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.
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
For as long as I can remember (and that is a long time!), it has been standard to charge less on the sale of a property. But why? Even now a review of other firms’
On Thursday, I received an email from a client, headed ‘ONE WEEK TO GO’. The client was quite pushy – you know the sort – wants everything done yesterday and gets frustrated when he can’t
I am acting in the purchase of a house – the buyer has not trusted the seller throughout; you know the case where the seller says he will move into temporary accommodation but then finds
I was out with some conveyancing colleagues on Friday night. It is always a good opportunity to put the world to rights. One of the things that we chatted about was how we have to
It is funny when I sit down to write this as I have so many musings about conveyancing – no two days are ever the same; are we counsellors as well as conveyancers? would we
I am still in awe of AI… I hear others talking about it and do not even start to understand how it works but it still scares me a little. I suppose that coming to
What has happened to LinkedIn? I thought it was a nice, friendly space. Conveyancers could mention their achievements, career moves, reviews from clients and post photographs of gifts received from happy clients. But in the
I went to visit a friend over the weekend. He is selling his mother’s house. I arranged for him to sign the documents and it was a good opportunity to catch up. And I knew
I like Bank Holidays – a chance to think about the week ahead and delight in the idea of a four day week but the difficulty with a four day week for a conveyancer is
Well what a week! Whoever said the life of a conveyancer was dull. I had four contract packages to review this week and they had all used the new TA6 form – it was relatively
I am acting in the sale of a house. I drafted the contract this week to send to the buyer’s solicitor. When I downloaded the Official copy entries, the title was easy – the Property
I have a long standing client (who was a friend before he was a client) and he sometimes ‘dabbles’ in property. You know the sort of client I mean – always looking for that property