methinks speaking to my own Solicitor and the prospective buyer and telling these chancers to stick their quote where the Sun don't shine looks likely.
Must train as a Lawyer in the next Life
Spent years 1000's of feet up or dangling over the North Sea before surpassing £160 /day before being crippled in accident put me in a desk job running multi million pound contracts and making a few Bob but 10% bonus on what I made a Multi National paid nothing remotely like 160 quid an hour? Makes you wonder!
Almost two weeks passed between us asking them to put it on Zoopla ,hence depriving us of a much wider audience for that period.
A lady passing in her car saw the for sale sign and made an acceptable offer on the property about two hours after it finally appeared on Zoopla.
Hence we are being charged 1 &1/4 percent on the sale price for them effectively doing squat by their incompetence, no for sale signs, marketing and laughably advertising? for effectively two hours.
Another way larger company quoted me a figure of £1,250 plus vat for conveyancing on a 300K property.
The estimate is based on 250K and the small print suggests any extra 'unforeseen?' costs (at £160/hr) must be agreed to. So they may be looking for another cut on the £287 sale price along with another ridiculous Bill for winding up out late friends Estate?? Methinks speaking to my own Solicitor and the prospective buyer and telling these chancers to stick their quote where the Sun don't shine looks likely.
Must train as a Lawyer in the next Life
Spent years 1000's of feet up or dangling over the North Sea before surpassing £160 /day before being crippled in accident put me in a desk job running multi million pound contracts and making a few Bob but 10% bonus on what I made a Multi National paid nothing remotely like 160 quid an hour? Makes you wonder!
