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.
I lost two possible new clients this week. I always follow up with clients after sending a quote and in both of these cases I was told that I was too expensive. What was interesting
And yet again, conveyancing life throws a curve ball but I am determined to write about what I intended to write about last week, or the momentum will disappear and it won’t be as relevant.
And yet again, conveyancing world throws more unexpected news at us all this week – and it is not good. Imagine that you come to the end of a usual Friday and the end of
As is often the case, I started the week thinking I was going to write about a particular matter and then something else comes across my desk which takes me in another direction. But, as
Enquiries are the thing that really irritate me – despite courses and articles on which enquiries should not be asked, we continue to get questions about plans and identity. And one thing that infuriates me
There was quite a lot I wanted to write about today – the world of conveyancing is forever changing and no two days are the same. But then something came across my desk late on
This week, I was going to write about moving house and the weather. As I always say to my clients, the only thing completely out of my control on the day of completion (and the
Happy new year! I thought I would log on today and see what has been happening while I have been eating too much cheese – and wow! There were a lot of emails… So to
It was a cold and bitter Christmas Eve; the lamps along Chancery Lane glimmered like stars, and snow glistened on the pavement. Mr Deeds, solicitor and administer of oaths, was hunched over his ledgers and
Like many of you reading this, it is always heartening when clients come back to us (even though there are those occasions when the estate agents will try to send them to the ‘pet’ firm!).
Every year I forget how busy it is in the run up to Christmas. Because we are busy all year around, the rush somewhat takes me by surprise – but this year has been particularly
As I have often said, conveyancing is hard work. It is mainly project management of a client and their move, being a shoulder for them to lean on (and cry on as and when) and
I was thinking about whether we should have a playlist just for conveyancing. The idea was sparked by a recollection of calling one of the larger managing agents some years ago and the hold music
I feel for clients moving house; they hand over their lives to us to help them move. They don’t really have any appreciation of what is going to happen, they don’t know the other parties
I have to admit that I have been addicted to the recent Celebrity Traitors series. I like the non-celebrity version and have watched all of the series so far. When chatting to my friend about
