• Buyer’s Conveyancer Won’t Take Job If They Will Be Dealing With Someone Representing Themselves

    By markfielker on 22nd May 2018

    Our mother left her house to my brother and me. He and his partner were already living there. I want to do my own conveyancing in selling my half to her but she claims she is struggling to find a conveyancer who will deal with me directly. Can they refuse on those grounds? What advice can I give her to find one that will?

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    By Guest on 23/05/2018

    No conveyancer acting for a buyer will deal with a seller who does the conveyancing himself. The reason is simple: would you transfer your property to the buyer before you have his money into your bank? The answer is NO. In which case the purchaser's solicitor has no guarantees and no way of ensuring that you will transfer your property to the buyer once you have got your money into your account.
    Going through solicitors on the other hand, the transaction is guaranteed by indemnity.

  • By Guest on 23/05/2018

    Thanks for your response. The problem doesn't seem insurmountable e.g. the buyer's solicitor holds the money while the transfer is made, but, more importantly, why is this website offering support and advice on doing one's own conveyancing when selling a house when it is not possible?

  • By Guest on 08/11/2018

    It is possible. I have done it 7 years ago. You need to agree workarounds as suggested above.

    In practice it is getting very hard to self represent. I am buying and seller's soicitor has refused to deal with me as "our insurance will not cover us". That is a new excuse. The monoploy is now near perfect aided by anti money laundering issues.

    In my current situation I managed to agree for a conveyancer to "front" the process, with me doing much of the work AND taking the risk, for a reduced fee. They will do the exchange and conduit the funds via their account to keep the other party happy.

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