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 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
There are so many ways in which enquiries can be asked and answered, but I have to be honest and say there is something incredibly irritating about sending enquiries all nicely numbered and laid out
As I have written before, the joy and frustration of being a conveyancer is that you never know what a day will throw at you. We turn up at work and start dealing with emails,
I tend to do contract reports over the weekend – what can take me a long time in the office is quickly dealt with at home on a Sunday, when there are no interruptions from
I had a lot of things to write about this week as so much seemed to be happening. Still a lot of negativity on LinkedIn, still a lot of conveyancing bashing. We now also have
After a very disrupted day, a call comes in that takes priority. If you missed what happened earlier, catch up with parts one, two and three. 2.30pm: A level of calm descends as staff settle
In part three of a very frustrating day full of phone calls and queries, the Secret High Street Conveyancer picks up the phone to ask some questions of their own. If you missed the previous
After part one was published last week, The Secret High Street Conveyancer explores how the afternoon shift goes… I hardly have time to contemplate what the next 10 years of my life before the afternoon
When I started to write this diary some years ago, it was to talk about the trials and tribulations of being a conveyancer. With the increase in posts on LinkedIn, it seems that many others
Welcome back! I took a break from writing this diary over the summer. The stress of work was becoming unbearable; the relentlessness, the pressure, the intensity, the stress of making sure that everything was done
Is it me or is LinkedIn becoming nastier? What happened to all the #bekind words? All I seem to see on LinkedIn is agents berating conveyancers , conveyancers berating other conveyancers, conveyancers complaining about agents.
I often mention my wish list for conveyancing but there is one at the moment where I am wishing for it every day and I am getting more and more despondent about it, and finding
I was photocopying some old pre-registration deeds earlier this week in order to prepare a contract for the sale of unregistered land. As I tried to make the large documents fit onto the copier, I
I went to watch the F1 movie on Friday evening – I even finished in my office a little early to get to the cinema on time, which is unheard of from me on a
I can think of no other job where there are so many constant and almost never-ending requests for updates. And when we get asked for an update, whether it be from the estate agents, the
I attended a very interesting conference in the middle of last week. It took place in a lovely venue in Regents Park. Although you would not expect the weather to make a difference as to
It seems the news has more and more reports about unsafe blocks of flats. I saw one news story over the weekend about a block where it was expected that the council would serve a
I often refer to LinkedIn in my diary entries. I think it shows both the best and the worst of conveyancing. But I saw a post this week and I have to share some of
I switched on my lap top on Monday – yes, I know it’s Bank Holiday but I am sure that we all check our emails at some point over the weekend, even when it is
As conveyancing appears to become more adversarial with never ending queries and some abrupt emails from time to time, it is interesting when I speak with other conveyancers to find out that actually we are
What a week! The thing is – us conveyancers could say that every week! But what I think we need to see is that conveyancing is not really a nine to five job anymore. I
I come back to one of my favourite topics this week – fees! Here is an outline of a telephone conversation I had with a prospective client this week Client: Hello; you wanted me to
So , fellow conveyancers, we are nearly there… in the hope that there are no issues with the completions going ahead today, I salute you all. It wasn’t about ‘pulling our fingers out’ (yes I
So only six (working) days to go… and I note there is now talk of a potential SDLT extension. I think we all await the Spring Statement with bated breath. This gives me so many
There is something reassuring , albeit somewhat alarming, that when emailing another solicitor on a Saturday and not expecting a response, I received an immediate response. This shows the pressure that we are under coming
I am finding this month more stressful already than I had anticipated, and I am not sure if it is just me and the ongoing weariness, but it also feels harder than the previous SDLT
Well, what a week! I have always been of the view that the life of a conveyancer can change within an hour and this week just illustrated how true that was. The news that Nationwide
I am conscious that we are all so busy – it feels to me like the busiest January I have ever known… so why is it then that I seem to be spending most of
Happy New Year to you all! I looked back at what I wrote this time last year as I had a recollection that I had set out the top five New Year resolutions; I thought,
It has been an eventful year and I support , congratulate and thank all conveyancers throughout the country for just being there. It helps that we know that we are all going through the same
I have been thinking this week about how we can all work together to make house moving better for the public. There are so many ‘tech’ promises out there but it is difficult to know
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