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why do solicitors take so long to process a house sale?

you would think in this day and age of skype, fax, email, phone that they would be able to get answers in seconds. also the other thing that they fail to do is keep their clients informed as to how things are proceeding. yet they treat their clients in the same way as chewing gum stuck to the bottom of their shoes, with annoyance for having the temerity to phone up and enquire how far they have progressed. do you think they will ever come out of their little world of coffee houses and stove pipe hats.

Public Comments

1. Some are better than others, but yes it can be very frustrating!
2. You are not their only case, they can have hundreds and there are only so many hours in a day. Do you think they sit there with your folder in front of them waiting for a piece of information to turn up. Delays are caused by other Solicitors also with hundreds of clients, each one waiting for info from the other one. Searches at the Land Registry take time as they are also dealing with hundreds at the same time. Sorry, you need to find A solicitor with no work so he can devote all his time to you.
3. The work of processing a house sale takes minutes. It's the preparation of an elaborate bill, and counting their money that drags it on for months. Vermin, the lot of them.
4. You may as well ask why they all have pointy teeth, hate garlic and can't see their own reflection in mirrors.
5. Because making a mess of things is very quick and cheap, and fixing them is very long and expensive. In order for a sale to take place, particularly if a mortgage is involved, there are many things which have to be checked which you are unlikely to see. They must check the land register, read all the notices on the registered title of the property to make sure that the purchaser doesn't end up with some restrictive covenant or awkward duty. They must be sure of the conveyancing documents. They must perform whatever local searches are required - in some areas it is necessary to check a register of mine workings to ensure that the property is not effected. That aside, they may simply have to wait for the other party, the other party's solicitors, the land registry, the bank, the other party's bank, the existing charge holder and so on and so on. That said, as with everything there are good and bad solicitors, but quick does not necessarily = good.
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