An anonymous high street conveyancer reveals the truth behind the joy, frustrations, and the unexpected humour in being a high street conveyancer. Read their Diary in Today’s Conveyancer every week.
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Every year, I forget how busy it is coming into Christmas – the pressure of those who want to move before Christmas coupled with the pressure of those who just want to exchange contracts before
I saw a post this week from someone in the conveyancing world for whom I have a great deal of respect. The post was about how his son had been buying a property and was
I saw a post on LinkedIn during the week about conveyancers working nine to five; or rather a post asking if conveyancers work nine to five? I will be honest and say I do not
I have seen so much over the last few weeks, even months, as to why does it take so long to move house? I am sure that we all have our own thoughts as to
I think that one of the skills of being a good conveyancer is being able to deal with anything which is thrown at you on any day. We all know that not each day is
There is so much negativity out there at the moment; so this week, let’s laugh. And let’s discuss typos in letters or emails. I mention this because I was on the telephone to another solicitor
I have been following some discourse about how we write emails. It is an interesting discussion. I was taught that all letters to other firms should always start with ‘Dear Sirs’ and end ‘Yours faithfully’.
This week’s diary entry talks getting trashed on LinkedIn – and how much of the hard work in conveyancing is learned in day-to-day difficulties – not education settings…. Conveyancers are getting a hard time on
I am going to return to one of my favourite topics this morning – enquiries. I apologise in advance if this turns into a bit of a rant but it is fuelled by a discussion
In this week’s diary entry the Secret High Street Conveyancer talks about a subject close to their heart. As they dealt with a client over email, the question of fees arose…. In the middle of
Child number two has just started second year of six form – and all of you with children that age know what that means? Looking around universities. So, having made a shortlist of destinations and
I was out with some conveyancing colleagues on Friday evening. It was an enjoyable evening, an Awards evening. Now I find the whole area of awards in the workplace fascinating, as it seems to be
It is at this time of year when I reflect on my career. It is the start of a new school year and that always feels more like the start of the year than January.
What a furore this weekend with the sale of Oasis tickets. I am not a big fan but a friend decided to get tickets and I felt that I lived through the pain of that
Even having thirty five years’ experience, it is still the case that every day is a school day! There is no way we can know everything about conveyancing. And then we have the clients. Google
I am acting for a lovely young couple. They are buying their first home together and are very excited about it. This is the second house that they are trying to buy – the first
I love the Olympics. I went to the Olympics in London in 2012 and was fortunate enough to be in the stadium when Mo Farah won his second gold medal and the Jamaican relay team
I, along with all of you, hate it when I get pages and pages of enquiries , many of which are not property specific, many of which are not relevant and the majority of which
Linkedin has been flooded with talk about the Law Society SGM. But one thing has struck me – it can be summed up by the following quote from Robert Frost: “Half the world is composed
The thing about social media is that it can become quite negative. I always worry about posting anything because comments can often get out of hand. A frustrated driver posts about how he was overtaken
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