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.
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
